All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 6 2017 // Gov. Eric Greitens has tapped Chlora Lindley-Myers to lead the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration.Her appointment is subject to approval by the Missouri Senate....
Mar 1 2017 // Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers has named Edward Huang assistant vice president of employee benefits. Huang an enterprise sales background ranging from financial services to software as a...
Feb 27 2017 // Crystal & Company, a New York-based strategic risk and insurance advisor, has hired Ciro Giué as an executive director and national practice leader for voluntary and worksite employee benefit solutions.Giué brings 10...
Feb 24 2017 // Eastern Insurance Group, a Natick, Mass.-headquartered subsidiary of Eastern Bank, has hired Mark J. Goyer as vice president and sales executive within Eastern Benefits Group, the insurance firm’s employee benefits...
Feb 21 2017 // Houston-based Insgroup Inc. (Insgroup) has acquired The Fawcett Group (Fawcett), a firm specializing in employee benefit plan brokerage and consulting to emerging and mid-market businesses, as well as not-for-profits.Jan...
Feb 20 2017 // The California Earthquake Authority has named Todd Coombes chief insurance and technology officer and Kellie Schneider chief operations officer.This follows the retirement of Bob Stewart, the chief operations officer. The...
Feb 20 2017 // Salaries for insurance agency management, owners, principals and producers were up in 2016.Total compensation for support staff also increased, although not by as much as they did the year before. That’s according to...
Feb 17 2017 // USI Insurance Services (USI) has added Tammi Barker, Bridget Day and Dave Petno in the USI Independence, Ohio, office.Barker, who joins the firm as account manager, has more than 17 years of insurance experience, including...
Feb 8 2017 // Henderson Brothers Inc., a Pittsburgh, Penn., based independent broker, has hired Jeremy Taggart as a financial analyst in the employee benefits department. In his new role, Taggart will use his three years of industry...
Feb 6 2017 // International insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., based in Itasca, Ill., has promoted James W. Durkin Jr. and William F. Ziebell in its employee benefit division.Durkin,...
Feb 6 2017 // Mergers and acquisitions of insurance agencies last year were the second-highest ever, according to OPTIS Partners’ annual report. The OPTIS database recorded 449 deals in the U.S. and Canada in 2016, a slight dip...
Feb 6 2017 // Merger & acquisition activity in the insurance distribution space continued at an industrious pace throughout 2016, with 443 closed transactions. This was down from 456 in 2015, but still higher than previous years on...
Feb 3 2017 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has acquired Benefit Compass Insurance Services LLC, a specialist in employee benefits brokerage and consulting services in Irvine, Calif. Benefit Compass provides employee benefit...
Feb 3 2017 // Henderson Brothers Inc., an independent broker headquartered in Pittsburgh, Penn., has hired Scott Martinelli as a life/disability/worksite leader and business development consultant in the Employee Benefits Department.In...
Jan 26 2017 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Wells Fargo Insurance released its 2017 Insurance Market Outlook and Employee Benefits Outlook reports showing this year’s property/casualty insurance market will again be favorable to...
Jan 23 2017 // Ryan Specialty Group LLC has named Charlie Rosson senior vice president.Rosson is based in San Francisco, Calif. He will work to develop RSG penetration with brokers on a national basis. He has 23 years of experience in...
Jan 17 2017 // International insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., based in Itasca, Ill., promoted James W. Durkin Jr. and William F. Ziebell in its employee benefit division. Durkin,...
Jan 13 2017 // USI Insurance Services (USI) has hired Michael DePlacido as vice president of the employee benefits practice for its Woburn, Mass., office.In his new role, DePlacido is responsible for executive and strategic oversight of...
Jan 4 2017 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. has named 10 new partners to the firm.The partners represent various product lines, from property/casualty to management liability to employee benefits, and are located...
Jan 4 2017 // There is a new national independent insurance brokerage and wealth management firm that opens its doors with more than 20,00 clients, $158 million in annual revenues and 750 employees in 40 offices across 15 states.The new...