All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 30 2014 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued Honeywell International Inc. to stop the company from imposing penalties on employees who refuse to undergo testing under its corporate wellness program.The lawsuit...
Oct 29 2014 // Insurance brokerage Hub International Limited (Hub) announced its Chicago-area affiliate Hub International Midwest (Hub Midwest) plans to acquire Laurus Strategies (Laurus) from CSIG Holding Co.Laurus is an employee...
Oct 22 2014 // Suhr Risk Services has named Jed Dershimer vice president of employee benefits in San Jose, Calif. Dershimer previously worked at Hays Companies, ADP and Verizon, in addition to a lengthy prior stint with Suhr. He...
Oct 21 2014 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers announced it has purchased the assets of Pilot Employee Benefits of Melville, New York. Family owned and operated for over 50 years, Pilot Employee Benefits has developed benefits programs and...
Oct 14 2014 // Kansas City, Mo.-based Lockton named Bob Reiff to lead Lockton Benefit Group, the broker’s global employee benefits consulting business. Reiff will succeed Mike Brewer, president of Lockton Benefit Group since 2004,...
Oct 6 2014 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has named David Wiesner managing principle and regional director in EPIC’s employee benefits consulting division.Wiesner will focus on growing EPIC’s employee benefits...
Oct 6 2014 // Heather Garbers, a voluntary benefits executive with Leavitt Group’s Salt Lake City, Utah office, GBS Benefits Inc., was named to the Voluntary Benefits Association’s advisory board.Garbers is a voluntary plan...
Oct 6 2014 // Drivers in western Kentucky outside the college town of Murray are urged to keep their eyes peeled for the billboard that reads, “World Class In Your Hometown.”This billboard is advertising Peel & Holland,...
Sep 29 2014 // AssuredPartners Inc., through its subsidiary AssuredPartners of Maryland, LLC, has acquired Crawford Advisors, LLC, in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Crawford Advisors specializes in...
Sep 26 2014 // Brad O’Neill has been named to lead Colorado-based Flood and Peterson’s employee benefits department. O’Neill has more than 20 years of experience in the health and welfare industry. Prior to joining...
Sep 25 2014 // Burnham Benefits Insurance Services Inc. has named Adele Garcia a senior account executive in its San Francisco Bay area office.Garcia will consult with Burnham clients to help them educate, instruct and engage employees...
Sep 23 2014 // Insurance broker Hub International Southeast has named Tim Love as president, Employee Benefits, responsible for overseeing employee benefits product and service offerings for Carolina and Florida. Love will be based in...
Sep 19 2014 // Willis Employee Benefits Limited, part of Willis Group Holdings plc, has partnered with Now Health International and Healix International to offer affordable medical plans for clients with fewer than 99 expatriate...
Sep 18 2014 // Independent insurance broker Lockton, has added Account Executive Tom Gabriel and Senior Account Manager Lori Koslowski to the employee benefits team in its Milwaukee office. Gabriel joins Lockton with more than 25 years...
Sep 17 2014 // Privately-held insurance broker Lockton Companies has hired Chris Bartnik as senior vice president. Based in Lockton’s Washington, D.C., office, Bartnik will join Lockton’s Employee Benefits business team that...
Sep 10 2014 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. in East Providence, Rhode Island, recently announced the following promotions.David B. Soforenko has been promoted to sales manager of Starkweather & Shepley...
Sep 10 2014 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has named Tiffany McClellan regional director of employee benefits.McClellan will focus on growing EPIC’s employee benefits consulting business in Southern California, recruiting...
Sep 5 2014 // Workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., was recently named the winner of the Higginbotham Health & Wellness Award in the large business category at the 2014 Greater Austin Business Awards, the...
Sep 2 2014 // Donegal Group Inc. in Marietta, Pennsylvania, announced on Aug. 29 that its chief executive officer, Donald H. Nikolaus, will be on a temporary medical leave of absence. The board has named Donegal Group’s Executive...
Aug 28 2014 // Pleasanton, Calif.-based One Risk Group LLC has merged Integrated Employee Benefits Solutions into its operating platform. As a result of the merger, IEBS owner Robert Silva has joined ORG as vice president in its employee...