Latest Employee Benefits Headlines
All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Roach Howard Smith & Barton Adds Schickling in Employee Benefits Division
Jul 12 2012 // Chris Schickling has joined Dallas-based Roach Howard Smith & Barton as a sales executive in the agency’s Employee Benefits Division. Formerly a captain in the United States Marine Corps, Schickling is a...
Health, Benefits Market Offers Growth Opportunities for Midwest Agents
Jul 11 2012 // For many independent property/casualty agencies, one bright spot of opportunity in an era of otherwise lackluster growth has been the health and benefits market. Over the course of the past four or five years, savvy P/C...
Some South Central Agencies See Potential in Dynamic Health, Benefits Market
Jul 11 2012 // The South Central region of the country, particularly Texas, has been a hotbed of activity when it comes to mergers and acquisitions of smaller health and benefit agencies. The reason, according to agencies in the region,...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Miller Buettner & Parrott Inc.
Jul 3 2012 // Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Miller Buettner & Parrott Inc. in Rockford, Ill. Founded in 1998, Miller Buettner & Parrott is an employee benefits insurance broker and consultant...
Health, Benefits Market Offers Growth Opportunities for P/C Agents
Jul 2 2012 // Revenue Compression, Client Demand Drive Expansion of Services For many independent property/casualty agencies, one bright spot of opportunity in an era of otherwise lackluster growth has been the health and benefits...
Agents Seek Diversified Role in Group Health/Benefits Arena
Jul 2 2012 // In recent years, a growing number of independent property/casualty agencies have begun offering group health/benefits services to their clients. In interviews with Insurance Journal, agency executives in the Northeast...
Business Moves – Southeast
Jul 2 2012 // Gallagher, Whitehaven Illinois-based global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Whitehaven Insurance Group, Inc. in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in...
Some P/C Agencies See Potential in Dynamic Health, Benefits Market
Jul 2 2012 // Alignment of Resources Essential for Success The South Central region of the country, particularly Texas, has been a hotbed of activity when it comes to mergers and acquisitions of smaller health and benefit agencies. The...
‘One Way or Another’ Agencies See Growth in Group Health
Jul 2 2012 // “One way or another.” Is that the best way to describe a sound investment strategy nowadays? Yes. If you’re talking about the growing number of agencies investing in group health benefits...
Thoits Names Solomon Vice President of Employee Benefits
Jun 27 2012 // San Jose, Calif.-based Thoits Insurance Services named Michael Solomon vice president in the benefits division. He will be responsible for client growth, relationship development and the servicing of his current...
Poms Names Herbert Vice President of Employee Benefits
Jun 26 2012 // Los Angeles, Calif.-based Poms and Associates Insurance Brokers named Jack Herbert vice president of employee benefits in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Herbert will focus on companies with 51 to 2,000 employees. He...
Va.-Based Broker Rutherfoord Appoints Employee Benefits Leader
Jun 25 2012 // Rutherfoord, a Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA) company, appointed Guy Morrison, a 20-year veteran of the employee benefits industry, as executive vice president of employee benefits. Guy Morrison In this newly...
Lancaster Named VP of Employee Benefits at R&R Insurance Services
Jun 22 2012 // R&R Insurance Services Inc. in Waukesha, Wis., has appointed David Lancaster vice president of Employee Benefits. Lancaster has more than 25 years of insurance industry experience in managing insurance operations,...
Jenkins Names Wakamoto to Employee Benefits
Jun 21 2012 // Concord, Calif.-based Jenkins Insurance Group named Sue Wakamoto as a consultant in its employee benefits department. Wakamoto’s experience includes employee benefits, wellness, defined contribution plans, and...
Hylant Group Acquires AGIS
Jun 12 2012 // Toledo, Ohio-based privately owned insurance brokerage firm, Hylant Group, has acquired AGIS, an independent, full-service employee benefits agency with offices in Birmingham, Mich., and Orlando and Jacksonville, Fla. The...
Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Progressive Benefit Solutions
Jun 8 2012 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), a subsidiary of broker Marsh Inc., acquired Progressive Benefit Solutions (PBS), a $5 million revenue employee benefits agency based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Terms of the...
Business Moves – South Central
Jun 4 2012 // BenefitSpecialists, Higginbotham Insurance Group Higginbotham Insurance Group and BenefitSpecialists announced the merger of their operations in Houston. BenefitSpecialists, an employee benefits broker in Houston, will...
Poms & Associates Adds Three in Southern California
Jun 1 2012 // Los Angeles, Calif.-based Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. named Chris Poveromo branch manager and senior vice president of property/casualty. Additionally, the firm named Mark Ulrich senior Vice president of...
Cadwallader Joins IMA Inc.’s Employee Benefits Division
May 30 2012 // IMA Inc. announced that Leisha Cadwallader joined IMA as vice president of employee benefits in its Dallas office. Cadwallader is charged with growing IMA’s employee benefits presence in the Dallas market. As a...
Willis Ireland Acquires Employee Benefits Firm, Attain Consulting
May 30 2012 // Willis Risk Services (Ireland) Limited confirmed its commitment to further developing its domestic employee benefits business by acquiring Attain Consulting and its sister company Trustee Principles. Terms of the deal were...
