Towers Watson, a global professional services company, announced that it has hired Edward Root as a senior pension risk transfer expert. “We are very pleased to add someone with Ed’s knowledge and experience in pension risk transfers to our retirement team,” said Bill Gulliver, North America leader of Retirement at Towers Watson. Prior to joining Towers Watson,…
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Thunderhead.com, a provider of enterprise solutions for customer experience and customer engagement, has unveiled two solutions for Salesforce, part of the company’s continued commitment to Systems of Engagement as a core foundation for the business enterprise of the future. Available on the Salesforce AppExchange in January 2014, the solution features…
Formica Corp. has announced three new appointments to its executive leadership team: Steve DeMay, vice president of sales; Amy Gath, vice president of marketing; and Raul Rosado, vice president and chief legal counsel. “The value proposition of laminate has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years and the Formica brand has been at the forefront of this evolution,”…
Mark Begich, D- Alaska, issued the following news release:. Mark Begich today issued the following statement after learning at least two Alaska insurers plan to allow over 5,000 Alaska customers to keep their existing health insurance plans. Premera Alaska is planning to allow over 5, 000 Alaska customers to keep their existing insurance plans through 2014,…
Horizon Healthcare, Inc. of Wisconsin today announced a bond offering to raise up to $1.5 million for its American Telehealthcare Division. In business since 1990, Horizon Healthcare’ s mission is to provide behavioral health care services, primarily services for mental illnesses and substance abuse disorders. The company is now in the process of expanding…
Foundation Financial Group announced that employees from the corporation’ s Executive Headquarters, located at 76 South Laura Street #14, are teaming up with employees from FFG’ s Jacksonville Regional Sales Center, located at 225 Water Street #2100, to help Supportive Services for Veteran Families feed formerly homeless veterans this holiday season.
Georgia drivers who are searching for a better insurance policy can now benefit from a new update to the state database of insurers installed at the Auto Pros company. These Georgia state providers number as high as 50 that are offering instant quotes. The number of new residents each year reported in cities like Atlanta and Macon has increased the amounts of…
Nov. 26– CLEMMONS– The Arby’s restaurant on Lewisville-Clemmons Road stopped serving breakfast years ago. For more than 20 years, the Executive Club of Clemmons has made the restaurant its home base for planning its golf outings and discussing news of the village. Twice a year, the group also stages the Horton-Brewer Memorial Tournament, in honor of deceased…
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Maryland Health Secretary Joshua Sharfstein told state lawmakers that he could not say when the state’s troubled health exchange website would be free of technical glitches…
Nov. 26– Frying a turkey for Thanksgiving is a popular way to prepare the main dish for the holiday table. According to State Farm Insurance claims data, Georgia ranks sixth in the country in the number of grease- and cooking-related claims on Thanksgiving Day. If you’re planning to fry a turkey later this week, here are some safety tips to keep in mind, courtesy of the…
BILLINGS, Mont.— The trustee overseeing a bankrupt Montana power cooperative was removed by a federal judge Tuesday in an unexpected move that could lead to the breakup of the troubled co-op and the sale of assets including a power plant near Great Falls. The judge also noted that the trustee has submitted claims for more than $6 million in fees and expenses for…
Nov. 26– Simi Valley’s next city attorney could make nearly $211,000 in annual base salary– $34,000 more than its current top lawyer– and be the city’s highest-paid employee. Simi Valley’s acting city attorney, Sonia Hehir, has an annual salary of $177,000. The cities surveyed by Simi Valley’s human resources department were Oxnard, Thousand Oaks, Ventura,…
Assistant Police Chief Paul Child said Kortnie Ann Burningham’s troubles began in 2011 when she was cited by a Centerville police officer for operating a vehicle without insurance, a class B misdemeanor. Two weeks before she was cited in Centerville, she received a traffic citation in North Salt Lake for the same thing, according to the court website.
Nov. 27– PORT LAVACA– After a few minutes of discussion, Calhoun County Commissioners Court voted Tuesday to release a settlement agreement that ended its three-year federal employment discrimination case. But officials say the document, which the Attorney General’s Office ruled was public on Nov. 8, won’t be available for a few weeks because the insurance…
Nov. 26– Fourteen Garden City High School athletes were honored for their 2013 fall performances by the Western Athletic Conference in selecting first-team players in football, volleyball and boys soccer. Offensive honorees were linemen Humberto Perez and Montana Fuller while wide receivers Caleb Tramp and Dustin Tempel were the other offensive…
Nov. 25– FREMONT– Sherry Higgs wants to do more than give people with cancer an easy way to get to medical appointments. A cancer survivor herself, the Fremont woman in 2011 founded Drivers for Survivors, a nonprofit organization that helps cancer patients by pairing them with drivers who can take them to appointments and treatment. Margo Hood joined the…
Nov. 26– Five Illinois companies have a stake in the Supreme Court’s decision to consider religious objections to a provision of Obamacare requiring employers to provide health insurance that covers birth control. The high court will consider the cases of Hobby Lobby, an Oklahoma- based arts and crafts retailer whose objections have been upheld by lower…
Nov. 26– An inspection of the city’s sewer system yielded a good report but also recommended some actions. Steve Bainbridge of BGM Engineers reported to the Shelbyville City Council last week that the 5- year discharge permit was approved with conditions to reduce combined sewer overflows and improve the water overall. “The EPA wants to see you plan to prevent…
