Latest Employee Benefits Headlines
All the headlines from our Employee Benefits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Locked Into the Customer
Nov 18 2007 // The force behind Lockton’s phenomenal organic growth Insurance Journal is pleased to launch a new series of profiles of privately-held property/casualty independent insurance agencies that qualify for the annual...
Willis Makes Asia, India Employee Benefits Appointments
Nov 13 2007 // In a move which it indicated highlights the “the importance of its burgeoning Employee Benefits business in Asia,” Willis Group Holdings announced the appointment of Pauline Prescott as Employee Benefits Leader...
Walsh Promoted to Employee Benefits Practice Leader at Woodruff-Sawyer
Oct 3 2007 // Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. promoted Jennifer Walsh to employee benefits practice leader. She joined the company’s Benefits Team three years ago as vice president and account executive, and became a shareholder in the...
Willis Expands Employee Benefits Practice in Minn. with Key Appointments
Sep 12 2007 // Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker, recently announced the appointments of Jackie Lantry and Rick Storms to vice president of the Employee Benefits Practice for Willis’ operations in Minneapolis. In...
HRH Acquires Kansas Employee Benefits Broker The Resource Group
Jul 26 2007 // Richmond, Va.-based insurance broker Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co. said it is acquiring the assets of The Resource Group, L.C. Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close on Aug. 1, 2007, were not disclosed. Founded...
Brown & Brown Names Paschke and Strianese Regional Exec. VPs
Jul 20 2007 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced it has appointed Michael Paschke and Anthony Strianese as regional executive vice presidents. Paschke and Strianese are headquartered in the West and Northeast, respectively. Paschke...
Executive risk exposures producers should know
May 7 2007 // Every day, corporate executives are expected to make the perfect business decisions on all issues. Obviously, this does not happen all the time. The best one can truly expect is for the executives to make the best decision...
Minding Your Business
May 7 2007 // Executive risk exposures producers should know Every day, corporate executives are expected to make the perfect business decisions on all issues. Obviously, this does not happen all the time. The best one can truly expect...
Executive risk exposures producers should know
May 7 2007 // The true insurance professional will understand that there exists a complex world of executive risk losses that can range from shareholder litigation against the board of directors, human resource related claims, lawsuits...
People
Apr 23 2007 // Dallas-based global insurance and reinsurance broker, Colemont, added Catherine L. Wall as assistant vice president and associate legal counsel. In this newly created role, Wall will assist in overseeing the...
People
Apr 23 2007 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America hired Benjamin J. McKay III as senior vice president of federal government relations in its Washington, D.C., office. Previously, McKay served as chief of staff for...
Frank Crystal & Co. Hires 2 Execs in Houston Office
Apr 11 2007 // Frank Crystal & Company expanded its employee benefits division with two key appointments in its Houston, Texas office. The company announced that Corky Saenz and Jay Donnella have joined Frank Crystal as directors in...
People
Apr 9 2007 // Marsh Inc. appointed chief operating officers for three of its core business sectors. The executives are: Patricia Hagemann, who has been named chief operating officer of the Americas; David Lessing, chief operating...
Minding Your Business
Mar 12 2007 // In our travels as consultants to the insurance industry, we have noticed that one of the more elusive “standards” or “norms” is compensation for employee benefits producers and staff. The difficulty...
Ohio Ward Group Conducts Study of Insurance Company Benefits
Feb 27 2007 // Cincinnati-based Ward Group, a provider of benchmarking and best practices consulting services, is conducting an in-depth study of employee benefits at insurance companies. The study will provide extensive information...
Ill. Horton Group Named Partner Firm of Assurex Global
Jan 23 2007 // The Horton Group, headquartered in the Chicago suburb of Orland Park, recently was named a partner firm of Assurex Global, a privately held insurance, risk management and employee benefits brokerage group. Horton joins 116...
ING Presents New Belgium Structure; Exclusive Focus on Bancasssurance
Jan 19 2007 // The Netherlands’ ING Group has announced a major change in strategy and a restructuring of its Belgian insurance business. ING intends to focus exclusively on its on bancassurance distribution in Belgium. ING said...
N.Y.’s Gilroy Kernan & Gilroy Promotes 5 to Added Responsibilities
Jan 18 2007 // Five members of the professional staff at the Gilroy Kernan & Gilroy insurance agency in New Hartford, N.Y. have been promoted. Agency President Larry Gilroy announced the promotions as follows: Donald Polczynski to...
SullivanCurtisMonroe Names Malcolm Vice President
Jan 15 2007 // Irvine, Calif.-based SullivanCurtisMonroe Insurance Services LLC, appointed Wyatt Malcolm to vice president. “We are pleased Wyatt has joined the SullivanCurtisMonroe family with his 25 years of experience in the...
Court Upholds Worker’s Claim Under Maine Medical Leave Act
Dec 22 2006 // A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of a Maine car salesman who says he was unjustly fired while taking medical leave that should have been protected by state law. The 1st U.S Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday...
