All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 11 2014 // San Diego, Calif.-based Barney & Barney has promoted five senior executives to principals of the firm.The new principals, all of whom are based in California, are: Sara Bennett, an executive in the property/casualty...
Mar 7 2014 // New York’s Assembly passed a series of bills Wednesday intended to provide affordable child care, increase funding for child care subsidies and establish paid leave for medical emergencies, the birth or adoption of a...
Mar 5 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Tudor Risk Services, LLC located in Woburn, Mass. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 2009, Tudor Risk Services is a retail insurance broker...
Feb 27 2014 // Lake Mary, Fla.-based AssuredPartners Inc., through its Neace Lukens platform, has completed the acquisition of Creech & Stafford Insurance Agency Inc. in Kentucky. The terms of the transaction were not...
Feb 21 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Kent, Kent & Tingle, a retail insurance broker based in Shreveport, La. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1989, Kent, Kent & Tingle (KK&T)...
Feb 5 2014 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), a subsidiary of Marsh LLC, has acquired Great Lakes Employee Benefit Services, an employee group benefits consulting and brokerage firm based in Troy, Mich. Terms of the transaction...
Feb 3 2014 // IMA Inc. has added three new business development associates to the Dallas office.Jim Schaefer joins the Dallas team as vice president of employee benefits; Ross Hamann joins the Dallas benefits team in business...
Jan 23 2014 // Willis North America said it has acquired the employee benefits consulting division of Birmingham, Alabama-based Capital Strategies Group Inc. Capital Strategies Group’s employee benefits consulting division, led by...
Jan 22 2014 // Willis Group Holdings announced that it is creating a new global Human Capital & Benefits (HCB) Practice to be led by Tim Wright, who will add this new role to his duties as CEO of Willis International.“The...
Jan 14 2014 // The Leavitt Group’s Tacoma, Wash. office has expanded services by bringing on three employee benefits professionals. Jon Montgomery, senior executive vice president of benefits, will lead the new employee benefits...
Jan 13 2014 // St. Louis, Mo.-based MRCT, a comprehensive, employee benefits, financial products and human resources consulting firm, announced the launch of SmartBenefits Marketplace. The locally owned and operated private healthcare...
Jan 7 2014 // The Segal Group announced it has acquired a portion of the business of Moroni Fantin, an employee benefits consulting firm located in the Detroit, Mich.-area.Moroni Fantin specializes in working with Michigan and national,...
Jan 6 2014 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center named Sama Hershey Davis in it employee benefits consulting practice in California.Hershey Davis has 15 years of experience in healthcare, benefits consulting, human resources,...
Dec 27 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Jenkins and Associates in Springfield, Mo.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Jenkins and Associates offers employee benefit brokerage and consulting services, such as group...
Dec 20 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced its acquisition of Boston-based Longfellow Financial LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1999, Longfellow Financial is an employee benefits insurance broker...
Dec 16 2013 // Laurie Hoag-Winkler has been named senior vice president, employee benefits practice leader, for USI Colorado.USI Colorado is the firm formerly known as Van Gilder Insurance Corp. USI Insurance Services officially closed...
Dec 10 2013 // Willis Group Holdings announced that it has appointed Michelle Bishop as client development manager for international private medical insurance. Michelle will work within the UK Employee Benefits practice to help clients...
Dec 2 2013 // Agencies involved in the sales and service of employee benefits know that the issue of errors and omissions (E&O) is very real — and that proper steps must be taken to minimize that exposure. Many in the employee...
Nov 13 2013 // In June of this year, MarshBerry launched its 28th Annual Market & Financial Outlook Survey in conjunction with Insurance Journal. The survey compiled anonymous general independent agency information along with...
Nov 11 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Employee Benefits Analysis Corp. in Addison, Texas.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1995, Employee Benefits Analysis Corp. (EBAC) is an...