Latest Employee Benefits Headlines
All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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Dec 18 2017 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) elected Thomas Fitzpatrick as chair of the ICT board of directors. His term begins Jan. 1, 2018. Fitzpatrick has served on the ICT board since 2008 and most recently served as vice...
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Dec 18 2017 // Chicago-based commercial insurer, CNA, has appointed Al Miralles as chief risk officer (CRO), effective Jan. 1, 2018. Miralles joined CNA in 2011 as senior vice president and treasurer and has been leading the Long-Term...
Haegele, Fallon Join Lockton’s St. Louis Employee Benefits Team
Dec 8 2017 // Kansas City, Missouri-based global professional services firm, Lockton, has added Mark Haegele and Brian Fallon to its employee benefits team in St. Louis. As a producer, Haegele will identify clients and their complex...
Lockton Hires Garner to Employee Benefit Team in Connecticut
Dec 5 2017 // Lockton, a privately held, independent insurance broker, has hired Michael Garner to its employee benefit team as a vice president and producer in the Hartford, Conn., operation. Garner has more than 10 years of experience...
EPIC Adds Elliott as Executive VP in Austin
Dec 1 2017 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, the retail property/casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consulting subsidiary of EPIC Holdings, has added insurance brokerage industry veteran Sam Elliott in Austin,...
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants Hires Hays to New Pittsburgh Location
Dec 1 2017 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has hired Eric Hays as regional director of employee benefits. Hays will be based in EPIC’s...
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Nov 20 2017 // The Central Insurance Companies announced the election of Evan Purmort to its board of directors as well as his appointment to the executive committee of the Central Companies. Purmort resides in Boston, Mass. As regional...
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Nov 20 2017 // Deerfield, Illinois-based Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property/casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has appointed Bill Doucette as vice president of Human Resources and Organization...
Paid ‘Climate Leave’ May Be Next Employee Benefit
Nov 17 2017 // Even the workplace has to adapt to the warming world. As climate change creates more intense storms, companies have started preparing for work disruptions due to extreme weather. In a sign of the times, Fog Creek, a...
Autullo to Lead Lockton’s Employee Benefits Unit in St. Louis
Nov 9 2017 // Lora Autullo has been tapped as an employee benefits unit manager in Lockton’s St. Louis, Missouri, office. Autulo joined Lockton more than 12 years ago. Prior to becoming unit manager, Autullo served associates and...
Alliant Employee Benefits Adds Dale as First VP in Dallas Office
Nov 8 2017 // Alliant Employee Benefits, a division of Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services, has tapped Dallas-based Alan Dale to add additional strength to its life and disability practice. As first vice president,...
Eastern Insurance Group in Massachusetts Promotes Tucker
Nov 6 2017 // Eastern Insurance Group has promoted Katelyn Tucker to vice president and benefits account executive at Eastern Benefits Group, the insurance firm’s employee benefits division. Tucker, who works out of the Wakefield,...
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Nov 6 2017 // Crop insurer, Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Co. of Iowa (FMH), announced that James A. Brost, retiring senior vice president with Holborn Corp., will join the FMH board of directors on Jan. 1, 2018. Brost began his...
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Nov 6 2017 // Los Angeles, Calif.-based Worldwide Facilities has named Cameron Kelly its chief operating officer. Kelly will be responsible for managing the company’s production offices, compliance, and acquisition integration. He...
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Nov 6 2017 // Dallas-based independent insurance brokerage RHSB has named Julia Miller Spracklen J.D. as chief operating officer and Courtney Woodruff as senior vice president in its Commercial Lines Division. Additionally, John Losurdo...
Cross Insurance Acquires Holden Agency and Its Benefits Division in Maine
Nov 1 2017 // Cross Insurance, a subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp. and an independent insurance provider in New England, has acquired the Holden Agency and its benefits division, Employee Benefits Solutions Inc., both are based in...
Why States Should Drop Insurance Anti-Rebating Laws: Viewpoint
Oct 31 2017 // For the commercial property and casualty, and employee benefits segments of the insurance industry, anti-rebating laws are both nonsense and anti-consumer. Competition is intended to protect competitiveness in the...
Alliant Employee Benefits Adds Williams as VP in Oklahoma City
Oct 24 2017 // Alliant Employee Benefits, a division of Alliant Insurance Services, has hired 30-year industry veteran Brad Williams as a vice president in Oklahoma City. Williams will work with medium-to-large-size organizations,...
Brown & Brown Acquires Louisiana Employee Benefits Firm
Oct 20 2017 // Brown & Brown of Louisiana LLC, a subsidiary of Florida-based Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of Lapeyre, Staples & Robichaux, the companies announced. Lapeyre, Staples and...
EPIC Adds New Brokerage Team in Pittsburgh
Oct 20 2017 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has opened operations in Pittsburgh, Penn., with the hiring of Sean Andreas, Al Dragotto, Kurt...
