Latest Employee Benefits Headlines

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

Firms’ Employee Benefit Offerings Reflect Pandemic-Reshuffled Priorities

Oct 9 2020 // During the past year, there is a good chance that you and your priorities changed significantly.The things you used to think were important are not so important anymore. And issues you did not even think about before are...

EPIC Adds MetLife’s Johnson to National Employer Consulting Practice in Atlanta

Oct 8 2020 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has added Robert Johnson as principal.Johnson’s primary focus will be new client...

Hub International Buys Canadian Benefits Consultancy Firm, Clearpoint

Oct 6 2020 // Hub International Ltd., a Chicago-based global insurance broker, announced it has acquired Canadian benefits firm, Clearpoint, which comprises Clearpoint Advisory Group Inc., Clearpoint Retirement Solutions Inc. and...

Value of Employee Benefits

Oct 5 2020 // The pandemic has brought to light the importance of having the right protections in place, especially those that protect life and health.According to The Hartford’s Future of Benefits Study, some 40% of U.S. workers...

Pandemic Brings Shift in Younger Workers’ Views of Employee Benefits

Sep 29 2020 // The coronavirus pandemic has led to a greater emphasis on employee benefits that help people plan for unexpected life events and provide financial protection, according to a study by The Hartford.The Hartford’s...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Erin P. Collins & Associates in Arizona

Sep 18 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Kingman, Ariz.-based Erin P. Collins & Associates Inc.Erin Collins and his associates will continue to operate from their current locations under the direction of Scott...

Holmes Murphy Adds Fitzpatrick as VP, Client Service, in Minnesota

Sep 15 2020 // Insurance services firm Holmes Murphy has hired Barry Fitzpatrick as vice president, Client Service, for the company’s growing Minneapolis, Minnesota, Employee Benefits team. Fitzpatrick brings more than 20 years of...

Hub Acquires Assets of The Employee Benefit Corp., Hollis Companies in Louisiana

Sep 4 2020 // Chicago-based global insurance brokerage HUB International Limited (Hub) has acquired the assets of Hollis Companies L.L.C. (Hollis Companies) and The Employee Benefits Corporation (TEBC), located in Metairie,...

Crest Insurance in Arizona Names Nelson COO of Employee Benefits Division

Aug 24 2020 // Crest Insurance Group of Tucson, Ariz., has named Matt Nelson chief operating officer of the employee benefits division. Nelson joined Crest Insurance in 2020 as a benefits and commercial lines consultant. He was a vice...

Alera Group Acquires Maryland’s FNL Insurance Group

Aug 21 2020 // Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, retirement services and wealth management firm, has acquired FNL Insurance Group, effective August 1, 2020.For more than 40 years, FNL Insurance Group has...

Insurance Office Of America Adds Mongold to Employee Benefits Team in Florida

Aug 20 2020 // Insurance Office of America (IOA) is has added Jared Mongold to its expanding team. Mongold joins the Melbourne, Fla., branch office as an employee benefits specialist. Jared Mongold Before joining IOA, Mongold was a...

SCM Insurance Services in California Adds Jetté and Melbon to Ownership Team

Aug 19 2020 // Two owners have been added to in Irvine, Calif.-based SullivanCurtisMonroe’s ownership team: Skip Jetté, who has been with SCM for 19 years and manages the Corona office, and John Melbon, who joined SCM seven years...

Progressive Enters Voluntary Market with Expanded Pet Health Insurance Product

Aug 17 2020 // Progressive will enter the voluntary benefits market through a relationship with Pets Best, which is part of Care Credit, a Synchrony product.Progressive Pet Insurance by Pets Best will be available to all U.S. companies...

Insurance Agents Think They Offer Value. But Some Customers Have a Different View.

Aug 7 2020 // Business owners and consumers are rethinking their finances and insurance needs due to the current economic uncertainty. However, new research suggests insurance customers and their agents are not always on the same page;...

McGriff to Consolidate South Florida Operations, Open Additional Branches

Aug 4 2020 // Insurance broker McGriff will expand its southeastern Florida operations with a new headquarters office in Coral Gables and the opening of branch locations in Fort Lauderdale and Weston later this year. The move to a...

Higginbotham Enters New Mexico with Pat Campbell Merger

Jul 29 2020 // Higginbotham and Pat Campbell Insurance, an independent agency in Las Cruces, N.M., have merged operations.Both firms broker commercial and personal property/casualty insurance, employee benefits and individual life and...

IMA Financial Group Acquires HofgardBenefits in Colorado

Jul 27 2020 // IMA Financial Group has acquired HofgardBenefits, a Louisville, Colo.-based employee benefits agency. The acquisition augments IMA’s employee benefits business segment that’s focused on companies with less than...

P/C Insurance Agency M&A Deals Down 12% in First Half of 2020: Optis

Jul 15 2020 // There were 288 announced insurance agency mergers and acquisitions during the first half of 2020, down from 328 in 2019, according to a report from OPTIS Partners. It was the lowest six-month period total since...

TrueNorth Adopts First MainStreet Insurance Name; Acquires Hylant of Nashville

Jul 8 2020 // The TrueNorth Companies Nashville branch will adopt the name of its affiliate, First MainStreet Insurance (FMSI), as part of its efforts to further its presence in the Nashville market. According to TrueNorth Nashville...

BenefitMall in Texas Partners with Benefits and Security Provider, CyberScout

Jun 23 2020 // Dallas-based employee benefits provider, BenefitMall, has partnered with CyberScout, a provider cybersecurity, identity theft resolution and employee benefits services.BenefitMall brokers will now be able to offer...