Newsmakers this month in the employee benefits industry include Timicoin/TimiHealth, First Vitals, Vitality Group, Shapa, and more. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Newsmakers in the employee benefits industry include companies hiring, promoting, acquiring and partnering. Here's a few that we've heard of recently:

ActiveRADAR (formerly known as RxTE Health), a company specializing in pharmacy cost reduction programs for employers, announced the addition of three health care executives to its leadership team. Dr. Ward Godsall, a seasoned executive with years of clinical and financial healthcare operations experience, is joining the company as the Medical Director; Todd Simenson brings 30 years of healthcare information system development experience to the role of Vice President of IT; and Charlotte Hitchcock will leverage her extensive legal expertise as the company's new General Counsel.

MyHRConcierge (MyHRC) has announced its partnership with benefits and HR software provider Employee Navigator. Brokers and others who license Employee Navigator's software can now offer Touch-Free COBRACompli to their small-mid-sized clients.