Latest Employee Benefits Headlines

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

Palomar Buys Martin Grace Benefit Group in Alabama

Mar 13 2012 // Palomar Insurance Corp, a Montgomery, Alabama-headquartered insurance brokerage, said it has acquired Martin Grace Benefit Group Inc. in Birmingham. Martin Grace is an employee benefit and insurance consulting firm. Tony...

Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires KSPH in Virginia

Mar 13 2012 // Marsh & McLennan Agency, a unit of Marsh Inc. acquired KSPH, a $5 million revenue employee benefits agency in Glen Allen, Va.Launched in 2000, KSPH offers employee benefits and retirement plan services to middle...

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Mar 5 2012 // Los Angeles, Calif.-based Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. has named John Rossetti vice president of the employee benefits group in the firm’s Albuquerque, N.M. office.Rossetti was previously an account...

Philadelphia-based Graham Company Announces Promotion

Mar 1 2012 // The Graham Company, one of the Mid-Atlantic region’s largest insurance and employee benefits brokers, promoted industry veteran Dina Daniele to vice president of marketing. Dina Danielle Daniele has served as an...

Poms Names Rossetti Vice President of Employee Benefits in New Mexico

Feb 22 2012 // Los Angeles, Calif.-based Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. has named John Rossetti vice president of the employee benefits group in the firm’s Albuquerque, N.M. office. Rossetti was previously an account...

N.Y.-based USI Insurance Services Acquires The Pinnacle Group

Feb 22 2012 // USI Insurance Services, an insurance brokerage and financial service firm in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., acquired most of the assets of The Pinnacle Group. Based in Virginia Beach, Va., Pinnacle is a full-service employee...

USI Insurance Appoints Two Executives in New York

Feb 21 2012 // USI Insurance Services, an insurance brokerage and financial service firm in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., announced two additions to the New York Metro team: Robert Reers as president and Susan Fanciullo as senior vice...

Midwest Business Moves

Feb 20 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired ProSource Financial LLC in Westchester, Ill.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1986, ProSource Financial LLC is an employee benefit insurance broker that...

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Feb 20 2012 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. has named Robert Mahl senior vice president of its property/casualty group in the firm’s Woodland Hills office.Mahl was previously vice...

Heffernan Names Nam VP of Employee Benefits in Southern California

Feb 16 2012 // Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers has hired Jammie Y. Nam in its Orange County office as vice president of employee benefits.Nam has nearly 20 years’ experience in the employee benefit industry...

TD Insurance Appoints VP for Employee Benefits in Philadelphia Region

Feb 15 2012 // TD Insurance, a subsidiary of TD Bank, appointed Charles Maleski as vice president, regional group practice leader for employee benefits in the Greater Philadelphia marketplace. Charles Maleski Maleski will deliver TD...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires ProSource Financial

Feb 10 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired ProSource Financial LLC in Westchester, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1986, ProSource Financial LLC is an employee benefit insurance broker that...

Neace Lukens Acquires Indiana’s Jenkins Insurance Services

Feb 10 2012 // Neace Lukens, an AssuredPartners Inc. company, has acquired Jenkins Insurance Services, a Sellersburg, Ind.-based employee benefits insurance firm. Mike Jenkins will join Neace Lukens’ New Albany office and will...

Report: New Orleans Wasted Money on Life Benefits for Years

Feb 9 2012 // The city misspent around $500,000 on employee benefits during a span of eight years, according to a report released by the New Orleans Inspector General.The inspector general’s office evaluated the city’s...

Thoits in Northern California Adds Tillotson to Employee Benefits Practice

Feb 8 2012 // San Jose, Calif.-based Thoits Insurance Service Inc. has named Bernie Tillotson senior vice president of employee benefits. Tillotson brings more than three decades of benefits and human resources expertise to his new...

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Feb 6 2012 // Centennial, Colo.-based Colorado Casualty has named Lucas J. Bills as president and chief executive officer of the commercial lines company, which operates in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.Bills...

Google Captive in Hawaii on Track

Feb 6 2012 // Web search giant Google Inc. has been granted tentative approval from the Department of Labor to form a captive insurance company in Hawaii to cover employee benefits for thousands of the Mountain View, Calif.-based web...

MJ Insurance Adds Two to Growing Employee Benefits Division

Feb 2 2012 // MJ Insurance, a property/casualty and employee benefits agency headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind., has hired Kimberly Balling as a client communication specialist and Jessica Babcock as a sales and marketing assistant to...

AIG to Merge Group Benefits Units From Chartis and American General

Jan 24 2012 // Two American International Group units — Chartis U.S. Accident and Health, and American General Life Companies — are planning to merge their group benefits businesses into a single, unified organization. The...

The Buckner Co. of Utah Hires Trujillo

Jan 12 2012 // The Buckner Co. has hired Russell Trujillo in their employee benefits department. Trujillo will work with employers to help them find benefits packages for their employees. The Buckner Co. has placed much emphasis on...