Latest Employee Benefits Headlines
All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fiduciary Liability: The Most Misunderstood of Management Exposures
Feb 7 2005 // In the early 1960s, life in the United States was lived at a slower pace. Transportation and communication required more time (and patience) and employees were more inclined to trust employers on issues relating to...
Assurex Global Expands Worldwide Presence
Feb 3 2005 // Assurex Global — the world’s largest privately held risk management and commercial insurance brokerage group – announced that it has expanded its worldwide presence with the addition of international...
Vertafore Inc. Unveils Vertafore Benefits
Jan 26 2005 // Looking to capitalize on their industry experience, Vertafore Inc. announced the official launch of Vertafore Benefits, a new division that will provide software and automation services to employee benefits agencies and...
Neace Lukens Acquires Integrity Insurance
Jan 26 2005 // Louisville, Ky.-based Neace Lukens Insurance has acquired Integrity Insurance Agency, a Lexington, Ky.-based agency that specializes in employee benefits. The acquisition is effective immediately and according to Douglas...
Who's Really Driving Consumer Driven Healthcare’
Jan 24 2005 // Analysis from Three Perspectives — Consumer, Employer, and Broker Over the past couple of years, the most used phrase in the employee benefits industry has been Consumer Driven Healthcare. Though its broadest...
Moody Insurance Agency Promotes Minnick to VP
Jan 13 2005 // Denver-based Moody Insurance Agency, which specializes in bonding services for contractors, risk management, and insurance, has promoted Steve Minnick to vice president of the agency’s Employee Benefits...
Willis Adds 3 VPs in Play for Higher Minn. Benefits Market Share
Jan 12 2005 // New York-based brokerage behemoth Willis Group Holdings Ltd. has announced three senior appointments in its Minneapolis office. Dan Caffrey has joined as a senior vice president and both Stephanie Candon and Henry Van...
Segal Shows Off Scabies, But Judge Won’t Allow Prison Medical Leave
Jan 3 2005 // Bond was denied Dec. 16 for convicted racketeer, fraudster and Chicago insurance broker Michael Segal, who during the court hearing pulled opened his orange prison jumpsuit to show a federal judge a rash he apparently...
Segal, Who May Have Lupus, Gets Hearing on Prison Medical Leave
Dec 10 2004 // A federal judge has scheduled a hearing over whether to allow convicted insurance mogul Michael Segal to leave a Chicago jail to seek medical treatment. Lawyers for Segal, 62, said in court Wednesday that their client may...
Multi-State, $120M Agreement with UnumProvident Requires Reassessing Claims Back to 1997
Nov 18 2004 // A multi-state settlement with UnumProvident Corp. over its disputed handling of disability claims would cost the firm more than $120 million to comply and require it to review more than seven years of claims. It also calls...
Hub International Names Lawler to EB Post
Oct 22 2004 // HUB International Illinois, the Chicago hub of the North American insurance broker Hub International Limited, announced the appointment of Jeffrey Lawler as senior vice president of Employee Benefits. Lawler will manage...
Dreyer, Utley Join Calif.-based ABD Insurance
Oct 20 2004 // Torrance, Calif.-based ABD Insurance and Financial Services, a provider of global risk management and employee benefits solutions, announced that Thomas Dreyer has joined ABD’s Sacramento office as a vice president....
Willis Staffs Denver Office
Oct 5 2004 // Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker, announced that David C. Benson has joined Willis as executive vice president and office leader for its Denver office. Benson, who brings 18 years of insurance industry...
Fiduciary Liability: The Most Misunderstood of Management Exposures
Sep 20 2004 // In the early 1960s, life in the United States was lived at a slower pace. Transportation and communication required more time (and patience) and employees were more inclined to trust employers on issues relating to...
Fiduciary Liability: The Most Misunderstood of Management Exposures
Sep 20 2004 // In the early 1960s, life in the United States was lived at a slower pace. Transportation and communication required more time (and patience) and employees were more inclined to trust employers on issues relating to...
RiskProNet Members Offer Tips for Successful Cross-Selling
Sep 20 2004 // Giving lip service to the benefits of cross-selling is easy. Executing the strategy is quite a bit harder. What are key ingredients in successfully cross-selling property/casualty and employee benefits? At RiskProNet...
RiskProNet Members Offer Tips for Successful Cross-Selling
Sep 6 2004 // Giving lip service to the benefits of cross-selling is easy. Executing the strategy is quite a bit harder. What are key ingredients in successfully cross-selling property/casualty and employee benefits? At RiskProNet...
S&P Affirms Aon’s ‘A-‘ Ratings; Outlook Negative
Sep 3 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Rating Services announced that it has affirmed its ‘A-‘ counterparty credit rating on Aon Corp., but the outlook remains negative. “The ratings on Aon are supported by its...
N.Y.’s Rose & Kiernan Adds The Daniels Agency
Aug 31 2004 // The Daniels Agency, with New York offices in Pawling and Poughkeepsie and another in Danbury, Conn., will merge with Rose and Kiernan, Inc, a large independent insurance agency with it’s corporate headquarters in...
Fiduciary Liability: The Most Misunderstood of Management Exposures
Aug 23 2004 // In the early 1960s, life in the United States was lived at a slower pace. Transportation and communication required more time (and patience) and employees were more inclined to trust employers on issues relating to...
