All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 6 2006 // Higginbotham & Associates announced it has added Account Executive Cynthia Brown to its Austin, Texas, office to provide commercial clients with employee benefit plan brokerage and account support.Brown, who is...
Dec 4 2006 // Willis Group Holdings, an insurance broker, has added three senior level executives in its Denver office. The appointments of Dennis Miceli, senior vice president and employee benefits practice leader; Brian Janeck, senior...
Nov 20 2006 // Good people can make or break a company. In San Diego-based Barney & Barney’s case, it’s clearly made it; the company has been in business for nearly a century, thanks to people who have invested their...
Nov 19 2006 // Good people can make or break a company. In San Diego-based Barney & Barney’s case, it’s clearly made it; the company has been in business for nearly a century, thanks to people who have invested their...
Nov 3 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has reached a settlement with UnumProvident Corp., Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company, and Unum Life Insurance Company of America to ensure that all compensation...
Nov 3 2006 // Chicago-based Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Health Care Service Corp. (HCSC), a Mutual Legal Reserve Company, recently announced the addition of David J. Bryan to its group operation as manager of...
Oct 23 2006 // It’s a problem many brokers face: clients love our property casualty risk management products and services, but have we given them all they need? What else can we do for them?An employee benefits program offers an...
Oct 17 2006 // Oakland, Calif.-based Saylor & Hill, a provider of risk management, insurance and employee benefits services, expanded its capabilities to serve U.S.-based companies with multinational operations.Through a new...
Sep 29 2006 // The Phoenix Group, an independent insurance agency and employee benefits company based in Ripon, Wis., recently purchased Union Bank Insurance Group, based in Peru, Ill., marking the agency’s fifth acquisition in...
Aug 7 2006 // PeopleDallas-based McQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP named Kyle Moss a partner in the firm. Moss, previously employee benefits director in MHBT’s Dallas office, is responsible for the production and servicing of...
Jul 21 2006 // Southwest Business Corporation (SWBC) announced that Cathy L. Starnes, Ph.D. has joined SWBC as the vice president of Employee Benefits in the company’s San Antonio office.As vice president of Employee Benefits,...
Jul 17 2006 // Oklahoma-based The Holmes Organisation announced the addition of Felix Jones as a Retirement Plan and Group Life & Health producer for its employee benefits division. Jones brings more than 23 years of experience in...
Jul 3 2006 // A workers’ compensation insurer does not have a claim against a bankrupt business for unpaid premiums under bankruptcy law, according to the U.S. Supreme Court that insurers are warning could disrupt the insurance...
Jul 3 2006 // News CurrentsA workers’ compensation insurer does not have a claim against a bankrupt business for unpaid premiums under bankruptcy law, according to the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision that insurers are warning...
Jun 20 2006 // A workers compensation insurer does not have a claim against a bankrupt business for unpaid premiums under bankruptcy law, according to the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision that insurers are warning could disrupt the...
Jun 6 2006 // Phoenix-based BNC Insurance Services Inc., a subsidiary of BNC National Bank and its parent company, BNCCORP Inc. has acquired the assets of T.M. Richards & Associates. The total consideration paid in the acquisition...
Jun 5 2006 // Oklahoma City-based managing general underwriter and third party administrator Midlands Management Corporation appointed Pamela McMillan Eyerly to the position of vice president of Human Resources. She will manage...
May 22 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company appointed Larry Wagner as its new vice president of underwriting. Wagner will serve as chief underwriting officer and will oversee loss prevention efforts.Wagner has 30 years of underwriting...
Apr 26 2006 // Insurance and risk management firm McQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP (MHBT), announced the appointment of Trey Halbert as a consultant in the employee benefits group in the company’s Austin office.“We are pleased...
Apr 6 2006 // Costco Executive Business Members in Washington will now be able to purchase and administer employee benefits insurance online. Concero Technology, a Portland, Ore.-based provider of employee benefits insurance portals,...