Latest Employee Benefits Headlines
All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
NFP Acquires Hackett Valine & MacDonald in Vermont
May 19 2015 // NFP, a New York City-based provider of employee benefits, property/casualty insurance, retirement and wealth management services, announced its acquisition of Hackett Valine & MacDonald Inc. (HVM)., an independent...
Hub International Acquires Assets of Framberger in California
May 12 2015 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Framberger Employee Benefits & Insurance Services Inc. in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The agency will become part of the California...
Employers Try Adding Genetic Testing to Employee Wellness Mix
May 7 2015 // Employers may one day help determine if employees’ genes are why their jeans have become too snug. Big companies are considering blending genetic testing with coaching on nutrition and exercise to help workers lose...
Assurant to Exit Employee Benefits, Health Insurance
Apr 30 2015 // New York-based specialty insurer Assurant, Inc. said it is exploring strategic alternatives for its employee benefits and health business segments, including the sale of each business. If it can’t sell its health...
AssuredPartners Completes Acquisition of Platinum Planning in New Jersey
Apr 20 2015 // AssuredPartners Inc. announced last week that it has completed the acquisition of Platinum Planning (doing business as Walsh Benefits). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Walsh Benefits operates in the New Jersey...
Merger & Acquisition Activity Continues to Climb
Apr 20 2015 // Acquisition activity for the first quarter of 2015 reached 90 deals, a record for the first three months of the year. We saw the same number of transactions announced during the fourth quarter of 2014, typically the most...
EEOC Issues Rules for Employee Wellness Program Incentives
Apr 16 2015 // U.S. employers can reward workers with as much 30 percent of the cost of their health insurance benefits in return for participation in programs to monitor weight, cholesterol and other “wellness” measures, the...
Hub International Acquires Assets of ‘N Compass Group in New Mexico
Apr 8 2015 // Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Las Cruces, New Mexico–based ‘N Compass Group Inc.. ‘N Compass provides employee benefits insurance and consulting services to the Las Cruces and El Paso...
NFP Acquires North Carolina-Based Trinity Consulting
Apr 7 2015 // Insurance broker and consultant NFP has expanded its P&C capabilities and added to its employee benefits operation by acquiring Trinity Consulting. The transaction closed on March 3, 2015. A large risk management and...
Federal Judge Blocks Granting Family Leave to Same-Sex Couples in Texas
Mar 26 2015 // The U.S. was barred by a federal judge from immediately enforcing a new rule that would grant Family and Medical Leave Act benefits to same-sex couples. Texas sued the U.S. last week, claiming that the government’s...
Clark Insurance Hires Joy as Director of Employee Benefits Services in Maine
Mar 24 2015 // Clark Insurance has hired Christopher Joy to fill the newly created position of director of Employee Benefits Services in the Portland, Maine, office. With more than 15 years of experience in the benefits realm, Joy will...
Wellness Specialist Florsheim Joins Higginbotham Insurance
Mar 11 2015 // Fort Worth, Texas-based Higginbotham has hired Claire Florsheim, JD, RD, LD, as health risk management and wellness consultant. Florsheim joins the firm’s Fort Worth office in its employee benefits department, which...
CBIZ Acquires Model Consulting in Pennsylvania
Mar 4 2015 // CBIZ Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio, announced that it has acquired Model Consulting Inc. in Trevose, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1990, Model Consulting provides employee benefit...
Higginbotham Unites Houston Offices
Feb 26 2015 // Independent insurance firm, Higginbotham, announced has united its three Houston offices under one roof and one operating name. Chapman Schewe Benefits Consulting, Madison Benefits Group and Swantner & Gordon are...
Poll Says Small Businesses Foster Sedentary Work Environment
Feb 10 2015 // Workplace wellness doesn’t seem to be all that high on the list for small businesses, where getting employees active and moving seems to be taking a back seat to other priorities. A poll designed to find out how much...
Lockton Adds Employee Benefits Leader Georgia in Milwaukee
Feb 9 2015 // Independent insurance broker, Lockton, announced it has added Patrick Georgia as senior vice president and employee benefits practice leader in Milwaukee, Wis. As part of Lockton-Milwaukee, Georgia will help clients by...
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Announces Senior Employee Benefit Appointments
Jan 30 2015 // London-based Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc announced several senior management appointments within its UK Employee Benefits business and JLT Asia. These appointments are subject to obtaining the appropriate regulatory...
2014 Deal Activity Close to Record
Jan 26 2015 // Deal count for the fourth quarter of 2014 was the second most active quarter on record with 91 announced transactions. The total deal count for 2014 (as of Jan. 12, 2015) was at 321 (U.S. based transactions). This was a 43...
Florida’s Gardner Group Merges with Hylant
Jan 20 2015 // Hylant, one of the largest privately-owned insurance brokers in the nation, said that The Gardner Group, an independent employee benefits agency based in Neptune Beach, Fla., will be merging into its Jacksonville...
Large Firms Add Financial Muscle to Wellness Programs
Jan 16 2015 // U.S. companies are increasingly penalizing workers who decline to join “wellness” programs, embracing an element of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law that has raised questions about fairness in the...
