Latest Employee Benefits Headlines

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

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Cuts Profit Forecast on Pension Changes, Strong Pound

Nov 3 2015 // Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group Plc lowered its expectations for 2015 profit after government pension changes hurt the insurance broker’s U.K. employee benefits business and the stronger pound cut income from overseas....

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Ohio’s Sigma II Insurance Agency

Oct 26 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Sigma II Insurance Agency in Independence, Ohio. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1988, Sigma II Insurance Agency (Sigma II) is an employee benefits...

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Appoints Viswanathan as CEO, UK Employee Benefits

Oct 14 2015 // Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc announced the appointment of Bala Viswanathan as CEO of JLT’s UK Employee Benefits business, subject to the necessary regulatory approval. Viswanathan succeeds Duncan Howorth, who has...

Corporate Synergies in New Jersey Announces 2 Appointments

Oct 9 2015 // Corporate Synergies, a property/casualty brokerage and employee benefits consulting firm based in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, hired Liisa Granfors-Hunt as director of account management.In her new role, Granfors-Hunt will...

Willis Aims to ‘Shake Up’ UK Employee Benefits Market with PMI Health Acquisition

Oct 8 2015 // Willis Group Holdings plc announced the completion of its acquisition of PMI Health Group (PMIHG), a leading independent healthcare adviser and broker in the UK.PMIHG will operate as Willis PMI Group while the business...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Wisconsin’s Burkwald & Assoc.

Oct 6 2015 // Itasca, Ill.-based insurance broker and risk management services provider, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has acquired Burkwald & Associates Inc. of Pewaukee, Wis. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded...

Willis Names Perry VP of Human Capital Practice in Tennessee

Oct 5 2015 // Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings plc, has appointed of Ken Perry as vice president of the Human Capital Practice, Willis of Tennessee, effective immediately.Based in Knoxville, Perry will be...

Heffernan Taps Todd Davis in Employee Benefits in California

Sep 28 2015 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers has named Todd Davis assistant vice president of employee benefits in its Walnut Creek, Calif. office. Davis will be working with Jani De La Rosa, director of employee benefits, to grow the...

USI Insurance Services Acquires Benefit Controls of the Carolinas

Sep 25 2015 // USI Insurance Services has acquired the employee benefits business of Benefit Controls of the Carolinas, Inc. This is the first acquisition in North Carolina for USI. An employee benefits consulting firm, Benefit Controls...

Palmer & Cay of Texas: Focused on Specialization

Sep 21 2015 // Georgia-based Palmer & Cay may have a lot of history behind it, but what’s driving the expansion of the independent insurance brokerage into Texas is a very modern sense of what it takes to succeed in the...

JLT Employee Benefits to Buy Corporate Unit of Close Brothers Asset Mgmt

Sep 17 2015 // JLT Employee Benefits has agreed to acquire the corporate business of Close Brothers Asset Management Limited for an undisclosed value.JLT EB said the deal will boost its client portfolio and strengthen its market share in...

Palmer & Cay of Texas: Focused on Specialization

Sep 8 2015 // Georgia-based Palmer & Cay may have a lot of history behind it but what’s driving the expansion of the independent insurance brokerage into Texas is a very modern sense of what it takes to succeed in the...

Hub International Acquires Agencies in Washington and California

Sep 3 2015 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Arrow Insurance Service Inc. in Simi Valley, Calif. and it has acquired the assets of EmSpring Corp. in Washington.Terms of the deals were not disclosed. Arrow provides...

AssuredPartners Acquires Insurance & Benefits Group in Missouri

Aug 27 2015 // AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired Insurance & Benefits Group LLC (IBG), headquartered in Sedalia, Mo.IBG’s 31 employees will continue to operate from its three Missouri locations — Sedalia, Lee’s Summit...

Lodge Joins Roach Howard Smith & Barton as AVP

Aug 25 2015 // Lynn Lodge joined Texas-based independent insurance brokerage firm Roach Howard Smith & Barton as assistant vice president of Employee Benefits.In her role as account executive for the Employee Benefits department, she...

Alliant Hires VanOrsdel as Employee Benefits Group VP in Maryland

Aug 18 2015 // Alliant Insurance Services, a specialty insurance brokerage based in Newport Beach, California, hired Reed VanOrsdel as vice president of Employee Benefits Group. VanOrsdel is based in Alliant’s Bethesda, Maryland,...

Regions Insurance Acquires Georgia-Based The A.I. Group

Aug 5 2015 // Regions Insurance, Inc., a subsidiary of Regions Insurance Group, Inc. and an affiliate of Regions Bank, has acquired The A.I. Group, Inc., with offices in Greater Atlanta and Athens, Georgia.The A.I. Group provides...

NFP Acquires BWD Group in New York

Aug 3 2015 // NFP, a New York City-based provider of employee benefits, property/casualty insurance, retirement and wealth management services, announced today its acquisition of BWD Group LLC in Plainview, New York. Terms of the...

Deal Activity Still Impressive

Aug 3 2015 // Deal count for the second quarter of 2015 was one of the most active quarters on record with 87 announced transactions. The total deal count for year-to-date 2015 (as of July 6, 2015) was at 187 (U.S. based transactions)....

Willis to Acquire PMI Health Group, UK-Based Healthcare Adviser & Broker

Jul 16 2015 // Willis Group Holdings plc announced an agreement to acquire PMI Health Group (PMIHG), an independent healthcare adviser and broker in the UK.Willis said the deal will significantly raise the company’s presence in the...