Latest Employee Benefits Headlines
All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
With Focus on Employee Wellbeing, Iowa’s Holmes Murphy Launches ethOs
Nov 14 2019 // Waukee, Iowa-based employee-owned and controlled insurance broker, Holmes Murphy, has launched a new company focused on employee wellbeing — ethOs. Led by Ali Payne, EthOs will focus on improving workplace culture,...
Gwartney Appointed VP, Employee Benefits at Oklahoma’s Universal Insurance
Nov 14 2019 // Dason Gwartney has been named vice president and employee benefits practice leader at Universal Insurance Agency in Durant, Oklahoma, a unit of First United Bank. Gwartney joins First United/Universal with more than 25...
Horvath, McManamy Promoted at Illinois’ Employee Benefits Provider, Trustmark
Nov 8 2019 // Trustmark, a national employee benefits provider headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois, has promoted Steve Horvath and Sean McManamy to new positions. McManamy, a corporate senior vice president and member of the...
Hub International Buys Canada Employee Benefit Consultant, W.R. Carey Corp.
Nov 8 2019 // Hub International Ltd., a Chicago-based insurance broker, announced it has acquired the assets of W.R. Carey Corp. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Carey Corp. is an...
Alliant Adds Merchant to Employee Benefits Team in Illinois
Nov 7 2019 // Employee benefits expert Shaan Merchant has joined Alliant Insurance Services in Bannockburn, Illinois, as first vice president. Merchant has experience designing and delivering employee benefits solutions that lower...
San Antonio’s Spire Risk Management Acquires Employee Benefit Services
Nov 5 2019 // LP Buddy Morris has launched Spire Risk Management (SRM), a full-service insurance consulting firm specializing in employee benefits, property/casualty and retirement planning, in San Antonio, Texas. Morris said the plan...
Risk Strategies Appoints Powers to Lead Eastern U.S. Employee Benefits Practice
Nov 5 2019 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, Boston, Mass.-headquartered insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has appointed Chris Powers to lead its employee benefits practice for the Eastern U.S. Previously, Powers oversaw...
Harden Adds Mershon to South Florida Employee Benefits Team
Oct 23 2019 // Harden, an insurance, risk management and employee benefits firm in the Southeast, has expanded its South Florida team with the addition of Corey Mershon as Employee Benefits account director in its Fort Lauderdale...
Prather Appointed Employee Benefits Practice Leader at Alera Group in Illinois
Oct 10 2019 // Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property/ casualty, risk management and wealth management firm based in Deerfield, Illinois, has appointed Sally Prather as its national Employee Benefits Practice...
Hub International Acquires Canadian Broker PDF Financial Group
Oct 9 2019 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based global insurance brokerage, announced it has acquired PDF Financial Group Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, PDF is an independent...
World Broker Network Adds CEO of Hong Kong-Based Pacific Prime to Board
Oct 8 2019 // Neil Raymond, founder and CEO of Pacific Prime Insurance Brokers, has recently joined the Worldwide Broker Network (WBN) as a board member. Founded in 1999, Hong Kong-based Pacific Prime serves more than 4,000 corporate...
Hub International Acquires Ontario-Based ProCorp Financial
Oct 7 2019 // Hub International Ltd., a Chicago-based global insurance brokerage, announced it has acquired ProCorp Financial Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, ProCorp Financial is a...
Texas’ BevCap Management Adds Marchino as EVP
Oct 7 2019 // Jeff Marchino has joined McKinney, Texas-based insurance services firm BevCap Management as executive vice president. Marchino brings more than 25 years of professional experience in employee benefits. His extensive...
Hub International Buys Canada Employee Benefits Consultant, Regency Advisory Corp.
Oct 3 2019 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance broker, announced it has acquired the Canadian employee consulting firm, Regency Advisory Corp. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Saskatoon,...
Hub International Acquires Assets of Phil Bailey & Associates of Mississippi
Sep 6 2019 // Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Phil Bailey & Associates, P.A. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Oxford, Miss., Phil Bailey & Associatesis an employee benefits brokerage...
Risk Strategies Acquires National Insurance Consulting Group, Expands Southeast Reach
Aug 22 2019 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has expanded its presence in the Southeast United States with the acquisition of National Insurance Consulting Group, LLC (NICG), an...
Next Level Acquires North Texas Employee Benefits Provider, A&H Benefits
Aug 6 2019 // Next Level Insurance Agency, a Dallas-based healthcare consulting and employee benefits brokerage firm, has acquired A&H Benefits, also based in North Texas. A&H was formed in 1997 as a corporation to provide...
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Aug 5 2019 // National Linda Dodson The Vertafore technology users network, NetVU, has named Linda Dodson as executive director. Dodson’s career has included work in an insurance agency and with agency carriers. She began her...
Alliant Names Droz Vice President in Employee Benefits in California
Jul 30 2019 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Michelle Droz vice president within the employee benefits group. Droz will be based in San Francisco, Calif., and design and deliver benefits solutions to clients across a range of...
The Buckner Co. in Utah Names Kupfer Chief Sales Officer of Employee Benefits
Jul 30 2019 // The Buckner Co. has named Brad Kupfer chief sales officer of employee benefits. Kupfer will manage Buckner’s sales process for employee benefits in six offices. As a member of the senior executive team, Kupfer will...
