All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 1 2024 // FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bipartisan bill aimed at expanding access to paid family leave won final passage Thursday as Kentucky’s legislature shifted into overdrive before a two-week break.The Senate voted 36-0 to...
Mar 27 2024 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers named Christopher Orozco an employee benefits producer. Orozco will be based in California. Orozco got his start in the mail room at Warner Pacific in 2013, then transitioned from the...
Mar 18 2024 // After numerous requests for insurance industry compensation information, our team at Capstone started to track and analyze compensation data derived from our recruiting activities. Our most recent report came out in...
Mar 8 2024 // Schauer Group, headquartered in Canton, Ohio, named Vice President Alex Schauer head of its employee benefits division. Schauer, who is based out of the firm’s Cleveland office, has been with Schauer Group since 2014...
Mar 7 2024 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance brokerage and financial services firm, announced it has acquired Zavitz Insurance and Wealth Inc.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in London, Ontario,...
Feb 22 2024 // VIAA Names Drda Alliance CoordinatorValley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a cohesive family of more than 160 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois, hired David Drda as an alliance coordinator. Drda has...
Feb 22 2024 // Anne Belinn joined Alliant Insurance Services as a vice president within its employee benefits group. Belinn will provide employee benefits consulting to a wide variety of clients nationwide. Belinn has over 25 years of...
Feb 19 2024 // Insurance agency employees and producers on average made more money in 2023 but, overall, employees reported lower satisfaction with their compensation than in 2022, a year when overall satisfaction rose, according to the...
Feb 16 2024 // Swanick and Hayes Join CentriCentri Business Consulting, headquartered in Philadelphia, hired John Swanick as senior director and Joe Hayes as managing director to lead its insurance practice. Swanick and Hayes bring over...
Feb 15 2024 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers named Rick Donatini and Tim Collins to vice president positions and Jules Gootrad as a business development specialist.Donatini joined the firm as vice president, employee benefits....
Feb 14 2024 // The South Carolina House of Representatives has approved a framework for paid family leave insurance in the state, sending House Bill 4832 to the Senate.By a vote of 110-0, the House last week passed the bill that would...
Jan 31 2024 // FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Legislation portrayed as a market-driven, voluntary approach to expand access to paid family leave in Kentucky was overwhelmingly passed by the state House on Monday.The measure, which drew strong...
Jan 23 2024 // The Hartford will begin offering the Vermont Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FMLI) program for employers on February 15. Employers with two or more employees will have the opportunity to work withe the insurer’s...
Jan 3 2024 // Alliant Insurance Services acquired the employee benefits division of Eugene, Oregon-based PBC Insurance. The PBC employee benefits team will join Alliant and continue serving clients from its Eugene headquarters. PBC also...
Dec 14 2023 // Swift Joins XPT Specialty Brokerage TeamXPT Specialty, headquartered in New York, N.Y., hired Ben Swift as an underwriter/broker specializing in commercial binding accounts for Midwest retailers. Before joining XPT, Swift...
Nov 22 2023 // The Driving Force Behind Success Is a Motivated and Engaged TeamAt Energy Insurance Agency in Lexington, Kentucky, creating a great place to work is at the core of the agency’s success. The company’s...
Oct 25 2023 // Alliant Insurance Services, a distributor based in California, said it has named Scott Myers vice president of its employee benefits group. Myers is based in West Palm Beach. He has 15 years’ experience and has...
Oct 19 2023 // Prime Insurance Company Names Schlueter SVP, Healthcare Professional LiabilityPrime Insurance Company, headquartered in Chicago, Ill., named Bart Schlueter as senior vice president and head of healthcare professional...
Oct 18 2023 // California Restaurant Mutual Benefit Corp. raised $100 million in capital over the past decade from its members and through fiscal controls.CRMBC is a California self-insured group that provides workers’ compensation...
Oct 13 2023 // Higginbotham, one of the largest independent insurance brokerages and human resources firms, has acquired an interest in Total Employee Benefits, based in Atlanta. “We’re proud of our property and casualty...