All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 13 2017 // Alera Group – an independent insurance agency and independent employee benefits – has acquired Group Benefits LLC of Memphis, Tennessee, effective July 1. Alan Levitz, CEO of Alera, said the company’s strong...
Jul 11 2017 // Risk Strategies Company, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has hired Kate Genovese and Pauline Sobelman to its employee benefits practice group.Sobelman joins as senior vice president...
Jul 10 2017 // Kansas City-based insurance broker Lockton has named Jeff Henningsen as president of its Houston property/casualty insurance operation.Henningsen will take on an expanded leadership role in business development for the...
Jul 6 2017 // Alliant has hired Martin Hill as it continues to expand the presence of its Employee Benefits Group throughout the eastern U.S.As vice president, Hill, who is based in Pennsylvania, will leverage his background in...
Jun 22 2017 // Dallas-based independent insurance broker RHSB has added Austin January, Dan Rupper and John Sanders as assistant vice presidents.January, AVP employee benefits, is an experienced employee benefits consultant proficient in...
Jun 22 2017 // Insurance Office of America (IOA) has purchased the Employee Benefits Practice, Major Accounts Group, and captive and alternative risk financing units of Slaton Risk Services, based in West Palm Beach, Fla. These assets,...
Jun 19 2017 // West Des Moines, Iowa-based GuideOne Insurance has named Jessica E. Clark as the company’s new chief executive officer.Bringing nearly 20 years of leadership experience in property and casualty insurance, Clark...
Jun 16 2017 // Some see insurtech as the enemy. Others see it as a sign of things to come.Then there’s EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, which is clearly embracing the insurtech craze while soliciting brokers to join them....
Jun 8 2017 // Crystal & Company, a New York-headquartered strategic risk and insurance advisor, has hired Mary Cooke as director for its Employee Benefits Services unit.In her new role, Cooke works out of the firm’s national...
Jun 6 2017 // San Francisco-based CAL Insurance & Associates Inc. has named John M. Ryan director of employee benefits advisory. Ryan has experience working with middle-market businesses to design employee benefits program...
Jun 2 2017 // Toledo, Ohio-based insurance brokerage, Hylant, has named Jim Stengle as senior vice president, employee benefits business development manager. It is a newly created role within the agency’s Employee Benefits...
May 30 2017 // USI Insurance Services (USI) has acquired Hartman Employee Benefits Inc. (Hartman Employee Benefits) from The Hartman Group.Hartman Employee Benefits and its employees will remain at the current Williamsport and State...
May 26 2017 // Smith Brothers, a Glastonbury, Conn.-based insurance broker, has added Chelsea Peruccio as an employee benefits advisor.Her responsibilities include new business development, account management and creating employee...
May 25 2017 // Cross Insurance, a Bangor, Maine-headquartered subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp., has promoted Eric Jermyn to president of Cross Employee Benefits. He will be based in Portland, Maine.In this new role, Jermyn’s...
Apr 20 2017 // Platform Partners LLC (Platform), a private company headquartered in Houston, has completed the acquisition of Beneplace LLC (Beneplace), markets and distributes voluntary employee benefits and employee discount programs...
Apr 14 2017 // Accurate genetic testing stands to transform modern medicine by offering effective, personalized treatment. Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized marketing of the first direct-to-consumer (DTC)...
Apr 12 2017 // USI Insurance Services has acquired Cameron M. Harris & Company, an insurance brokerage firm in North Carolina. Cameron M. Harris & Company and its employees will remain at the current Charlotte location. Terms of...
Apr 11 2017 // Risk Strategies Company, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has added to its employee benefits practice and expertise with the acquisition of Mosse & Mosse Associates LLC’s...
Mar 28 2017 // Sajeo Arguelles has joined Alliant Insurance Services’s employee benefits group as vice president in its New Orleans office.Arguelles will work with clients throughout the Southeast to design and deliver benefits...
Mar 27 2017 // Western Growers Insurance Services Inc. has promoted Jason Verhoef to director of employee benefit sales. Verhoef will lead sales efforts to provide affordable healthcare insurance options for agribusinesses throughout...