Latest Employee Benefits Headlines

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

People

Jun 21 2010 // WFL, an insurance and risk services agency headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., has added three new executives – Terry Reams, Mark Latini and Beth Grellner – to its top management team.As chief operating officer,...

Promoting Employee Wellness Yields Substantial Business Returns

Jun 21 2010 // Do the companies you work with actively promote health and well-being in the workplace? If the answer is no, they’re not alone. According to a survey by Right Management, a subsidiary of Manpower Inc., less than half...

Specialized Independence

Jun 21 2010 // Top 100 Agency Profile Agency Name: The Horton Group Inc. Headquarters: Orland Park, Ill. Year Founded: 1971 Locations: 15 2009 Total P/C Premiums: $258.3 million Commercial Lines: $221.4 million Personal Lines: $36.8...

Dillabaugh Joins Hylant Group as Sr. VP, Employee Benefits Sales Leader

Jun 16 2010 // Ohio-based Hylant Group hired industry veteran Scott Dillabaugh as senior vice president and employee benefits sales leader for its Cleveland, Ohio, office. In this role, he will be part of the employee benefits practice,...

People

Jun 7 2010 // Wholesaler Crump Insurance promoted Kevin Hahn to executive vice president. As head of New York brokerage operations, Hahn will oversee Crump’s offices in Long Island and New York, and its environmental practice.XL...

Promoting Employee Wellness Yields Substantial Business Returns

Jun 7 2010 // Do the companies you work with actively promote health and well-being in the workplace? If the answer is no, they’re not alone. According to a survey by Right Management, a subsidiary of Manpower Inc., less than half...

People

Jun 7 2010 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. (LWCC) President and CEO Kristin W. Wall has been elected to the board of directors of NCCI Holdings Inc., a provider of workers’ compensation and employee injury data and...

St. Louis, Missouri-based WFL Expands Top Management Team

Jun 2 2010 // WFL, an insurance and risk services agency headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., has added three new executives – Terry Reams, Mark Latini and Beth Grellner – to its top management team.As chief operating officer,...

New Jersey’s NIA Group Adds Three Producers

May 21 2010 // New Jersey-based NIA Group, part of Marsh Agency, has hired three new insurance producers in its Mount Laurel, Paramus and Somerset offices.Derek Kimmel, who joins the Mount Laurel office, has broad experience in employee...

Promoting Employee Wellness Yields Substantial Business Returns

May 17 2010 // Do the companies you work with actively promote health and well-being in the workplace? If the answer is no, they’re not alone. According to a survey by Right Management, a subsidiary of Manpower Inc., less than half...

People

May 17 2010 // Irvine, Calif.-based Superior Access Insurance Services Inc. named Tom Crawford chairman of the board of directors. Before joining Superior Access, Crawford served as chairman, president and CEO of Crawford & Co. With...

M&A Wrap Up: The Rollercoaster of M&A

May 14 2010 // January deal activity started out strong but continued to decline in February and further in March. Nonetheless, first quarter merger and acquisition (M&A) activity bested last year’s first quarter performance...

Frost Insurance Promotes Brown, Announces New Hires

May 13 2010 // Kevin Brown has been promoted to Austin Market president for Frost Insurance, overseeing all insurance divisions in the Austin and San Marcos, Texas, locations. He also serves as the statewide practice leader for the...

People

May 3 2010 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based American Empire Surplus Lines Insurance Co. (AESLIC) has named Frederick J. Woebse president and chief operating officer. He succeeds Robert Nelson, who was named chairman and chief executive...

Wells Fargo Insurance Services Acquires AIM Administration Agency

Apr 30 2010 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services Inc., part of Wells Fargo & Co., has acquired AIM Administration Inc., a single office, employee benefits insurance brokerage firm located in Salt Lake City. The acquisition closed on...

EPIC Appoints Liedel Employee Benefits Managing Principal

Apr 28 2010 // EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, announced that Dana Liedel, who joined EPIC as principal and corporate development officer in November 2009,...

Hylant Group Adds Iwanski to Employee Benefits Practice

Apr 21 2010 // Hylant Group, a privately owned insurance brokerage firm headquartered in Ohio, has hired Jackie Iwanski as manager of Health and Wellness Strategies in the firm’s Employee Benefits Practice.Iwanski will develop a...

The Rollercoaster of M&A

Apr 19 2010 // January deal activity started out strong but continued to decline in February and further in March. Nonetheless, first quarter merger and acquisition (M&A) activity bested last year’s first quarter performance...

Despite Tough Times, Insurance Industry Employee Benefits Secure

Apr 19 2010 // Independent insurance agencies and carriers’ top concerns for 2010 may be profit margins, cash flow, sales volume and marketing, the down economy and the possibility that it might falter again, but that doesn’t...

People

Apr 19 2010 // McQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP (MHBT), recently named Fred Pecina and Jeremy Sandusky partners in the agency. Pecina is based in the firm’s Ft. Worth office, and Sandusky works in MHBT’s Dallas office.Pecina,...