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