Latest Employee Benefits Headlines

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

Hylant Promotes Crisan to Senior VP

Feb 27 2013 // Toledo, Ohio-based insurance brokerage, Hylant, has promoted Robert Crisan to the Hylant corporate employee benefits team as senior vice president, health care reform and strategic growth.In his expanded corporate role,...

Business Moves – Southeast

Feb 25 2013 // Swett, Southern HospitalityIn an expansion of its specialized program business, Swett & Crawford has acquired the assets of Griffin, Georgia -based Southern Hospitality Underwriters Inc. (SHU), a regional firm...

Wells Fargo Introduces National Health & Productivity Practice

Feb 19 2013 // Wells Fargo Insurance, part of Wells Fargo & Co. is launching a health and productivity national practice, the San Francisco, Calif.-based company announced on Tuesday.The group, which is part of the company’s...

EPIC Adds Northern California Benefits Consultant Haley

Feb 8 2013 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center named Jennifer Haley as an employee benefits consultant in its Northern California employee benefits division. Haley’s responsibilities with EPIC will include the acquisition of new...

Digital Insurance Acquires Tennessee’s Capital Benefits Group

Feb 6 2013 // Atlanta-based employee benefits agency Digital Insurance has acquired Tennessee’s Capital Benefits Group. It marks Digital’s first office in Tennessee. Terms were not disclosed. Capital Benefits Group, which...

Less Than 50% of Small Businesses Offer Employee Benefits: LIMRA

Jan 29 2013 // Only 47 percent of small businesses (2-99 employees) in the United States offer benefits to their employees, the lowest level in two decades of research by the life insurance industry research organization LIMRA.According...

Smith Promoted to President, Employee Benefits, at Assurance

Jan 28 2013 // Liz Smith has been promoted to president, employee benefits, at Assurance headquartered in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago, Ill. Her former title was executive vice president, employee benefits.Smith is a member of...

Business Moves – South Central

Jan 28 2013 // Caldwell and Partners, Midlands Holding Corp.Oklahoma-based Caldwell and Partners Inc. (CAP) acquired Midlands Holding Corp. (MHC) from PMA Capital Corp. (PMA). Midlands Management Corp. (Midlands) is a managing general...

Houston’s Chapman Schewe Now a Higginbotham Company

Jan 17 2013 // Higginbotham and Chapman Schewe Benefits Consulting have merged their operations in Houston.Fort Worth, Texas-based independent insurance broker, Higginbotham, will engage Chapman Schewe to supplement the in-house...

EPIC Adds Stanger to Employee Benefits in Southern California

Jan 14 2013 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center named Janice Stanger an account executive on its Los Angeles benefits consulting team. As an account executive at EPIC, Stanger will provide client service leadership, including overall...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Argus Benefits in Atlanta

Jan 14 2013 // Itasca, Ill.-headquartered global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Argus Benefits in Atlanta. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Founded in 2001, Argus Benefits offers a wide range of employee...

Lake Norman Buys Aquesta Insurance’s Employee Benefits Unit in N.C.

Jan 14 2013 // Mooresville, N.C.-based Lake Norman Benefits has acquired the employee benefits practice unit from Aquesta Bank and its subsidiary Aquesta Insurance Agency Inc., based in Cornelius, N.C.Aquesta Insurance is an independent...

Business Moves – West

Jan 14 2013 // EPIC, HomeplaceEdgewood Partners Insurance Center entered into an agreement to acquire Ontario, Calif.-based Homeplace Insurance Brokers Inc. The Ontario team will report to Dan Ryan, EPIC’s managing principal in...

HUB International Acquires Louisiana-Based Brokerage Benefit Concepts

Jan 9 2013 // Insurance broker Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired the assets of Benefit Concepts Inc. (BCI), a Shreveport, La.-based employee benefits brokerage firm. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. BCI will...

Barney & Barney Names Four New Principals in California

Jan 8 2013 // San Diego, Calif.-based Barney & Barney LLC named four senior executives as principals of the firm in California.The new owners are: Dianne Wingfield and Todd Bennett, executives in the firm’s employee benefits...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Hardman & Howell in Kansas

Jan 2 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Hardman & Howell Benefits in Wichita, Kan.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Hardman & Howell Benefits provides a range of employee benefit program consulting services for...

Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Independent Insurance Group Benefits in Texas

Dec 20 2012 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC, a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh Inc., acquired Independent Insurance Group Benefits Inc., the employee benefits division of Dallas, Texas-based Independent Insurance Group.Terms of...

AssuredPartners Acquires Two Agencies

Dec 18 2012 // AssuredPartners Inc., based in Lake Mary, Fla., recently announced the acquisition of two independent insurance agencies.In its first significant expansion west of the Mississippi River, AssuredPartners acquired...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Western Benefit Solutions of Idaho

Dec 12 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Boise, Idaho-based Western Benefit Solutions LLC.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Western Benefit Solutions LLC provides a range of employee benefit insurance...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Nebraska’s Brendis & Brendis

Dec 6 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired employee benefit specialist, Brendis & Brendis Inc., located in Omaha, Neb. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1989, Brendis & Brendis Inc. provides a...