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This evolution from volume to value was the focus Friday of a McLean County Chamber of Commerce business briefing featuring Boore; Colleen Kannaday, president of Advocate BroMenn Medical Center in Normal; Ben Hart, president of Bloomington- based Heritage Enterprises; and Mike Romagnoli, operations manager of the Community Health Care Clinic.

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Oct. 31– LAS CRUCES– A motorist pulled over Thursday afternoon for a relatively minor traffic violation was arrested after he allegedly pushed a police officer, and fled the area before crashing into a parked car and a house, according to a Las Cruces Police Department news release. Jasper Garcia Montano, 20, then reportedly ran from the crash leaving behind his…

With the kick-off of the college football season, AmeriLife, the nation’s premier annuity, life and health insurance marketing organization, launched its AmeriLife Football Club campaign to build camaraderie amongst its employees, while also raising money to benefit Suncoast Hospice and its 2015 Beach Stroll fundraiser event. “We’re a family here at…

Defined-Benefit Plans Can Meet Small Business Owners’ Needs. Thirty years ago, life insurance was a significant part of pension plan funding. To do that successfully, there was never any question whether life insurance would be part of the process; it was simply standard operating procedure to include a whole life insurance policy as an asset in a defined…

Good for Employees and the Bottom Line. In a 2013 survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers, 23% of employees admitted that financial issues have been a distraction at work, and 19% had spent five hours or more per week dealing with their personal finances. This impacts employee productivity; employee financial stress can cost up to $5,000 per employee per year.

–Arthur J. Gallagher& Co. today announced the acquisition of Insurance Associates, Inc. located in Boulder and Estes Park, Colorado. Founded in 1919, Insurance Associates is an insurance broker providing retail property/casualty and risk management insurance services for commercial and personal lines clients throughout the Western United States.

Federal Information & News Dispatch, Inc. Huntsville Insurance Broker Indicted for Defrauding Customers U.S. Attorney's OfficeOctober 30, 2014 Northern District…

WCRI’s report examines how a Texas- like closed drug formulary might affect the prevalence and costs of drugs in 23 other state workers’ compensation systems that do not currently have a drug formulary. The 23 states included in this study are Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts,…

SUMMARY: This is Supplement No. 2 to the Treasury Department Circular 570, 2014 Revision, published July 1, 2014, at 79 FR 37398.. Box 89490, Cleveland, OH 44101-6490. PHONE: 461-5000. UNDERWRITING LIMITATION b/: $37,157,000. SURETY LICENSES c/: AK, CA, CT, DC, HI, IN, IA, KS, LA, MD, MS, MT, NV, NM, NY, OH, OR, SD, UT, VA, WA, WV.

Oct. 31– A group of former Fireman’s Fund employees will be awarded $36.8 million in damages from ING North America Insurance Corp. if a tentative ruling issued Thursday by a Marin County judge is adopted. The courtroom was packed to hear the decision by Marin Superior Court Judge Roy Chernus, and at least half a dozen of the families in attendance were Marin…

ProHealth Care reported that it will join Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s Blue Priority network on Dec. 1, making all of ProHealth’s professionals, services and facilities available to network members. According to a release from the company, Blue Priority is Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s network in Wisconsin. “We are pleased to join Blue Priority,” said…

As part of Insurance Fraud Awareness Month, New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Ken Kobylowski today cautioned New Jersey consumers to be on the lookout and be aware of auto insurance fraud hazards and pitfalls. Simply misrepresenting any material fact on an application in order to lower premiums also constitutes insurance fraud…

University of Georgia College of Education faculty members Bernadette Heckman and Jolie Daigle have received a three-year, $1.37 million federal grant to recruit and train more than 100 UGA master’s degree students in school counseling to help increase access to mental and behavioral health services for children in Northeast Georgia’s K-12 schools.

The trends in students coming from abroad, family immigration and foreign investment in the United States present a multitude of wealth planning opportunities, as well as some potential pitfalls.. •In the academic year that ended May 2012, an estimated 820,000 foreign students studied in the United States, up more than 7 percent from the previous year, the…

In a global world, individuals, including U.S. citizens, reside outside the United States yet invest in U.S. assets. The value of the taxable estate of a decedent“ nonresident not a citizen of the United States” 7 is limited to the value of property deemed situated in the United States, less allowable deductions, 8 many of which are subject to a pro rata calculation…