Latest Employee Benefits Headlines
All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
SCM Insurance Services in California Adds Jetté and Melbon to Ownership Team
Aug 19 2020 // Two owners have been added to in Irvine, Calif.-based SullivanCurtisMonroe’s ownership team: Skip Jetté, who has been with SCM for 19 years and manages the Corona office, and John Melbon, who joined SCM seven years...
Progressive Enters Voluntary Market with Expanded Pet Health Insurance Product
Aug 17 2020 // Progressive will enter the voluntary benefits market through a relationship with Pets Best, which is part of Care Credit, a Synchrony product. Progressive Pet Insurance by Pets Best will be available to all U.S. companies...
Insurance Agents Think They Offer Value. But Some Customers Have a Different View.
Aug 7 2020 // Business owners and consumers are rethinking their finances and insurance needs due to the current economic uncertainty. However, new research suggests insurance customers and their agents are not always on the same page;...
McGriff to Consolidate South Florida Operations, Open Additional Branches
Aug 4 2020 // Insurance broker McGriff will expand its southeastern Florida operations with a new headquarters office in Coral Gables and the opening of branch locations in Fort Lauderdale and Weston later this year. The move to a...
Higginbotham Enters New Mexico with Pat Campbell Merger
Jul 29 2020 // Higginbotham and Pat Campbell Insurance, an independent agency in Las Cruces, N.M., have merged operations. Both firms broker commercial and personal property/casualty insurance, employee benefits and individual life and...
IMA Financial Group Acquires HofgardBenefits in Colorado
Jul 27 2020 // IMA Financial Group has acquired HofgardBenefits, a Louisville, Colo.-based employee benefits agency. The acquisition augments IMA’s employee benefits business segment that’s focused on companies with less than...
P/C Insurance Agency M&A Deals Down 12% in First Half of 2020: Optis
Jul 15 2020 // There were 288 announced insurance agency mergers and acquisitions during the first half of 2020, down from 328 in 2019, according to a report from OPTIS Partners. It was the lowest six-month period total since...
TrueNorth Adopts First MainStreet Insurance Name; Acquires Hylant of Nashville
Jul 8 2020 // The TrueNorth Companies Nashville branch will adopt the name of its affiliate, First MainStreet Insurance (FMSI), as part of its efforts to further its presence in the Nashville market. According to TrueNorth Nashville...
BenefitMall in Texas Partners with Benefits and Security Provider, CyberScout
Jun 23 2020 // Dallas-based employee benefits provider, BenefitMall, has partnered with CyberScout, a provider cybersecurity, identity theft resolution and employee benefits services. BenefitMall brokers will now be able to offer...
DeBuys Joins Valent Group’s Employee Benefits Practice in Alabama
May 26 2020 // Valent Group, the risk consulting and insurance division of EBSCO Industries (EBSCO), has hired former attorney and business owner Billy DeBuys as vice president in its Employee Benefits practice. DeBuys comes to Valent...
Crest Insurance in Colorado Adds Stephen and Vallino in Employee Benefits
May 26 2020 // CREST Insurance Group of Colorado has added Lyal Stephen and Dylan Vallino to the fir in the new Ft. Collins location. Both will be producers in the employee benefits division. Lyal was previously a broker at PFS Insurance...
LP Insurance Services Adds Layne in Employee Benefits in Nevada
May 22 2020 // LP Insurance Services LLC has named Chad Layne to the southern Nevada employee benefits sales team. Layne has been a benefits insurance broker for more than 25 years. Most recently he was president of Layne Insurance...
Insurance Office of America Adds Daniel to Employee Benefits Team in Nevada
May 14 2020 // Insurance Office of America has added Stephen P. Daniel to the Las Vegas, Nev., office as an employee benefits consultant. He was previously an employee benefits consultant with The Mahony Group. Daniel has also been an...
HUB International Acquires Employee Benefits Unit of Indiana’s The Healy Group
May 12 2020 // Insurance brokerage HUB International Limited (Hub) has acquired the employee benefits division of The Healy Group Inc. (Healy Benefits), based in South Bend, Indiana. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Healy...
Insurance Office of America Adds Carroll And Ballew in Nevada
Apr 1 2020 // Insurance Office of America has added Paul Carroll and Jeri Ballew to its employee benefits services division in Las Vegas, Nev. Carroll founded The Westek Group, which specializes in the design, implementation, and...
Insurance Agency Employees Making More Money But Not as Happy
Mar 30 2020 // Insurance agency personnel on average made a little more money in 2019 but they were not as happy as they were in 2018. Nearly all personnel — owners, producers and support staff — enjoyed a slight uptick in...
Hamilton Named Partner at Hotchkiss Insurance in Texas
Mar 26 2020 // Texas-based Hotchkiss Insurance, a full-service independent agency, has named Chris Hamilton as its newest partner. Hamilton has extensive experience as an employee benefits and risk management consultant, with previous...
Alera Group Acquires Fall River Employee Benefits in Colorado
Mar 20 2020 // Alera Group has acquired Fall River Employee Benefits in Denver, Colo. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Fall River joins Alera Group through Benefit Commerce Group, an Alera Group company. The Fall River team will...
Patriot Insurance Enters Nebraska with Addition of The Olson Group
Mar 18 2020 // Patriot Growth Insurance Service LLC (Patriot), a national insurance agency headquartered in Fort Washington, Penn., has added Omaha, Neb.-based The Olson Group (Olson) to the Patriot platform. The partnership with Olson...
Alliant Adds White to Northwest Employee Benefits Team
Mar 18 2020 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has added Sean White to its employee benefits team as first vice president. White will provide strategic benefits solutions to clients throughout the Northwest. He will be based in Boise,...
