Latest Employee Benefits Headlines
All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Maryland Legislature Tackles Family Leave, Taxes, Climate, Marijuana, Cybersecurity
Apr 12 2022 // Maryland lawmakers enter the last day of their legislative session on Monday with most high-profile measures already passed into law, including tax relief, a paid family leave program and an extensive measure aimed at...
Maryland Passes Paid Family Leave Program Bill
Apr 7 2022 // Maryland lawmakers passed a measure last week to create a paid family leave program, sending the legislation to Gov. Larry Hogan. The bill, approved by supermajority votes by Democrats who control the legislature, would...
New Hampshire Seeks Insurer for Voluntary Family Medical Leave Plan
Mar 29 2022 // New Hampshire is looking for a commercial insurance carrier to fully insure and administer the Granite State Paid Family and Medical Leave Plan. The plan provides participating employees in New Hampshire with 60% of their...
How Big U.S. Companies Are Creating a Brand New Abortion Employee Benefit
Mar 28 2022 // The roar of anti-abortion laws sweeping through U.S. state houses is echoing loudly in human resources offices. Companies that have offered to help cover travel costs for employees who have to go out of state for abortions...
People Moves: Alliant in California Names VanZanten VP in Employee Benefits group; Burns & Wilcox Adds New Associates
Mar 17 2022 // Alliant Insurance Services named Kerstin VanZanten vice president within its employee benefits group. VanZanten is based in Orange County, California. VanZanten’s background includes experience in benefits...
Salaries Roar but Satisfaction with Compensation Wanes
Feb 21 2022 // Insurance agency personnel on average made more money in 2021 but satisfaction with compensation overall declined despite higher salaries and total compensation. Satisfaction with compensation dropped slightly across the...
People Moves: Madigan Joins Alliant in Arkansas; BXS Adds Breaux in Texas
Feb 16 2022 // Alliant Adds James Madigan as Senior Vice President Within Employee Benefits Group Alliant has added James “Jimmy” Madigan as senior vice president within its employee benefits group. Based in Fayetteville,...
People Moves: Westfield Specialty Adds Jain; Holmes Murphy Promotes Deibele
Feb 14 2022 // Westfield Specialty Adds Manoj Jain as Chief Information Officer Westfield Specialty has added Manoj Jain as chief information officer (CIO), reporting to Jack Kuhn, Westfield Specialty’s president. In his new role,...
People Moves: McGriff Adds Feighl as Commercial Marketing Account Exec; Harris Joins Alliant in Texas
Feb 11 2022 // McGriff Adds Mike Feighl as Commercial Marketing Account Executive McGriff has hired Mike Feighl as a senior vice president and marketing executive in its Houston-based Commercial Division. Mike Feight Feighl comes to...
Aston Lark Acquires UK Employee Benefits Specialist, Healthwise Group
Feb 8 2022 // Aston Lark, the London-based insurance broker that is soon to become part of Howden, announced Healthwise Group Ltd. as its second healthcare acquisition of 2022. Financial details of the transaction were not...
Insurance Agency M&As Jumped 30% in 2021: OPTIS
Feb 7 2022 // There were 1,034 announced insurance agency mergers and acquisitions in 2021, up 30% from 795 reported in 2020, according to agency consultancy OPTIS Partners. Also, the 384 deals during the fourth quarter of 2021 marked a...
People Moves: LP Adds Heuer; Woodruff Sawyer Names Meissner Leader of Southern California Employee Benefits
Feb 3 2022 // LP Insurance Services LLC named Adam Heuer and the Heuer Insurance Agency to the LP Insurance Services team. Heuer joins LP Insurance as a member/owner and will continue serving clients throughout the Sparks, Nev....
People Moves Alliant Adds Waldhoff; OMSNIC Names Nielsen CEO
Jan 25 2022 // Alliant Adds Holly Waldhoff as Vice President Within Employees Benefits Group Alliant has added employee benefits consultant Holly Waldhoff as Vice President within its Employee Benefits Group. Based in Chicago, Waldhoff...
Number of Insurance Agency M&As Rose 30% in 2021: OPTIS Partners
Jan 19 2022 // There were 1,034 announced insurance agency mergers and acquisitions in 2021, up 30% from 795 reported in 2020, according to agency consultancy OPTIS Partners. Also, the 384 deals during the fourth quarter of 2021 marked a...
People Moves: Alliant Names Fraser Senior VP; California Workers’ Comp Institute Makes Widener-Brightwell General Counsel
Jan 3 2022 // Alliant Insurance Services named James Fraser senior vice president in its employee benefits team in Denver, Colorado. Fraser will provide employee benefits solutions for a diverse base of regional and national...
People Moves: Alliant Names Walter Vice President; Foresight in California Promotes Bruce and Lachowski
Dec 27 2021 // Alliant Insurance Services named Adam Walter a vice president within its employee benefits group. based in Phoenix, Arizona. Walter will design and deploy employee benefits solutions for an array of regional and national...
The Hilb Group Acquires Charles Newman Co., Builds on New York Presence
Dec 20 2021 // The Hilb Group acquired Charles Newman Co. Insurance and Employee Benefits to its portfolio, adding to The Hilb Group’s growing presence in the New York metropolitan area. The transaction became effective December 1,...
Hub Acquires Assets of JP Griffin in Arizona
Dec 16 2021 // Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of JP Griffin Companies LLC in Scottsdale, Arizona. Jeff Griffin, Founder and President of JP Griffin Group, and his team will join Hub Southwest. JP Griffin Group is a national...
Alera Group Acquires J&J Benefits Insurance Agency in Utah
Dec 13 2021 // Alera Group acquired J&J Benefits Insurance Agency, an employee benefits consulting and health insurance firm serving clients in Utah and Idaho. J&J Benefits joins Alera Group through Banasky, an Alera Group...
Leavitt Group Northwest Acquires Employee Benefits Division of SCS in Washington
Dec 8 2021 // Leavitt Group Northwest acquired the employee benefits division of the SCS Insurance in Bellevue, Washington. The acquisition brings a staff of six, with Chris Allen at the helm. Allen was and will remain director of the...
