Most Popular Employee Benefits Headlines This Year

The most viewed headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page over the last year.

#1 Agency Growth in 2025: Stay Focused on Prospecting, Cross-Selling & Employee Benefits

Nov 18 2024 // Predictions of a softer insurance pricing market are on the horizon. Perhaps not in early 2025, but there’s no question the market is stabilizing from the high prices the sector has seen in recent years. Relying on...

#2 South Carolina House Endorses Paid Family Leave Insurance Bill

Feb 14 2024 // The South Carolina House of Representatives has approved a framework for paid family leave insurance in the state, sending House Bill 4832 to the Senate.By a vote of 110-0, the House last week passed the bill that would...

#3 Allstate to Sell Employer Voluntary Benefits Business to StanCorp for $2 Billion

Aug 14 2024 // Insurer Allstate has agreed to sell its subsidiaries that provide employer voluntary benefits to StanCorp Financial Group (The Standard) in a $2 billion cash deal, the company said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday.The...

#4 Compensation Trends Reshaping Client Service Salaries Within Insurance Agencies

Mar 18 2024 // After numerous requests for insurance industry compensation information, our team at Capstone started to track and analyze compensation data derived from our recruiting activities. Our most recent report came out in...

#5 Salaries, Total Income Skyrocketed in 2023 But Satisfaction with Compensation Waned

Feb 19 2024 // Insurance agency employees and producers on average made more money in 2023 but, overall, employees reported lower satisfaction with their compensation than in 2022, a year when overall satisfaction rose, according to the...

#6 People Moves: IMA Financial Group Hires Davenport to lead Texas Employee Benefits; Marsh McLennan Agency Appoints Stadler President, Jeatran VP and Bridges to Lead Southwest Region

Sep 24 2024 // IMA Financial Group Hires Davenport to lead Texas Employee BenefitsIMA Financial Group, headquartered in Denver, named Teniqua Davenport as Texas market leader, employee benefits on its Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston...

#7 People Moves: DiPhilippo Joins Alliant Employee Benefits; Cormier Joins Alliant Americas in Boston

Aug 23 2024 // DiPhilippo Joins Alliant Insurance Services’ Employee Benefits TeamAlliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, hired Anthony DiPhilippo as vice president, employee benefits, health and welfare...

#8 People Moves: Risk Strategies Appoints Conklin; Edwards Joins Alliant in New York

Apr 4 2024 // Risk Strategies, headquartered in Boston, appointed Josh Conklin as national employee benefits growth leader and senior managing director.Conklin joined Risk Strategies in 2019 through the acquisition of National Insurance...

#9 The Hartford to Start Offering Vermont’s Family Leave Insurance Program for Employers

Jan 23 2024 // The Hartford will begin offering the Vermont Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FMLI) program for employers on February 15. Employers with two or more employees will have the opportunity to work withe the insurer’s...

#10 Alliant Acquires PBC Employee Benefits Division in Oregon

Jan 3 2024 // Alliant Insurance Services acquired the employee benefits division of Eugene, Oregon-based PBC Insurance. The PBC employee benefits team will join Alliant and continue serving clients from its Eugene headquarters. PBC also...

#11 Artemis Risk Solutions Launches Insurance Brokerage, Names Executive Team

Jun 12 2024 // Artemis Risk Solutions, a recently formed insurance brokerage specializing in employee benefit solutions, property & casualty, and personal lines formally has announced its launch.Co-founded by industry veterans Clint...

#12 People Moves: Swanick and Hayes Join Centri; Haan Heads World Insurance HR; Carson Joins Risk Strategies

Feb 16 2024 // Swanick and Hayes Join CentriCentri Business Consulting, headquartered in Philadelphia, hired John Swanick as senior director and Joe Hayes as managing director to lead its insurance practice. Swanick and Hayes bring over...

#13 People Moves: Schaper Is Now Permanent AIG CRO; NFP Appoints Boester Head of Sports and Entertainment Group; Galvin and Fujikawa Join Alliant’s Employee Benefits

Nov 13 2024 // American International Group said Christopher Schaper has been appointed chief risk officer of AIG.Schaper has held the role of chief risk officer on an interim basis since September, while also serving as AIG’s...

#14 People Moves: Liberty Names Donatini and Collins VPs, Gootrad Business Development Specialist

Feb 15 2024 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers named Rick Donatini and Tim Collins to vice president positions and Jules Gootrad as a business development specialist.Donatini joined the firm as vice president, employee benefits....

#15 Inszone Acquires Oklahoma’s Catalyst Benefits Group

Sep 19 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition of Catalyst Benefits Group, LLC, an employee benefits insurance brokerage firm based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This strategic merger further enhances Inszone’s footprint...

#16 Kentucky House Endorses Paid Family Leave Insurance Bill

Jan 31 2024 // FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Legislation portrayed as a market-driven, voluntary approach to expand access to paid family leave in Kentucky was overwhelmingly passed by the state House on Monday.The measure, which drew strong...

#17 People Moves: Meister Joins Sertis as SVP, Distribution Partnerships; Alliant Names Mast SVP, Employee Benefits Group; Venbrook Names Oakes EVP

Sep 12 2024 // Meister Joins Sertis as SVP, Distribution PartnershipsSertis, headquartered in Reno, Nevada, appointed Kurt Meister as senior vice president, distribution partnerships. Meister has more than 36 years of experience in the...

#18 Kentucky Senate Votes to Expand Family Leave as Insurance Product

Apr 1 2024 // FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bipartisan bill aimed at expanding access to paid family leave won final passage Thursday as Kentucky’s legislature shifted into overdrive before a two-week break.The Senate voted 36-0 to...

#19 Wintermute Moves From WTW to Alliant, Now VP for Benefits Group

Jun 18 2024 // Alliant Insurance Services, known as one of the larger U.S. insurance distribution companies, has named Kevin Wintermute executive vice president of its employee benefits group, based in Charlotte, North...

#20 People Moves: Higginbotham Announces Executive Promotions in Financial Services, Employee Benefits

May 10 2024 // Higginbotham announced a series of executive promotions within the Financial Services division. These moves are intended to match current growth at Higginbotham and prepare for future milestones by drawing on deep bench...