Latest Employee Benefits Headlines
All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Resource Alliance of Georgia Merges with Higginbotham, Enters P&C Market
Nov 13 2018 // Resource Alliance, a human resources and employee benefits firm serving Georgia’s multifamily residential industry, has merged its operations with Higginbotham, an insurance and financial services firm serving...
Risk Strategies Acquires Maryland’s Arkin Youngentob Associates
Oct 31 2018 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Arkin Youngentob Associates, a full-service employee and executive benefits firm headquartered in Bethesda, Md. Terms...
Applied Systems Acquires Benefits Software Firm Dynamis
Oct 18 2018 // Fresh off its announcement of Google becoming a minority investor, insurance agency technology provider Applied Systems announced it has acquired Dynamis Software Corp., a Milwaukee-based provider of employee benefits...
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Oct 15 2018 // COUNTRY Financial, headquartered in Bloomington, Illinois, has named Jim Jacobs as its next chief executive officer (CEO), effective early next year. He succeeds Kurt Bock, who is retiring Jan. 31, 2019, after serving as...
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Oct 15 2018 // Wholesale insurance services firm, Midlands Management Corp., headquartered in Oklahoma City, appointed Mark Sullivan as leader of its Transportation team. He is based in Dallas. Sullivan joined Midlands in 2010 as an...
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Oct 15 2018 // Frenkel Benefits, an EPIC Company, has hired Nicholas Tunno as a principal in New York. Tunno will report to Phil Remig, Northeast region senior vice president of Operations and Sales. Tunno joins from the New York office...
Insurance Agency M&A Activity Continues at ‘Impressive’ Level: OPTIS
Oct 12 2018 // There were 463 announced insurance agency mergers and acquisitions during the first three quarters of the year, the second-highest nine-month total. According to OPTIS Partners’ M&A database, the total trails...
Lockton Adds Rioux to Employee Benefits Team in Atlanta
Oct 10 2018 // Employee benefits consultant Eric Rioux has joined Lockton’s Southeast series as a business adviser. Lockton’s Southeast operation has offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, Naples, Miramar, Miami, Tampa and...
MJ Insurance, HealthJoy Partner on Employee Benefits
Oct 4 2018 // MJ Insurance, headquartered in Indianapolis, has partnered with HealthJoy, a healthcare guidance platform that helps employees make informed healthcare decisions and provides a variety of cost containment strategies to...
EEOC Hits California Grocer With Suit for Firing Employee over Medical Leave Request
Oct 1 2018 // California grocery outlet, PAQ Inc., dba Rancho San Miguel Market, violated federal law when it fired a deli clerk after she requested an accommodation for a disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Schoenvogel Named President of Employee Benefits Plan, SimplePay Health
Sep 26 2018 // Scott Schoenvogel has been tapped as president of SimplePay Health, a subsidiary of healthcare and wellness company ACAP Health. He is based in Dallas. The company describes SimplePay Health as a new model for healthcare...
Alliant Hires Potts to Its Employee Benefits Group in Virginia
Sep 25 2018 // Alliant has hired Arlene Potts as vice president within its Employee Benefits Group. Potts is based in Suffolk, Va., and will work with a portfolio of clients to provide strategic employee benefits services that aim to...
Employers Providing Paid Family Leave Qualify for Tax Credit
Sep 25 2018 // The Treasury Department announced that as part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, eligible employers who provide paid family and medical leave to their employees during tax years 2018 and 2019 may qualify for a new...
BKS-Partners Forms Partnership with Montoya & Associates of Florida
Sep 21 2018 // Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners (BKS-Partners), an insurance brokerage and risk management firm headquartered in Tampa, Fla., has partnered with Montoya & Associates of Jacksonville, Fla. The partnership finalized on...
Ayala Joins Alliant Employee Benefits Group in Oklahoma City
Sep 20 2018 // Alliant Insurance Services has added Brady Ayala as senior vice president in its Employee Benefits Group in Oklahoma City. Ayala will service a growing portfolio of regional clients, deploying a full range of benefits...
Alera Group Acquires Champion Benefits of Atlanta
Sep 20 2018 // Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has acquired Champion Benefits of Atlanta. The company provides integrated, strategic benefit plans for clients...
Alera Group Acquires Burnham Benefit Advisors, VantagePoint Benefit Strategies
Sep 13 2018 // Alera Group, a Deerfield, Ill.-based employee benefits, property and casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has acquired Burnham Benefit Advisors and VantagePoint Benefit Strategies. Burnham Benefit...
Startup’s Newest Employee Benefit, Stem Cell Storage, Could Last Forever
Aug 28 2018 // As MyCrypto mulled what benefits to offer employees, the new blockchain startup asked them what they wanted. “Surprisingly, we found that the traditional health benefits and 401(k) benefits—they had no interest in...
Alera Group Acquires Barnes Insurance & Financial Services of Florida
Aug 15 2018 // Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has acquired Barnes Insurance & Financial Services (BIAFS) of Florida. BIAFS is a benefits agency with two...
Hub International Acquires Ontario-Based Benefit Broker Services Inc.
Aug 8 2018 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance broker, announced it has acquired Benefit Broker Services Inc. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Located in Wallaceburg, Ontario, Benefit Broker provides...
