Latest Employee Benefits Headlines

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

Ross Joins Gallagher Benefit Services’ Denver Office

Nov 2 2010 // Gallagher Benefit Services Inc. of Denver announced that employee benefits expert Dutch Ross has joined the office as a senior client consultant. Ross has been an employee benefits broker and consultant for a more than a...

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Nov 1 2010 // Juan Andrade stepped down as Commercial Markets president at The Hartford to join Ace as president of the insurers’ Global Personal Lines and Small Commercial Insurance division. He will assume the new position with...

Kirschner Named VP at William Gallagher

Sep 24 2010 // Boston-based insurance broker William Gallagher Associates has named Scott Kirschner as a vice president.He has 24 years of employee benefits-related experience, most recently with The Bostonian Group where he served as...

America’s Best Independent Agencies to Work For

Sep 20 2010 // The results are in from the 2010 Best Independent Insurance Agency to Work For survey by Insurance Journal.The owners of the Best Agencies to Work For in 2010 accent different programs or benefits depending upon their...

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Sep 6 2010 // The California State Compensation Insurance Fund named Tom Rowe president, CEO and member of the Executive Committee. He will report directly to the board of directors and is responsible for the day-to-day operations of...

Bolton & Co. Names Allen Assistant VP for Employee Benefits

Aug 31 2010 // Pasadena, Calif.-based Bolton & Co. announced that Wendee Allen has joined the firm as assistant vice president in the Employee Benefits division. She is the sixth producer to join Bolton in 2010. Allen has a 22-year...

Lawson-Hawks Names Stege VP in Employee Benefits Division

Aug 26 2010 // Mountain View, Calif.-based Lawson-Hawks Insurance Associates, has added John Stege of Aptos, Calif., as a vice president and broker for the Employee Benefits Division. Stege has more than 11 years experience in providing...

M&A Wrap Up: Year-over-Year, M&A Activity Sustains a Moderate Pace

Aug 24 2010 // Insurance brokerage deals in the second quarter of 2010 barely bested the number of deals during the second quarter of 2009 bringing year-over-year activity slightly ahead of last. Forty-six transactions were announced...

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Aug 16 2010 // Insurance brokerage Marsh appointed Ron Marx as a senior vice president in its San Diego office. Marx brings 30 years of risk management and insurance experience to Marsh. He joins the company from Willis, where he led the...

M&A Wrap Up: Year-over-Year, M&A Activity Sustains a Moderate Pace

Aug 16 2010 // Insurance brokerage deals in the second quarter of 2010 barely bested the number of deals during the second quarter of 2009 bringing year-over-year activity slightly ahead of last. Forty-six transactions were announced...

2010 Education & Training Directory

Aug 16 2010 // Insurance Journal is pleased to publish the 2010 Education and Training Directory. This exclusive resource directory has been designed to help independent agents and brokers find educational and training opportunities to...

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Aug 16 2010 // Insurance brokerage Marsh appointed Ron Marx as a senior vice president in its San Diego office. Marx brings 30 years of risk management and insurance experience to Marsh. He joins the company from Willis, where he led the...

Year-over-Year, M&A Activity Sustains a Moderate Pace

Aug 16 2010 // Insurance brokerage deals in the second quarter of 2010 barely bested the number of deals during the second quarter of 2009 bringing year-over-year activity slightly ahead of last. Forty-six transactions were announced...

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Aug 2 2010 // Sentry Insurance Co. in Stevens Point, Wis., announced that Peter G. McPartland is joining Sentry as president and chief operating officer. McPartland is a seasoned insurance executive with more than 30 years of experience...

Lepanen Joins Higginbotham to Lead Employee Benefits Practice

Jul 28 2010 // Texas-based Higginbotham & Associates has appointed Dick Lepanen executive vice president in its Austin office. Lepanen brings more than 24 years’ experience in operations management and new business development...

BB&T Insurance Services of California Names DeMore Senior VP

Jul 15 2010 // BB&T Insurance Services of California Inc. announced it has named Michael DeMore senior vice president and employee benefits manager of the Irvine, Calif., operation. DeMore has more than 30 years of experience in the...

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Jul 5 2010 // Donald D. Larson has been named president and chief operating officer of the Great American Property and Casualty Group and Great American Insurance Co.Larson is the 16th president in Great American’s history. He...

BB&T Insurance Services Adds Beech to Employee Benefits Staff

Jun 28 2010 // The San Diego-based John Burnham division of BB&T Insurance Services of California Inc. announces that Dave Beech has joined the company as an employee benefits consultant. In his position, Beech will work with the...

Ryan Joins Hylant Group’s Employee Benefits Division in Chicago

Jun 23 2010 // Privately owned insurance brokerage, Hylant Group, has hired employee benefits industry expert Gates Ryan as client executive in its Chicago office. In this role, he will provide strategic consultation regarding all...

Lawmakers Say Insurance Reform Veto Will Cost Oklahoma Agencies

Jun 22 2010 // Republican lawmakers in Oklahoma say a gubernatorial veto will keep numerous agencies, including some of the state’s largest, from saving millions in health care costs. Legislation that supporters say would have...