Latest Employee Benefits Headlines
All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Palmer & Cay of Texas: Focused on Specialization
Sep 8 2015 // Georgia-based Palmer & Cay may have a lot of history behind it but what’s driving the expansion of the independent insurance brokerage into Texas is a very modern sense of what it takes to succeed in the...
Hub International Acquires Agencies in Washington and California
Sep 3 2015 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Arrow Insurance Service Inc. in Simi Valley, Calif. and it has acquired the assets of EmSpring Corp. in Washington. Terms of the deals were not disclosed. Arrow provides...
AssuredPartners Acquires Insurance & Benefits Group in Missouri
Aug 27 2015 // AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired Insurance & Benefits Group LLC (IBG), headquartered in Sedalia, Mo. IBG’s 31 employees will continue to operate from its three Missouri locations — Sedalia, Lee’s Summit...
Lodge Joins Roach Howard Smith & Barton as AVP
Aug 25 2015 // Lynn Lodge joined Texas-based independent insurance brokerage firm Roach Howard Smith & Barton as assistant vice president of Employee Benefits. In her role as account executive for the Employee Benefits department,...
Alliant Hires VanOrsdel as Employee Benefits Group VP in Maryland
Aug 18 2015 // Alliant Insurance Services, a specialty insurance brokerage based in Newport Beach, California, hired Reed VanOrsdel as vice president of Employee Benefits Group. VanOrsdel is based in Alliant’s Bethesda, Maryland,...
Regions Insurance Acquires Georgia-Based The A.I. Group
Aug 5 2015 // Regions Insurance, Inc., a subsidiary of Regions Insurance Group, Inc. and an affiliate of Regions Bank, has acquired The A.I. Group, Inc., with offices in Greater Atlanta and Athens, Georgia. The A.I. Group provides...
NFP Acquires BWD Group in New York
Aug 3 2015 // NFP, a New York City-based provider of employee benefits, property/casualty insurance, retirement and wealth management services, announced today its acquisition of BWD Group LLC in Plainview, New York. Terms of the...
Deal Activity Still Impressive
Aug 3 2015 // Deal count for the second quarter of 2015 was one of the most active quarters on record with 87 announced transactions. The total deal count for year-to-date 2015 (as of July 6, 2015) was at 187 (U.S. based transactions)....
Willis to Acquire PMI Health Group, UK-Based Healthcare Adviser & Broker
Jul 16 2015 // Willis Group Holdings plc announced an agreement to acquire PMI Health Group (PMIHG), an independent healthcare adviser and broker in the UK. Willis said the deal will significantly raise the company’s presence in...
How Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling Affects Employee Benefit Plans
Jul 6 2015 // Following the historic Supreme Court decision that same-sex couples have a national right to marry, employers offering domestic partner benefits to unmarried couples may pull back on that offering now that employees in all...
Hub International Acquires The HDH Group in Pittsburgh
Jul 2 2015 // Insurance brokerage Hub International Limited announced today its acquisition of Pittsburgh-based The HDH Group (HDH). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. HDH will establish a new regional operation for Hub that...
How Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling Affects Employee Benefit Plans
Jun 26 2015 // Following the historic Supreme Court decision that same-sex couples have a national right to marry, employers offering domestic partner benefits to unmarried couples may pull back on that offering since employees in all...
Mitilier Joins EPIC in Southern California
Jun 23 2015 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has named Vanessa Ruiz Mitilier a senior consultant and producer in the firm’s Southern California employee benefits consulting practice. Mitilier will be based in EPIC’s...
Arthur J. Gallagher to Acquire William Gallagher Associates in Boston
Jun 15 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of William Gallagher Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. (WGA), headquartered in Boston,...
EPIC Adds Millholland to Southeast Region of Employer Services Platform
Jun 12 2015 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consultant, has added employee benefits consulting professional Davin Millholland to its growing Employer...
AssuredPartners Acquires WorkforceTactix in Maryland
Jun 11 2015 // AssuredPartners Inc. announced its acquisition of WorkforceTactix Inc., an independent employee benefits and HR professional services consulting firm with offices in Sparks and Salisbury, Maryland. Terms of the transaction...
Assurant Finds Buyer for Health Insurance Business: National General
Jun 11 2015 // Assurant Inc. has officially decided it will exit the health insurance market to focus instead on its housing and lifestyle specialty protection products. The firm has reached an agreement to sell its Assurant Health...
EPIC Adds Hughes to Employer Services Platform in Northeast
Jun 9 2015 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consultant, has added employee benefits consulting professional Rosemary Hughes to its growing Employer...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Solid Benefit Guidance in New Jersey
Jun 5 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced its acquisition of Solid Benefit Guidance (SBG) in Montvale, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 2005, SBG is an employee benefits brokerage and...
AIG Acquires Controlling Stake in ING Employee Benefits Global Network
May 20 2015 // American International Group Inc. has acquired a controlling stake in ING Employee Benefits Global Network and renamed it AIG Global Benefits Network. The network is based in Belgium. The network’s minority...
