Latest Employee Benefits Headlines

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

People Moves: High Street Names 3 to Executive Posts; Lindamood Joins Alliant in Ohio

Sep 8 2021 // Traverse City, Michigan-based national broker High Street Insurance Partners (HSIP) appointed Angela Williams partner and chief brand officer, and Emma Riza principal and chief development officer. Additionally, the...

People Moves: RT Specialty’s Bernardo, Cross Insurance’s Jermyn Promoted

Sep 8 2021 // Gina Bernardo has been promoted to account manager within the environmental and construction professional (ECP) practice of RT Specialty. She is based in RT ECP’s Hamilton, New Jersey, offices.Since joining the team...

Risk Strategies Acquires Georgia-based Employee Benefits Specialty Broker Benevestco

Aug 31 2021 // National specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm Risk Strategies announced it has acquired the assets of employee benefits specialty broker Benevestco, Inc., a Resource Sevens company. Terms of the deal were...

People Moves: MJ Insurance Adds Bingham; Ashurst Joins Marsh in Chicago

Aug 31 2021 // MJ Insurance, a risk management and employee benefits agency headquartered in Indianapolis, hired Julie Bingham as vice president of Total Rewards Consulting.Bingham brings 20-plus years of experience in compensation...

Why Health Insurance & Workers’ Compensation Insurance Are Not True Insurance

Aug 16 2021 // Fully funded or level funded traditional health insurance provided by employers is not insurance except for people who buy their own insurance, i.e., the small business owner. To qualify as insurance, the insurance policy...

HUB Launches Employee Benefits Captive for Cannabis Organizations

Jul 22 2021 // Chicago-based HUB International Limited (HUB), a global insurance broker and financial services firm, unveiled its newly created Cannabis Benefits Captive, an exclusive employee benefits group captive for cannabis...

Beazley Enhances ‘Virtual Care’ Coverage for Growing Telehealth and Wellness Sector

Jul 22 2021 // Specialist insurer Beazley has enhanced its pioneering Virtual Care policy, which provides comprehensive protection against the interconnected risks facing digital health and wellness organizations.First launched in the...

People Moves: Lockton Names Presidents; Moxley Joins IOA Tallahassee Office

Jul 21 2021 // LocktonLockton has promoted Neil Metzheiser to President of the Atlanta office. Metzheiser specializes in the design and implementation of property and casualty and executive protection liability programs. In his expanded...

People Moves: Westchester Promotes McLaughlin; New Hires at Insurity, Lockton

Jul 20 2021 // Insurity, a provider of cloud-based software for insurance carriers, brokers and managing general agencies, appointed Craig Campestre as chief sales officer.Campestre will lead Insurity’s sales strategy and...

People Moves: IIAT Elects Officers, Directors; Pettiette Joins Louisiana’s Dwight W. Andrus Insurance

Jul 19 2021 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) elected Gaylon Brown of TexCap Insurance in Dallas to serve as chair for 2021-2022 during IIAT’s annual business meeting on June 25, 2021.Brown is CEO and Managing...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Stellar Benefits Group in Ohio

Jun 30 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Solon, Ohio-based Stellar Benefits Group LLC.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ronald Rafal, Alan Greenberg and their associates will continue to operate from their current...

People Moves: KAIA Hires Goodman; New Shareholders at Holmes Murphy; AmericanAg Adds Nuehring

Jun 21 2021 // Josh Goodman is joining the Kansas Association of Insurance Agents’ (KAIA) team as its new director of Business Development, as of July 12.Goodman had been active in KAIA leadership for many years, including as a...

8 Tips to Increase Your Agency’s Surety Bond Business

Jun 18 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Old Republic Surety.There’s a significant surety revenue stream hiding within the average independent agency’s book of commercial business. Need clues? Here are eight...

People Moves: Simon, Miller Join MJ Insurance; Assurex Global Adds Merola as SVP

Jun 16 2021 // MJ Insurance has hired Jacob Simon as risk transfer specialist and Ryan Miller as employee benefits consultant in the company’s Indianapolis headquarters.Simon comes to MJ from a local industry competitor, bringing a...

People Moves: Brost Joins BSBD in Texas as EVP; Russell Named Oklahoma WCC Chairman, Liotta Resigning

Jun 7 2021 // Boyd, Shackelford, Barnett and Dixon (BSBD) based in Plano, Texas, has hired Matt Brost as executive vice president and Benefits Practice leader.Brost brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the employee benefits...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires LDJ American Online Benefits Group in Texas

Jun 2 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Addison, Texas-based LDJ American Online Benefits Group LLC (AOBG).Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2013, AOBG designs, markets and services supplemental...

People Moves: Hub Hires Howard; Prime to Starkweather & Shepley; The Hilb Group Adds Grant

May 25 2021 // Hub International Northeast, a global insurance brokerage firm, has hired Arthur (Art) J. Howard as employee benefits regional sales officer.In this newly formed role, he will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day...

People Moves: Hapworth to Lead Amwins’ AEU; Former NFLer Ayodele Joins Spoznik Agency; Century Risk Advisors Adds Sawyer

May 24 2021 // The American Equity Underwriters, Inc. (AEU, an Amwins Company), a provider of workers’ compensation insurance for waterfront employers and program administrator for American Longshore Mutual Association Ltd. (ALMA),...

Alera Group Acquires Employee Benefits Division of Lamb Insurance Services

May 7 2021 // Alera Group, an independent, national insurance and wealth management firm, has acquired the employee benefits division of Lamb Insurance Services, an insurance broker exclusively dedicated to nonprofit and social service...

NFP Acquires Indiana Employee Benefits Firm, First Person

May 5 2021 // Insurance broker NFP has acquired Indianapolis, Indiana-based employee benefits brokerage, First Person Inc. (First Person).First Person specializes in group benefits with additional capabilities in compensation,...