Latest Employee Benefits Headlines
All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
CMR Risk & Insurance Names Jacka Employee Benefits Broker
Feb 7 2011 // San Diego based CMR Risk & Insurance Services Inc. has added Grant Jacka as its employee benefits broker. Jacka comes to CMR Risk & Insurance Services after spending nearly three years as a broker/account executive...
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Feb 7 2011 // Portland, Ore.-based Durham and Bates Agencies Inc. selected William D. Hurst as CEO and president. Hurst, an internationally known marine insurance broker, and leader of Durham and Bates’ Marine Practice for 25...
New Employee Benefits Analyst Joins Texas Associates Team
Jan 20 2011 // Texas Associates Insurors has added Grace Jaen as its newest Employee Benefits analyst. Jaen focuses on developing and implementing solutions that help businesses attract and retain the right employees. “With...
Cavignac & Associations Adds Soleno to Employee Benefits Department
Jan 18 2011 // San Diego-based risk management and insurance brokerage firm Cavignac & Associates has named Taylor Soleno an employee benefits account administrator. Soleno will provide administrative support to the agency’s...
Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Minnesota-based RJF Agencies
Jan 6 2011 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh Inc., announced it has RJF Agencies Inc., one of the largest independent insurance agencies in the upper Midwest. Terms of the transaction were...
Marsh Agency Buys Georgia Benefits Brokerage
Jan 4 2011 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC reports it has acquired Strategic Benefit Solutions, Inc. (SBS), a $4 million benefits brokerage and consulting firm based in Alpharetta, Georgia. Terms of the transaction were not...
Hub International Acquires Four Western Companies
Jan 4 2011 // Chicago-based Hub International Ltd. (Hub), an insurance brokerage firm, has announced several acquisitions. It has acquired the shares of Hall-Conway-Jackson Inc. and the assets of Cascade Insurance Group Inc., Bothell,...
Heffernan Insurance Brokers Adds Two to Employee Benefits Team
Dec 10 2010 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers has added Chris Nussbaum and Paul Martinez as assistant vice presidents and employee benefits producers. Nussbaum brings 18 years of experience as an employee benefits professional on both the...
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Dec 5 2010 // Oakland, Calif.-based catastrophe risk modeling firm EQECAT Inc. named Bill Keogh president. He will be based in the Hackensack, N.J., office. Keogh previously served as senior vice president of strategic initiatives. He...
Ross Joins Gallagher Benefit Services’ Denver Office
Nov 2 2010 // Gallagher Benefit Services Inc. of Denver announced that employee benefits expert Dutch Ross has joined the office as a senior client consultant. Ross has been an employee benefits broker and consultant for a more than a...
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Nov 1 2010 // Juan Andrade stepped down as Commercial Markets president at The Hartford to join Ace as president of the insurers’ Global Personal Lines and Small Commercial Insurance division. He will assume the new position with...
Kirschner Named VP at William Gallagher
Sep 24 2010 // Boston-based insurance broker William Gallagher Associates has named Scott Kirschner as a vice president. He has 24 years of employee benefits-related experience, most recently with The Bostonian Group where he served as...
America’s Best Independent Agencies to Work For
Sep 20 2010 // Salaries and Benefits Lead but Quality of People and Relationships Win Votes, Too The results are in from the 2010 Best Independent Insurance Agency to Work For survey by Insurance Journal. The owners of the Best Agencies...
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Sep 6 2010 // The California State Compensation Insurance Fund named Tom Rowe president, CEO and member of the Executive Committee. He will report directly to the board of directors and is responsible for the day-to-day operations of...
Bolton & Co. Names Allen Assistant VP for Employee Benefits
Aug 31 2010 // Pasadena, Calif.-based Bolton & Co. announced that Wendee Allen has joined the firm as assistant vice president in the Employee Benefits division. She is the sixth producer to join Bolton in 2010. Allen has a 22-year...
Lawson-Hawks Names Stege VP in Employee Benefits Division
Aug 26 2010 // Mountain View, Calif.-based Lawson-Hawks Insurance Associates, has added John Stege of Aptos, Calif., as a vice president and broker for the Employee Benefits Division. Stege has more than 11 years experience in providing...
M&A Wrap Up: Year-over-Year, M&A Activity Sustains a Moderate Pace
Aug 24 2010 // Insurance brokerage deals in the second quarter of 2010 barely bested the number of deals during the second quarter of 2009 bringing year-over-year activity slightly ahead of last. Forty-six transactions were announced...
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Aug 16 2010 // Insurance brokerage Marsh appointed Ron Marx as a senior vice president in its San Diego office. Marx brings 30 years of risk management and insurance experience to Marsh. He joins the company from Willis, where he led the...
M&A Wrap Up: Year-over-Year, M&A Activity Sustains a Moderate Pace
Aug 16 2010 // Insurance brokerage deals in the second quarter of 2010 barely bested the number of deals during the second quarter of 2009 bringing year-over-year activity slightly ahead of last. Forty-six transactions were announced...
2010 Education & Training Directory
Aug 16 2010 // Insurance Journal is pleased to publish the 2010 Education and Training Directory. This exclusive resource directory has been designed to help independent agents and brokers find educational and training opportunities to...
