All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 6 2015 // Following the historic Supreme Court decision that same-sex couples have a national right to marry, employers offering domestic partner benefits to unmarried couples may pull back on that offering now that employees in all...
Jul 2 2015 // Insurance brokerage Hub International Limited announced today its acquisition of Pittsburgh-based The HDH Group (HDH). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.HDH will establish a new regional operation for Hub that...
Jun 26 2015 // Following the historic Supreme Court decision that same-sex couples have a national right to marry, employers offering domestic partner benefits to unmarried couples may pull back on that offering since employees in all...
Jun 23 2015 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has named Vanessa Ruiz Mitilier a senior consultant and producer in the firm’s Southern California employee benefits consulting practice. Mitilier will be based in EPIC’s...
Jun 15 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of William Gallagher Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. (WGA), headquartered in Boston,...
Jun 12 2015 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consultant, has added employee benefits consulting professional Davin Millholland to its growing Employer...
Jun 11 2015 // AssuredPartners Inc. announced its acquisition of WorkforceTactix Inc., an independent employee benefits and HR professional services consulting firm with offices in Sparks and Salisbury, Maryland. Terms of the transaction...
Jun 11 2015 // Assurant Inc. has officially decided it will exit the health insurance market to focus instead on its housing and lifestyle specialty protection products. The firm has reached an agreement to sell its Assurant Health...
Jun 9 2015 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consultant, has added employee benefits consulting professional Rosemary Hughes to its growing Employer...
Jun 5 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced its acquisition of Solid Benefit Guidance (SBG) in Montvale, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Established in 2005, SBG is an employee benefits brokerage and...
May 20 2015 // American International Group Inc. has acquired a controlling stake in ING Employee Benefits Global Network and renamed it AIG Global Benefits Network. The network is based in Belgium.The network’s minority...
May 19 2015 // NFP, a New York City-based provider of employee benefits, property/casualty insurance, retirement and wealth management services, announced its acquisition of Hackett Valine & MacDonald Inc. (HVM)., an independent...
May 12 2015 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Framberger Employee Benefits & Insurance Services Inc. in San Luis Obispo, Calif.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The agency will become part of the California...
May 7 2015 // Employers may one day help determine if employees’ genes are why their jeans have become too snug.Big companies are considering blending genetic testing with coaching on nutrition and exercise to help workers lose...
Apr 30 2015 // New York-based specialty insurer Assurant, Inc. said it is exploring strategic alternatives for its employee benefits and health business segments, including the sale of each business.If it can’t sell its health...
Apr 20 2015 // AssuredPartners Inc. announced last week that it has completed the acquisition of Platinum Planning (doing business as Walsh Benefits). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Walsh Benefits operates in the New Jersey...
Apr 20 2015 // Acquisition activity for the first quarter of 2015 reached 90 deals, a record for the first three months of the year. We saw the same number of transactions announced during the fourth quarter of 2014, typically the most...
Apr 16 2015 // U.S. employers can reward workers with as much 30 percent of the cost of their health insurance benefits in return for participation in programs to monitor weight, cholesterol and other “wellness” measures, the...
Apr 8 2015 // Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Las Cruces, New Mexico–based ‘N Compass Group Inc.. ‘N Compass provides employee benefits insurance and consulting services to the Las Cruces and El Paso...
Apr 7 2015 // Insurance broker and consultant NFP has expanded its P&C capabilities and added to its employee benefits operation by acquiring Trinity Consulting. The transaction closed on March 3, 2015.A large risk management and...