All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 3 2021 // USI Insurance Services (USI), a provider of risk management, employee benefit and retirement plan consulting, has completed its acquisition of the insurance business offered through Northwest Insurance Services from...
Apr 22 2021 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Houston, Texas-based Clarus Benefits Group LLC (CBG).The transaction became effective on April 1, 2021, and represents THG’s expansion into Texas. CBG is an employee benefits and...
Apr 22 2021 // Insurance agency personnel on average made a little less money in 2020 but they were more satisfied with their compensation in what was a stressful year.Satisfaction with compensation rose across the board, according to...
Apr 12 2021 // Great American Insurance Group in Cincinnati, Ohio, has promoted Timothy (Tim) E. Markey to divisional vice president within its Fidelity/Crime Division.Markey joined Great American in 2017 as a divisional assistant vice...
Apr 12 2021 // Three general agencies specializing in employee benefits – LISI, BrokerNet USA and Amwins Group Benefits Small Business – have come together to form Amwins Connect Insurance Services, LLC, a national general agency.As...
Apr 9 2021 // Hilb Group LLC (THG), a property/casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and advisory firm headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, has acquired Indiana-based Star Insurance Agency. Star Insurance Agency is a...
Mar 30 2021 // Rockwood Programs Inc., a full-service managing general agency, has appointed Carol Cole to chief marketing officer.In this role, Cole is responsible for marketing employment practices liability, insurance agents errors...
Mar 26 2021 // Dallas-based independent retail brokerage firm, Boyd, Shackelford, Barnett & Dixon (BSBD Group). has hired Lad Williamson as vice president of Employee Benefits. Williamson will help oversee the employee benefits...
Mar 25 2021 // Alera Group, an employee benefits, financial services and risk management company, has acquired E3 Outsource, an employee benefits management and technology firm. The acquisition became effective March 1, 2021. The E3...
Mar 5 2021 // Patriot Growth Insurance Services LLC (Patriot) has added Strategic Benefits of Cincinnati (SBC) to the Patriot platform.SBC is a full-service employee benefits insurance agency based in Loveland, Ohio. Led by Partners...
Mar 4 2021 // Alliant Insurance Services has acquired Group Insurance Incorporated (GII), a full-service employee benefits provider and general agency based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.The acquisition of GII adds a diverse portfolio of...
Mar 2 2021 // Deerfield, Illinois-based GCG Financial, a full-service financial services firm and part of the Alera Group, has promoted David Levitz to managing partner and Carla DeMello to president, Employee Benefits.Levitz, who...
Feb 26 2021 // Conner Strong & Buckelew, an insurance, risk management and employee benefits brokerage and consulting firm, has named 25-year technology leader Anil Jampana as its senior vice president and chief information...
Feb 24 2021 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants announced organizational and restructuring changes across the company.Tom O’Neil has been named president of EPIC and will work directly with CEO Steve Denton to grow the...
Feb 22 2021 // Insurance agency personnel on average made a little less money in 2020 but they were more satisfied with their compensation in what was a stressful year.Satisfaction with compensation rose across the board, according to...
Feb 11 2021 // OneDigital has acquired HM Employee Benefits and Risk Management (HM), located in St. Louis, Missouri.This acquisition is the first to integrate property/casualty (P/C) into OneDigital’s suite of health, retirement...
Feb 8 2021 // Newfront Insurance in San Francisco, Calif., has named Joseph Benedetti a principal and employee benefits producer. Benedetti is based out of the Los Angeles area and supports clients across all of California. He joins...
Feb 8 2021 // There were 744 announced insurance agency mergers and acquisitions in 2020, up nearly 20% from 649 reported in 2019. The surge resulted from the pent-up supply of pending transactions from earlier in the year coupled with...
Feb 5 2021 // MJ Insurance, headquartered in Indianapolis, has added industry veteran Leea Ashfeld-Schwarz to its Benefits Consulting team, where she will serve as an employee benefits client executive.Ashfeld-Schwarz comes to MJ from...
Feb 1 2021 // Lockton Pacific Series has named Lorrinda Lattimore vice president, voluntary benefits.Lattimore is based in Lockton’s Irvine, Calif., office. Lattimore has more than 20 years of experience in leadership, sales and...