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Alliant names ADP PEO veteran to expand Southern California employee benefits
The hire, effective July 2026, will support Western Region employers with HR outsourcing, payroll, and workers' compensation and compliance.
Alliant Insurance Services appointed Carissa Murray as assistant vice president within its Employee Benefits Group, based in San Diego, effective July 2026, expanding the firm’s workforce solutions practice in Southern California and the broader Western Region.
Insurance Business reports that Murray joins from ADP, where she spent nearly a decade in roles focused on professional employer organization advisory, most recently as a senior business consultant with ADP TotalSource, ADP’s PEO division.
In her new role, Murray will work with employers on employee benefits and workforce solutions, including HR outsourcing, payroll, workers' compensation, and compliance.
The PEO model uses a co-employer structure that covers services such as payroll administration, benefits delivery, workers' compensation, and HR compliance, which Alliant positions as a way for smaller and mid-market employers to access benefit pricing through pooled negotiation, Insurance Business notes. The outlet also cites NAPEO research estimating 230,000 US businesses operate through a PEO, employing 4.5 million workers and generating about $372 billion in industry revenue, and highlights pressure from rising healthcare costs as employers revisit their outsourcing strategies.