Latest Employee Benefits Headlines

All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.

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Jun 6 2011 // Tina Wrotenbery joined Hub International Rigg (Hub Rigg) as a senior employee benefits consultant. Wrotenbery will move into Hub’s existing offices in Houston and will report to Charlie Reynolds, president, Employee...

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Jun 6 2011 // The IMA Financial Group Inc. promoted three in the company’s employee benefits division to vice presidents. Gregg Kamas was promoted to vice president of IMA Financial Group and national practice leader of health...

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Jun 6 2011 // Marsh & McLennan Cos. appointed Daniel S. Glaser to the newly created position of group president and chief operating officer. Glaser previously had been chairman and CEO of Marsh. He will continue to report to Brian...

EPIC Adds Childers as Account Executive in Folsom

Jun 1 2011 // EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property/casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant based in California, has added Michele Childers as an employee benefits account executive in its...

MHBT Appoints Raetzman New Employee Benefits Producer

May 26 2011 // Privately owned insurance and risk management firm, MHBT, announced that Drew Raetzman has joined the Dallas office as an employee benefits producer. Raetzman will work with clients to help them identify benefits solutions...

The Partners Group, Baldwin Resource Group Merge

May 24 2011 // Portland, Ore.-based financial services and employee benefit consulting firm The Partners Group has merged with Seattle-based Baldwin Resource Group, a firm with expertise in commercial insurance, enterprise risk...

Arthur J. Gallagher Appoints Three to Corporate VP Positions

May 20 2011 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG) appointed Norbert Chung, John Neumaier and William Ziebell to the positions of corporate vice presidents. Chung joined AJG in 1995 and has spent most of his 23-year career in the...

Mesirow Financial Formalizes Management of Insurance Services Division

May 17 2011 // Chicago-based Mesirow Financial announced that its Insurance Services Division will be led by a newly formed Insurance Management Committee (IMC). The IMC has named Norman Malter president of the Insurance Division, John...

IMA Financial Group Promotes 3 in Benefits Practice

May 15 2011 // The IMA Financial Group Inc., a diversified financial services company specializing in insurance, asset and risk management, has promoted three in the company’s employee benefits division to vice presidents. Gregg...

MJ Insurance Names Hachmeister Producer

May 12 2011 // MJ Insurance, a privately held insurance agency, has hired Ash Hachmeister as a producer. He will work with both employee benefits and property/casualty clients from the company’s Phoenix, Ariz., office. Hachmeister...

Frost Insurance Acquires Clark Benefit Group in San Antonio

May 2 2011 // Frost Insurance Agency Inc., the insurance subsidiary of Frost, has acquired Clark Benefit Group, an independent San Antonio-based insurance agency that specializes in providing employee benefits to small and mid-size...

Lockton Adds Employee Benefits Consultants in San Jose

Apr 26 2011 // Four employee benefits consultants have joined Lockton in its San Jose, Calif. office: Linda Wieck, senior vice president and unit manager; Charina English, vice president and senior consultant; Shirley Lau, vice president...

Woman Admits She Embezzled $490K from Employee Benefits Fund

Apr 20 2011 // A Tennessee woman told a federal judge in Baton Rouge, La., that she embezzled over $491,000 in benefits intended for employees of union contractors in five states. Theresa Waters, 45, of Murfreesboro, pleaded guilty to...

Lockton Adds Faughnan in Denver Benefits Group

Apr 20 2011 // The Denver Office of Lockton Companies LLC, a large privately held independent insurance brokerage, has expanded its Lockton Denver Benefits Group with the addition of Michael Faughnan. As an employee benefits consultant,...

Frost Insurance Names Latkowski to Lead Employee Benefits Practice

Apr 14 2011 // Frost Insurance announced that Brian Latkowski has been named senior vice president, Employee Benefits Practice leader, in the company’s Austin, Texas, office. In this role, Latkowski oversees statewide strategic...

EPIC Adds Pierro Jr. as Principal in Los Angeles

Apr 6 2011 // EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has added Daniel J. Pierro Jr. as principal and senior employee benefits consultant. His addition...

IMA Benefits Promotes Four

Mar 3 2011 // IMA Benefits, the benefits practice for retail insurance broker IMA Inc., announced that Tracy McConnell and John Kirke were promoted to director of health innovation. Additionally, Dale Curtis was promoted to director of...

The Buckner Co. Hires Acquires Dana Benefits

Feb 11 2011 // Salt Lake City-based The Buckner Co. has hired Carol Dana in its Employee Benefits department, and subsequently acquired Dana’s agency, Dana Benefits. Dana will join the team of benefits experts at The Buckner Co.,...

EPIC Adds Chen as Account Executive

Feb 11 2011 // EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has added Amenda-Ming Chen as an employee benefits account executive in its San Francisco...

Lockton Promotes 2 Associates to Practice Leaders

Feb 10 2011 // Lockton Companies LLC, a Kansas City-based firm specializing in insurance, risk management and employee benefits, announced two promotions within its Kansas City Employee Benefits Agency. Previously unit managers for...