Latest Employee Benefits Headlines
All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires ProSource Financial
Feb 10 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired ProSource Financial LLC in Westchester, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1986, ProSource Financial LLC is an employee benefit insurance broker that...
Neace Lukens Acquires Indiana’s Jenkins Insurance Services
Feb 10 2012 // Neace Lukens, an AssuredPartners Inc. company, has acquired Jenkins Insurance Services, a Sellersburg, Ind.-based employee benefits insurance firm. Mike Jenkins will join Neace Lukens’ New Albany office and will...
Report: New Orleans Wasted Money on Life Benefits for Years
Feb 9 2012 // The city misspent around $500,000 on employee benefits during a span of eight years, according to a report released by the New Orleans Inspector General. The inspector general’s office evaluated the city’s...
Thoits in Northern California Adds Tillotson to Employee Benefits Practice
Feb 8 2012 // San Jose, Calif.-based Thoits Insurance Service Inc. has named Bernie Tillotson senior vice president of employee benefits. Tillotson brings more than three decades of benefits and human resources expertise to his new...
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Feb 6 2012 // Centennial, Colo.-based Colorado Casualty has named Lucas J. Bills as president and chief executive officer of the commercial lines company, which operates in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Bills...
Google Captive in Hawaii on Track
Feb 6 2012 // Web search giant Google Inc. has been granted tentative approval from the Department of Labor to form a captive insurance company in Hawaii to cover employee benefits for thousands of the Mountain View, Calif.-based web...
MJ Insurance Adds Two to Growing Employee Benefits Division
Feb 2 2012 // MJ Insurance, a property/casualty and employee benefits agency headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind., has hired Kimberly Balling as a client communication specialist and Jessica Babcock as a sales and marketing assistant to...
AIG to Merge Group Benefits Units From Chartis and American General
Jan 24 2012 // Two American International Group units — Chartis U.S. Accident and Health, and American General Life Companies — are planning to merge their group benefits businesses into a single, unified organization. The...
The Buckner Co. of Utah Hires Trujillo
Jan 12 2012 // The Buckner Co. has hired Russell Trujillo in their employee benefits department. Trujillo will work with employers to help them find benefits packages for their employees. The Buckner Co. has placed much emphasis on...
Digital Insurance Buys Va.-based Strategic Employee Benefits Services
Jan 11 2012 // Digital Insurance, an employee benefits agency in Atlanta, acquired Strategic Employee Benefits Services (SEBS) of Virginia. SEBS, which has offices in Richmond, Charlottesville and Roanoke, will now operate under the...
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Jan 9 2012 // Verne Cadwell has been named vice president of the crop hail division at Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. located in Grinnell, Iowa. Cadwell’s promotion follows a 12-year career at Grinnell Mutual, where he has served...
Employers Share Employee Benefits Success Stories at Mass. Conference
Dec 29 2011 // New England Employee Benefits Council (NEEBC) held its annual conference earlier this month, giving its Best Benefits Practices awards to six winners. The winners shared their success stories at the NEEBC conference in...
Old National Insurance Completes Partnership with Gettings Reed Financial
Dec 14 2011 // Indiana-based Old National Insurance (ONI) has finalized a deal to acquire the employee benefits book of business from Gettings Reed Financial, headquartered in Lafayette, Ind. The acquisition includes group medical, group...
N.Y.-based USI Insurance Services Acquires Bluff Head Enterprises
Dec 13 2011 // USI Insurance Services, an insurance brokerage and financial service firm in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., has completed its acquisition of Bluff Head Enterprises in Rhode Island. Bluff Head Enterprises is a Wakefield, Rhode...
Baxter to Lead Hylant Group’s Health Risk Management Unit
Dec 8 2011 // Ohio-based Hylant Group has tapped wellness professional Jerid Baxter to lead its growing health and wellness practice. Baxter will be responsible for designing and implementing programming and building the tools and...
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Dec 5 2011 // Holly Foxen Wells has been promoted to marketing and public relations manager of San Diego, Calif.-based Atlas General Insurance Services. She will lead the marketing team to enhance Atlas’ brand strategy and...
Thomas Becomes Partner in RSI
Dec 1 2011 // Bill Thomas has partnered with Ben Thomas and Barry Rabune of Costa Mesa, Calif.-based of RSI Insurance Brokers, a property and casualty insurance company that focuses on the transportation industry. RSI recently expanded,...
N.Y.-based USI Insurance Acquires Barros International
Nov 29 2011 // USI Insurance Services, an insurance brokerage and financial service firm in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., completed the acquisition of Barros International. Barros is a Reston, Va.-based employee benefits brokerage firm...
Marsh & McLennan Agency Expands in Florida, Acquires Seitlin Insurance
Nov 17 2011 // Marsh & McLennan Agency, a New York-based subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh Inc., acquired Seitlin Insurance, one of the largest insurance brokers in South Florida. Terms of the transaction were not...
Suhr Risk Services Adds Ceja to Employee Benefits Division
Nov 15 2011 // Suhr Risk Services (SRS), an independent retail employee benefits and property/casualty insurance brokerage firm in San Jose, Calif., has hired Melissa Ceja as team leader and account executive of the employee benefits...
