–Seven people are realizing their dreams of business ownership through Brightway Insurance with the opening of five new franchise locations in June. Kevin Allen opened Brightway, The Allen Agency in Greenville, S.C. Dabir Duvert and Steven Duvert opened Brightway, The Duvert Agency in Hempstead, N.Y. Luan Le opened Brightway, The Le Agency in Tampa, Fla. Enrique…
Jun. 29— VERNON TOWNSHIP— Crawford Central School District taxpayers will see their real estate tax rates increase by more than 3 percent. Crawford Central School Board members on Monday voted unanimously to approve an increase of 1.86 mills for Crawford County residents of the district and 3.01 mills for Mercer County residents, a tax hike that takes effect…
–Centerfield, a premier technology service for digital customer acquisition, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Datalot, a leading digital marketing solution for auto, home, health and Medicare insurance companies, from an investment fund affiliated with Lightyear Capital. With Datalot, Centerfield will serve the insurance…
–Integrity Marketing Group, LLC, the nation’s largest independent distributor of life and health insurance products, today announced it has acquired Carolina Senior Marketing, a full service field marketing organization headquartered in Cary, North Carolina. As part of the acquisition, Dustin Alipour, CEO of Carolina Senior Marketing, will become a Managing…
The Massachusetts Auditor issued the following audit report on June 28, 2021, entitled “Audit of the Office of Medicaid- Review of Estate Recovery”:. Marylou Sudders, Secretary, Executive Office of Health and Human Services, One Ashburton Place, 11th Floor, Boston, MA 02108. Alda Rego, Assistant Secretary for Administration and Finance, Executive Office of Health…
–Yardi ® has integrated with the New Jersey Health Information Network, owned by the NJ Department of Health. The NJHIN is the only network built to facilitate the exchange of clinical data for all New Jersey patients with their healthcare providers. “Yardi is excited to work with New Jersey to participate in their statewide interoperability initiatives,” said…
–Workers in emerging markets are retiring without sufficient assets to cover their pension needs, creating a total pension shortfall of about USD 106 trillion, Swiss Re Institute estimates. This pension savings gap is roughly three times emerging markets’ GDP, as high as estimates for major advanced markets such as the US and Australia. 2 The costs of…
Everyday Life, an insurance platform on a mission to get life insurance to everyone who needs it, is partnering with Independent Financial Partners to bring its innovative life insurance solution to IFP's Institutional Services group network of community banks and their customers. The new insurance offering will support the banks' initiatives to improve…
NEW YORK, June 29– American Jewish World Service issued the following news release:. Rabbis and cantors call on Congress on the anniversary of Whole Woman's Health Decision to pass the EACH Act and the Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act to protect abortion access at home and around the world. On the anniversary of this momentous decision, American Jewish…
NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, June 29, 2021/ PRNewswire/– J.P. Morgan today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire OpenInvest, a leading financial technology company that helps financial professionals customize and report on values-based investments. The company will retain its own brand and be integrated into J.P. Morgan’s Private Bank and…
Artificial Intelligence holds great promise for improving the delivery of healthcare and medicine worldwide, but only if ethics and human rights are put at the heart of its design, deployment, and use, according to new WHO guidance published today. The report, Ethics and governance of artificial intelligence for health, is the result of 2 years of consultations…
–The National Insurance Crime Bureau, the nation’s leading not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated to combatting and preventing insurance crime, is pleased to release its latest issue of The NICB Informer. The Summer edition focuses primarily on natural catastrophes and post-disaster fraud issues, investigations, and information resources.
Clearcover Insurance Company, the smarter car insurance choice, today announced a new partnership with Salty Dot, Inc. to broaden distribution and allow Clearcover policies to be available through Salty's agency. This new partnership will enable Clearcover's easy to use car insurance products and technology to be available on Salty's Embedded Insurance…
–Markel Corporation announced today that Simon Wilson will become the next President of Markel International, a wholly-owned subsidiary. He will succeed William Stovin who has led the Markel International division since 2008. I will always admire this organisation, and I know that Markel International will be in great hands under Simon’s leadership, “Stovin…
RAPID CITY, South Dakota, June 29– The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release:. A team of research faculty and students at South Dakota Mines has been tracking salinity content in 70 stock dams across 12 watersheds in two northwestern South Dakota counties over the past two years. “We hope the information will help the people…
American Council of Life Insurers President and CEO Susan Neely and National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors- Virginia President Susan Campbell issued the following joint statement on the best interest annuity rule adopted recently by the Virginia Department of Insurance. “Insurance Commissioner Scott White and the Virginia…
American Council of Life Insurers President and CEO Susan Neely and National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Alabama Government Relations Committee Chair Sallie Bryant issued the following statement on the annuity best interest rule adopted recently by the Alabama Insurance Department:. “The new rule adopted by Insurance Commissioner…
The Florida Legislature today transmitted Senate Bill 54, which would repeal Florida's existing personal injury protection “no-fault” auto insurance system without needed legal reforms, to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for his consideration. When factoring in the legislation's lack of meaningful bad faith reforms, a primary source of lawsuit abuse and…
NEW YORK, June 29– The Insurance Information Institute issued the following news release:. In the latest installment of the Triple-I's National Town Hall series, a risk modeler, an insurer's founding partner, and an inventor were joined by subject matter experts from not-for-profit organizations and government to advance the latest developments in U.S….
