All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 20 2016 // USI Insurance Services (USI) has acquired Ball Peoples, an employee benefits advisory firm headquartered in Austin, Texas.Since 1975, Ball Peoples has been providing employee benefits for clients throughout Central Texas...
Dec 1 2016 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC has acquired Presidio Benefits Group, a San Francisco, Calif.-based employee benefits consulting firm.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. All of Presidio’s employees, including its...
Nov 17 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. is trying to finalize a settlement with California drivers to resolve potentially billions of dollars in claims stemming from the company’s refusal to give them the protections and benefits of...
Nov 14 2016 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired certain assets of Kalispell, Mont.-based MDA Inc.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Doug Anders, president, MDA, will join Hub Mountain and report to Michael Stockwell, employee...
Nov 10 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Argentis, based in London, England. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 2005, Argentis is a financial planning and employee benefits consultant...
Oct 25 2016 // A lobbying group representing older Americans sued the Obama administration on Monday claiming regulations for programs designed to rein in employee health care costs will subject workers to invasions of their medical...
Oct 25 2016 // Insurance brokerage USI Insurance Services (USI) has added Brianna Berry, Nick Giancola and Kim Patrick in the USI Independence, Ohio, office. In addition, Heidi King has been promoted to consultant and Brian Muldoon has...
Oct 17 2016 // Northwest Insurance Services, a Warren, Penn., headquartered subsidiary of Northwest Bank, has signed a definitive agreement effective November 1 to acquire Winans Insurance & Employee Benefits, a property and casualty...
Oct 14 2016 // Risk Strategies Company, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has strengthened its employee benefits practice and made its first move to offer wealth management and retirement plan...
Oct 6 2016 // World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Tinton Falls, N.J., has appointed Howard Margolies as principal, senior vice president and head of the benefits division.This comes after...
Sep 19 2016 // The number of insurance agency mergers and acquisitions in the first half of 2016 ranked as second-most-active six-month period since 2008.According to a new report on agency merger activity by Chicago-based investment...
Sep 8 2016 // The number of insurance agency mergers and acquisitions in the first half of 2016 ranked as second-most-active six-month period since 2008.According to a new report on agency merger acivity by Chicago-based investment...
Sep 2 2016 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired Benefits Advisory Group, an Atlanta-based employee benefits consulting firm. Terms of the transaction were not...
Aug 1 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Orb Financial Services Ltd. in Surrey, England. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 2007, Orb Financial Services is an employee benefits...
Jul 12 2016 // Insurance brokerage, USI Insurance Services (USI), has appointed David A. Nurre president, employee benefits for the Cincinnati, Ohio, office. As president, Nurre is responsible for the growth and overall performance of...
Jul 12 2016 // Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners (BKS-Partners), an independent insurance brokerage firms, has appointed of Steve Olson to advisor.Olson comes to BKS with over 25 years of industry experience in the Tampa Bay market. Most...
Jul 7 2016 // Advantage Benefits Solutions (ABS) and Collins Benefits Solutions, both based in Houston, are merging.Together, the two employee benefits firms manage collective premiums of $58 million, according to the merger...
Jun 24 2016 // Hanover Stone Partners, a risk management services firm, and USA Risk Group, an independent captive management firm, have collaborated to offer captive management, governance and related services to businesses and other...
Jun 15 2016 // Within venture capital circles, the insurance industry is sexy right now. It seems not a week goes by without another startup being announced, some with niche angles such as peer-to-peer distribution, insurance for...
Jun 14 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired The Buchholz Planning Corp. (BPC), located in Madison, Wis. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1968, BPC provides employee benefits consulting and brokerage...