Latest Employee Benefits Headlines
All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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Aug 16 2010 // Insurance brokerage Marsh appointed Ron Marx as a senior vice president in its San Diego office. Marx brings 30 years of risk management and insurance experience to Marsh. He joins the company from Willis, where he led the...
Year-over-Year, M&A Activity Sustains a Moderate Pace
Aug 16 2010 // Buyers and Sellers Remain Cautious Insurance brokerage deals in the second quarter of 2010 barely bested the number of deals during the second quarter of 2009 bringing year-over-year activity slightly ahead of last....
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Aug 2 2010 // Sentry Insurance Co. in Stevens Point, Wis., announced that Peter G. McPartland is joining Sentry as president and chief operating officer. McPartland is a seasoned insurance executive with more than 30 years of experience...
Lepanen Joins Higginbotham to Lead Employee Benefits Practice
Jul 28 2010 // Texas-based Higginbotham & Associates has appointed Dick Lepanen executive vice president in its Austin office. Lepanen brings more than 24 years’ experience in operations management and new business development...
BB&T Insurance Services of California Names DeMore Senior VP
Jul 15 2010 // BB&T Insurance Services of California Inc. announced it has named Michael DeMore senior vice president and employee benefits manager of the Irvine, Calif., operation. DeMore has more than 30 years of experience in the...
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Jul 5 2010 // Donald D. Larson has been named president and chief operating officer of the Great American Property and Casualty Group and Great American Insurance Co. Larson is the 16th president in Great American’s history. He...
BB&T Insurance Services Adds Beech to Employee Benefits Staff
Jun 28 2010 // The San Diego-based John Burnham division of BB&T Insurance Services of California Inc. announces that Dave Beech has joined the company as an employee benefits consultant. In his position, Beech will work with the...
Ryan Joins Hylant Group’s Employee Benefits Division in Chicago
Jun 23 2010 // Privately owned insurance brokerage, Hylant Group, has hired employee benefits industry expert Gates Ryan as client executive in its Chicago office. In this role, he will provide strategic consultation regarding all...
Lawmakers Say Insurance Reform Veto Will Cost Oklahoma Agencies
Jun 22 2010 // Republican lawmakers in Oklahoma say a gubernatorial veto will keep numerous agencies, including some of the state’s largest, from saving millions in health care costs. Legislation that supporters say would have...
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Jun 21 2010 // WFL, an insurance and risk services agency headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., has added three new executives – Terry Reams, Mark Latini and Beth Grellner – to its top management team. As chief operating officer,...
Promoting Employee Wellness Yields Substantial Business Returns
Jun 21 2010 // Do the companies you work with actively promote health and well-being in the workplace? If the answer is no, they’re not alone. According to a survey by Right Management, a subsidiary of Manpower Inc., less than half...
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Jun 21 2010 // Top 100 Agency Profile Agency Name: The Horton Group Inc. Headquarters: Orland Park, Ill. Year Founded: 1971 Locations: 15 2009 Total P/C Premiums: $258.3 million Commercial Lines: $221.4 million Personal Lines: $36.8...
Dillabaugh Joins Hylant Group as Sr. VP, Employee Benefits Sales Leader
Jun 16 2010 // Ohio-based Hylant Group hired industry veteran Scott Dillabaugh as senior vice president and employee benefits sales leader for its Cleveland, Ohio, office. In this role, he will be part of the employee benefits practice,...
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Jun 7 2010 // Wholesaler Crump Insurance promoted Kevin Hahn to executive vice president. As head of New York brokerage operations, Hahn will oversee Crump’s offices in Long Island and New York, and its environmental practice. XL...
Promoting Employee Wellness Yields Substantial Business Returns
Jun 7 2010 // Do the companies you work with actively promote health and well-being in the workplace? If the answer is no, they’re not alone. According to a survey by Right Management, a subsidiary of Manpower Inc., less than half...
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Jun 7 2010 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. (LWCC) President and CEO Kristin W. Wall has been elected to the board of directors of NCCI Holdings Inc., a provider of workers’ compensation and employee injury data and...
St. Louis, Missouri-based WFL Expands Top Management Team
Jun 2 2010 // WFL, an insurance and risk services agency headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., has added three new executives – Terry Reams, Mark Latini and Beth Grellner – to its top management team. As chief operating officer,...
New Jersey’s NIA Group Adds Three Producers
May 21 2010 // New Jersey-based NIA Group, part of Marsh Agency, has hired three new insurance producers in its Mount Laurel, Paramus and Somerset offices. Derek Kimmel, who joins the Mount Laurel office, has broad experience in employee...
Promoting Employee Wellness Yields Substantial Business Returns
May 17 2010 // Do the companies you work with actively promote health and well-being in the workplace? If the answer is no, they’re not alone. According to a survey by Right Management, a subsidiary of Manpower Inc., less than half...
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May 17 2010 // Irvine, Calif.-based Superior Access Insurance Services Inc. named Tom Crawford chairman of the board of directors. Before joining Superior Access, Crawford served as chairman, president and CEO of Crawford & Co. With...
