All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 12 2011 // MJ Insurance, a privately held insurance agency, has hired Ash Hachmeister as a producer. He will work with both employee benefits and property/casualty clients from the company’s Phoenix, Ariz., office. Hachmeister...
May 2 2011 // Frost Insurance Agency Inc., the insurance subsidiary of Frost, has acquired Clark Benefit Group, an independent San Antonio-based insurance agency that specializes in providing employee benefits to small and mid-size...
Apr 26 2011 // Four employee benefits consultants have joined Lockton in its San Jose, Calif. office: Linda Wieck, senior vice president and unit manager; Charina English, vice president and senior consultant; Shirley Lau, vice president...
Apr 20 2011 // A Tennessee woman told a federal judge in Baton Rouge, La., that she embezzled over $491,000 in benefits intended for employees of union contractors in five states.Theresa Waters, 45, of Murfreesboro, pleaded guilty to one...
Apr 20 2011 // The Denver Office of Lockton Companies LLC, a large privately held independent insurance brokerage, has expanded its Lockton Denver Benefits Group with the addition of Michael Faughnan.As an employee benefits consultant,...
Apr 14 2011 // Frost Insurance announced that Brian Latkowski has been named senior vice president, Employee Benefits Practice leader, in the company’s Austin, Texas, office. In this role, Latkowski oversees statewide strategic...
Apr 6 2011 // EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has added Daniel J. Pierro Jr. as principal and senior employee benefits consultant. His addition...
Mar 3 2011 // IMA Benefits, the benefits practice for retail insurance broker IMA Inc., announced that Tracy McConnell and John Kirke were promoted to director of health innovation. Additionally, Dale Curtis was promoted to director of...
Feb 11 2011 // Salt Lake City-based The Buckner Co. has hired Carol Dana in its Employee Benefits department, and subsequently acquired Dana’s agency, Dana Benefits. Dana will join the team of benefits experts at The Buckner Co.,...
Feb 11 2011 // EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has added Amenda-Ming Chen as an employee benefits account executive in its San Francisco...
Feb 10 2011 // Lockton Companies LLC, a Kansas City-based firm specializing in insurance, risk management and employee benefits, announced two promotions within its Kansas City Employee Benefits Agency.Previously unit managers for health...
Feb 7 2011 // San Diego based CMR Risk & Insurance Services Inc. has added Grant Jacka as its employee benefits broker. Jacka comes to CMR Risk & Insurance Services after spending nearly three years as a broker/account executive...
Feb 7 2011 // Portland, Ore.-based Durham and Bates Agencies Inc. selected William D. Hurst as CEO and president. Hurst, an internationally known marine insurance broker, and leader of Durham and Bates’ Marine Practice for 25...
Jan 20 2011 // Texas Associates Insurors has added Grace Jaen as its newest Employee Benefits analyst.Jaen focuses on developing and implementing solutions that help businesses attract and retain the right employees. “With...
Jan 18 2011 // San Diego-based risk management and insurance brokerage firm Cavignac & Associates has named Taylor Soleno an employee benefits account administrator. Soleno will provide administrative support to the agency’s...
Jan 6 2011 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh Inc., announced it has RJF Agencies Inc., one of the largest independent insurance agencies in the upper Midwest. Terms of the transaction were...
Jan 4 2011 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC reports it has acquired Strategic Benefit Solutions, Inc. (SBS), a $4 million benefits brokerage and consulting firm based in Alpharetta, Georgia.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed....
Jan 4 2011 // Chicago-based Hub International Ltd. (Hub), an insurance brokerage firm, has announced several acquisitions.It has acquired the shares of Hall-Conway-Jackson Inc. and the assets of Cascade Insurance Group Inc., Bothell,...
Dec 10 2010 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers has added Chris Nussbaum and Paul Martinez as assistant vice presidents and employee benefits producers. Nussbaum brings 18 years of experience as an employee benefits professional on both the...
Dec 5 2010 // Oakland, Calif.-based catastrophe risk modeling firm EQECAT Inc. named Bill Keogh president. He will be based in the Hackensack, N.J., office.Keogh previously served as senior vice president of strategic initiatives. He...