Mr. Mirt, who previously served as president of HealthSpring, Inc., brings to Premise Health more than 30 years of leadership experience in the health insurance industry. “We are honored to have a leader of Mike’s caliber join our board of directors,” said Stuart Clark, CEO, Premise Health. Water Street invested in and merged CHS Health Services and Take Care Employer…
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AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired A.J. Lupas Insurance Agency, Inc. in Plains, Pennsylvania. “We are excited to join AssuredPartners to utilize the many resources available to us as part of the 13th largest insurance brokerage in the United States* and provide our clients with new coverage options.” Their expertise and commitment to the insurance industry will…
Pennsylvania is not one of them, said David Walters, a financial adviser at Palisades Hudson Financial Group and author of the chapter on planning a digital estate in Palisade Hudson’s new book, “Looking Ahead: Life, Family, Wealth and Business After 55.”. “Because there are not laws in many states now addressing digital assets, executors often do not have legal…
–MiT National Land Services, a national title insurance agency located in Midtown Manhattan, announced today, the addition of industry veteran Bryant Goulding to its growing sales team. Goulding has almost a decade worth of senior level experience in the title insurance industry, including several years as the Managing Director of Skyline Title where he…
Marsh, a global leader in insurance broking and risk management, today announced that it has acquired Aalst-based Trade Insure NV, a leading distributor of credit insurance policies in Belgium. Starting January 2015, the combined entity will trade under the name of Marsh Trade Insure and include all members of Marsh’ s existing trade credit team in Belgium as…
Hub International Limited, a leading global insurance brokerage, announced today that its subsidiary Hub International Northeast Limited has acquired the assets of MMZ Associates, Inc., a Westchester County- based brokerage. Hub Northeast has a network of 15 locations and more than 650 employees throughout New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and…
–Eli Lilly and Company today announced its 2015 financial guidance and outlined plans to grow revenue and expand margins through the balance of the decade. “We are successfully moving from a challenging period of patent expirations to a period of resumed growth, led by diabetes, oncology and animal health,” said John C. Lechleiter, Ph.D., Lilly’s chairman, president…
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 7– Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America, New York, has been assigned a patent developed by Robert Ball, Atlanta, for the “interactive systems and methods for insurance-related activities.” The patent application was filed on May 21, 2012. Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand.
Alliant Insurance Services, the nation’ s largest specialty insurance brokerage firm, has acquired American Benefits Consulting, a leading employee benefits consulting firm with offices in New York and Pennsylvania. Founded in 1979, ABC provides integrated employee benefits consulting services across four core business segments: voluntary benefits,…
–In the going and coming rule case of Schultz v. WCAB, the California Court of Appeal, second district, sided with the injured worker, ultimately determining that he was within the course and scope of his employment, when during morning commute to work, he sustained significant injuries in a car accident that occurred one mile within the boundary of an Air Force base,…
Jan. 07– Kentucky- based health insurer Humana has agreed to pay a fine of $161,800 to the state of Missouri for sending letters to roughly 1,600 policyholders in August of 2013 that stated inaccurate information. Referencing the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, the letters sent to Missourians read: “Due to Missouri legislation, Humana is required to terminate your…
Jan. 07– SANTA PAULA, Calif.– The owner of a Ventura County disposal plant shut down by a chemical blast in mid-November has sued its insurer, claiming Allied World Assurance Co. must cover damages up to $7 million. In the suit filed late last month, Santa Clara Waste Water Co. says the Swiss insurer has steadfastly refused to pay claims resulting from an explosion and…
-Inhance Technologies LLC, formerly known as Fluoro-Seal International, L.P., headquartered in Houston, Texas, has agreed to pay a $59,000 civil penalty and spend a minimum of $180,000 on systems to recycle hazardous hydrogen fluoride gas, as part of a settlement of the company’s alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act and the Emergency Planning and…
Mr. Dixon brings more than 20 years of structured products investing experience to his position at Hollis Park. Prior to founding the firm, Mr. Dixon was Managing Director and Head of the Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Trading Group and Co-Head of Securitized Products at Deutsche Bank, where he led a group of 70 investment professionals.
–PRNewswire/- Prime Advisors, Inc. ®, an investment advisory firm specializing in managing bond portfolios for insurance companies, announced today the hiring of Dennis R. Klimes as Senior Vice President and Director of Sales and Business Development. Dennis comes to Prime with a significant amount of experience in the capital markets industry, most recently,…
As newly insured Americans begin using their 2015 benefits under the Affordable Care Act, Walgreens will again provide medication assistance to those patients who may have difficulty using their new insurance coverage. “We recognize that some newly enrolled individuals will need medications while their benefits information is being updated with their…
EVENT: The Commonwealth Fund holds an embargoed media conference call briefing, beginning at 1 p.m., to discuss the results of a new survey on “State Trends in the Cost of Employer Health Insurance Coverage 2003-2013.”. PARTICIPANTS: Sara Collins, vice president of health care coverage and access at the Commonwealth Fund; David Radley, senior scientist in the…
DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas-area man has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for running a staged traffic…
Joseph A. LoCicero, President& CEO of The Segal Group, has announced that Dr. Sadhna Paralkar has joined Segal as Senior Vice President and National Medical Director. Dr. Paralkar completed her medical internship at L.T.M. General Hospital of the University of Bombay after receiving a baccalaureate degree in Medicine and Surgery from the same institution.
