Latest Employee Benefits Headlines
All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People Moves: Rice Joins Alliant Insurance Services’ Employee Benefits Team
Jul 11 2024 // Brandon Rice Brandon Rice joined Alliant Insurance Services, based in Irvine, California, as a vice president for its employee benefits group. Rice is based in Dallas. He most recently served as vice president at Lockton...
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...
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...
People Moves: SAIF Names Graneto Chief Financial Officer; Chapman and Crandall Join Alliant Employee Benefits; Huihui Joins Alliant’s Hawaii Team
May 24 2024 // SAIF Promotes Graneto to Chief Financial Officer Todd Graneto SAIF, headquartered in Salem, Oregon, promoted Todd Graneto to chief financial officer. In his new role, Graneto will be responsible for the financial services...
People Moves: Strub, Bell Join Alliant Employee Benefits Team
May 23 2024 // Holden Strub has joined Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, as a producer within its employee benefits group. Strub is based out of Alliant’s east region. Before joining Alliant, Strub...
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...
People Moves: Brown Joins Alliant Insurance Services’ Employee Benefits Team
May 3 2024 // Angie Brown Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, hired Angie Brown as a First vice president and consultant for its employee benefits group, based in Alliant’s absence, disability and life...
People Moves: Woodruff Sawyer Promotes Erickson to Employee Benefits Practice Leader
Apr 17 2024 // Woodruff Sawyer promoted Dave Erickson to employee benefits practice leader. Most recently, he led Woodruff Sawyer’s employee benefits operations. Erickson has more than 15 years of experience in the employee...
People Moves: Risk Strategies Appoints Conklin; Edwards Joins Alliant in New York
Apr 4 2024 // Josh Conklin 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...
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...
People Moves: Liberty Names Orozco Employee Benefits Producer in Calfornia
Mar 27 2024 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers named Christopher Orozco an employee benefits producer. Orozco will be based in California. Orozco got his start in the mail room at Warner Pacific in 2013, then transitioned from the...
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...
People Moves: Schauer Group Names Schauer Head of Employee Benefits Division
Mar 8 2024 // Schauer Group, headquartered in Canton, Ohio, named Vice President Alex Schauer head of its employee benefits division. Schauer, who is based out of the firm’s Cleveland office, has been with Schauer Group since 2014...
Hub Int’l Acquires Canada Employee Benefits Specialist Zavitz Insurance and Wealth
Mar 7 2024 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance brokerage and financial services firm, announced it has acquired Zavitz Insurance and Wealth Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in London, Ontario,...
People Moves: VIAA Names Drda Alliance Coordinator; Alliant Names Cohan Employee Benefits Group VP in Kansas City
Feb 22 2024 // VIAA Names Drda Alliance Coordinator Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a cohesive family of more than 160 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois, hired David Drda as an alliance coordinator. Drda...
People Moves: Belinn Joins Alliant Insurance Services’ Employee Benefits Group
Feb 22 2024 // Anne Belinn joined Alliant Insurance Services as a vice president within its employee benefits group. Belinn will provide employee benefits consulting to a wide variety of clients nationwide. Belinn has over 25 years of...
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...
People Moves: Swanick and Hayes Join Centri; Haan Heads World Insurance HR; Carson Joins Risk Strategies
Feb 16 2024 // Swanick and Hayes Join Centri John Swanick Centri Business Consulting, headquartered in Philadelphia, hired John Swanick as senior director and Joe Hayes as managing director to lead its insurance practice. Joe...
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....
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...
