All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 26 2015 // The U.S. was barred by a federal judge from immediately enforcing a new rule that would grant Family and Medical Leave Act benefits to same-sex couples.Texas sued the U.S. last week, claiming that the government’s...
Mar 24 2015 // Clark Insurance has hired Christopher Joy to fill the newly created position of director of Employee Benefits Services in the Portland, Maine, office. With more than 15 years of experience in the benefits realm, Joy will...
Mar 11 2015 // Fort Worth, Texas-based Higginbotham has hired Claire Florsheim, JD, RD, LD, as health risk management and wellness consultant.Florsheim joins the firm’s Fort Worth office in its employee benefits department, which...
Mar 4 2015 // CBIZ Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio, announced that it has acquired Model Consulting Inc. in Trevose, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1990, Model Consulting provides employee benefit...
Feb 26 2015 // Independent insurance firm, Higginbotham, announced has united its three Houston offices under one roof and one operating name.Chapman Schewe Benefits Consulting, Madison Benefits Group and Swantner & Gordon are...
Feb 10 2015 // Workplace wellness doesn’t seem to be all that high on the list for small businesses, where getting employees active and moving seems to be taking a back seat to other priorities.A poll designed to find out how much...
Feb 9 2015 // Independent insurance broker, Lockton, announced it has added Patrick Georgia as senior vice president and employee benefits practice leader in Milwaukee, Wis.As part of Lockton-Milwaukee, Georgia will help clients by...
Jan 30 2015 // London-based Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc announced several senior management appointments within its UK Employee Benefits business and JLT Asia. These appointments are subject to obtaining the appropriate regulatory...
Jan 26 2015 // Deal count for the fourth quarter of 2014 was the second most active quarter on record with 91 announced transactions. The total deal count for 2014 (as of Jan. 12, 2015) was at 321 (U.S. based transactions). This was a 43...
Jan 20 2015 // Hylant, one of the largest privately-owned insurance brokers in the nation, said that The Gardner Group, an independent employee benefits agency based in Neptune Beach, Fla., will be merging into its Jacksonville...
Jan 16 2015 // U.S. companies are increasingly penalizing workers who decline to join “wellness” programs, embracing an element of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law that has raised questions about fairness in the...
Jan 7 2015 // Hub International Northeast, a division of Hub International Limited, has hired Ciro J. Giué as vice president and voluntary/worksite benefits practice leader of the Employee Benefits division.In this role, Giué will be...
Jan 7 2015 // Alliant Insurance Services, a specialty insurance brokerage firm based in Newport Beach, California, has acquired American Benefits Consulting (ABC), an employee benefits consulting firm in New York. Terms of the...
Dec 15 2014 // Lockton announced the addition of David Dennis as unit manager and senior vice president in its Chicago employee benefits operation.He joins Lockton with more than 22 years of experience in health and welfare and employee...
Dec 12 2014 // Alliant Insurance Services, a specialty insurance brokerage firm based in Newport Beach, California, has acquired The Camps Group, an employee benefits services provider in New York. Terms of the transaction were not...
Dec 2 2014 // Regions Insurance, an affiliate of Regions Bank, has opened an office in St. Petersburg, Florida after agreeing to purchase the accounts of Teaberry Health and Welfare Benefits Practice.Financial terms of the agreement...
Nov 30 2014 // Leading U.S. CEOs, angered by the Obama administration’s challenge to certain “workplace wellness” programs, are threatening to side with anti-Obamacare forces unless the government backs off, according...
Nov 17 2014 // Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity for the third quarter of 2014 was strong with 69 deals, helping propel the total deal count to a record 220 through September. We have not seen the deal count in the 200s at...
Nov 12 2014 // The world’s top 15 insurance brokers write more than 43 percent of the commercial lines property/casualty business globally, according to a new ranking by London research firm Finaccord.The same report says that the...
Nov 7 2014 // Hub International Limited announced that its subsidiary Hub International Northeast Limited has acquired the stock of Fotek Insurance Agency Inc., a New Jersey-based employee benefits brokerage. Terms of the acquisition...