Latest Employee Benefits Headlines

All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.

USI Insurance Services Acquires CBDI in New Jersey

Jan 25 2016 // USI Insurance Services announced Monday that it has acquired CBDI Inc., an employee benefits wholesale brokerage operation based in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.CBDI will become...

USI Names Goldman Employee Benefits Leader for Mountain Region

Jan 25 2016 // USI Insurance Services has named David Goldman employee benefits leader and producer for its Mountain region. Goldman is responsible for driving new business growth as well as managing a book of clients for USI. Goldman...

Deal Activity Still Booming

Jan 25 2016 // Deal count for the third quarter of 2015 continued its record breaking pace with 89 announced transactions. Although it was the slowest quarter in 2015 (107 in 1st quarter and 99 in 2nd quarter), it was the most active...

When Are Employee Wellness Programs No Longer Voluntary?

Jan 20 2016 // Dale Arnold, who worked for Wisconsin plastics maker Flambeau, chose not to take his work-sponsored health assessment and biometric screening. The company responded by pulling his insurance coverage.Like many employers,...

Hub Acquires Assets of North Carolina-Based RPG Solutions

Jan 19 2016 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of RPG Solutions, Inc. (RPG) of North Carolina. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Based in Raleigh, RPG specializes in...

Leavitt Hires Robertson in Idaho for Employee Benefits Team

Jan 19 2016 // Leavitt Group Benefits Services of Boise has named Shane Robertson to its employee group benefits team in Idaho. Robertson will advise employers in developing customized employee benefits plans and navigating the...

Alliant in California Names Novotnaj Director of Health Informatics

Jan 19 2016 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Kryz Novotnaj vice president and national director of health informatics in its employee benefits group. Novotnaj will be based in the Walnut Creek, Calif. office, and he will lead...

Barney & Barney in California Names Nine New Principals

Jan 13 2016 // Barney & Barney has appointed nine senior executives to principals.The new principals in the firm’s San Diego, Calif. office are: David Freeman; Richard Hallett; LuAnn McSwiggen and Debora Walker. The new...

Cross Insurance Hires Jermyn as Employee Benefits VP in Maine

Jan 13 2016 // Eric Jermyn Cross Insurance, an insurance agency headquartered in Bangor, Maine, has hired Eric Jermyn as vice president of business development for Cross Employee Benefits. He will be based in Portland, Maine. In this new...

Barney & Barney Announces 9 New Principal Appointments

Jan 12 2016 // Barney & Barney, a Marsh & McLennan Insurance Agency LLC company based in San Diego, Calif., has promoted nine senior executives to principals.The new principals in the firm’s San Diego office are David...

Houston Employee Benefits Firm, Ascende, Joins EPIC

Jan 8 2016 // Houston, Texas-based human capital and employee benefits consulting firm, Ascende Inc. (Ascende), has joined forces with national retail insurance brokerage and employee benefits consulting firm, EPIC Insurance Brokers...

VistaNational Insurance Acquires Business Insurance Underwriters

Jan 5 2016 // Oak Brook, Ill.-based VistaNational Insurance Group Inc. has acquired Business Insurance Underwriters of Wheaton, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.VistaNational Insurance specializes in employee benefits....

Hub New England Hires Minichiello as Employee Benefits President

Dec 29 2015 // Mim Minichiello Hub International New England LLC, a division of Hub International Limited, has hired Mim Minichiello as president of the New England Employee Benefits Practice. Minichiello will focus on providing...

Wells Fargo Insurance Reports Hiring Spree

Dec 18 2015 // Wells Fargo Insurance said it has hired more than 100 professionals in recent months as it seeks to grow and improve customer service.“Continuing to invest in talent is critical to the success of our business and...

Marsh Names Barton to Succeed Alway as Head of Jelf Group

Dec 15 2015 // Following completion of its acquisition of Jelf Group, first announced in September, Marsh has made a change in management. It has appointed Phil Barton to be CEO of Jelf in succession to Alex Alway, who is to become a...

Slife Joins Schauer Group in New Cleveland Office

Dec 11 2015 // David Slife has joined risk management and insurance services firm, Schauer Group Inc., as client executive of employee benefits. He will lead the employee benefits practice at the company’s newly opened Cleveland,...

Meeker Sharkey & Hurley Hires Ambrose as Benefits Practice Leader in N.J.

Dec 4 2015 // Meeker Sharkey & Hurley, a Cranford, New Jersey-based provider of employee benefits and insurance services, has hired Richard Ambrose as senior vice president, Employee Benefits Practice leader. In his new role,...

USI Names Peirce Employee Benefits Leader, Producer for Mountain Region

Nov 25 2015 // USI Insurance Services has named Robert Peirce employee benefits leader and producer for the Mountain region.Peirce is responsible for driving revenue growth as well as managing a book of prospects and clients for USI in...

Alliant Hires McCaffrey as Managing Director of Northeast Employee Benefits

Nov 19 2015 // Alliant Insurance Services, a specialty insurance brokerage based in Newport Beach, California, hired Daniel McCaffrey as managing director, Employee Benefits – Northeast. McCaffrey will oversee revenue growth and manage...

Hub Acquires Assets of Washington-based Employee Benefits Group

Nov 5 2015 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Spokane, Wash.-based Employee Benefits Group Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. EBG specializes in providing employee benefits to mid-size and large companies with...