Janney Montgomery Scott announced that seven of the firm’s Financial Advisors have been named to Barron’s 2014 list of “Top 1,200 Advisors,” published February 22. According to a release, the advisors named from Janney are: Ed Blumenthal of Philadelphia, Pa., Mark Eskin of Philadelphia, Pa., Joseph P. Hassett, Jr. of Providence, R.I., Charles J. Noble, III of New Haven, Ct., Gary…
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“The need for a reliable and scalable third-party threat monitoring and risk management platform is undeniable, which is why vendor threat monitoring and third-party risk management are white hot topics at RSA 2014 and top of mind with CXOs and data-driven businesses,” says Norman Menz, CTO and Co-Founder, Prevalent. Donna Karan International, a fashion design…
IWP, a specialty home delivery pharmacy that helps workers injured in accidents return to a productive life by collaborating with the legal, medical and insurance communities, said that it has joined First Script, Coventry’s Pharmacy Benefit Management program, in the First Script Extended Network. By continuously extending our provider network outside of…
Feb. 28– Toddler Jonathan Feliciano slipped through a fence around the pool at his West Miami-Dade daycare center, jumped in the water and drowned. Four times during the past two years, an inspector had declared it safe, according to internal reports by the Florida Department of Children and Families. According to Miami-Dade police, the operators had never…
Accretive Health, Inc. has announced the appointment of Patrick Funck as senior vice president and chief information officer. In this role, Funck will accelerate the investment that Accretive Health is making in technology solutions that deliver on patient engagement strategies and enable future growth for the organization, the Company noted in a release.
According to a release, Callcredit is a provider of consumer credit data solutions and software and analytics services in the United Kingdom. GTCR is partnering with CEO John McAndrew, Managing Director Graham Lund, and the rest of Callcredit’s existing management team to invest behind a growing, highly recurring technology-enabled business with…
BoatSetter, launched by a group of seasoned marine executives, announced the new web-based service that connects boat owners with consumers who want to enjoy the boating lifestyle. “Our model aims to accomplish a number of things,” said Andrew Sturner, president and CEO of Collaborative Boating, Inc., BoatSetter’s parent company. We strive to be a catalyst to help…
The Timken Company board of directors announced the appointment of Philip D. Fracassa as chief financial officer of The Timken Company. In addition, he will oversee information technology and enterprise services, and maintain leadership of the project to spin off the steel business from The Timken Company, an initiative that is expected to be completed later…
The ShotLink Intelligence Prize, a competition developed jointly by the PGA Tour and official technology partner CDW that challenges academics to find the best new application of ShotLink statistics, is returning in 2014 with an increased prize of $30,000 in technology from CDW for the winning paper, the Companies announced. According to a release, the…
Fitch Ratings’ perspective on differences in loss reserve volatility across business segments and by company is provided in a new special report titled’ U.S. Property/Casualty Insurer Loss Reserve Volatility’. The report studies loss reserve volatility for 10 major business segments utilizing historical statutory Schedule P data from calendar years…
Pan-American Life Insurance Group, a provider of insurance and financial services throughout the Americas, announced the retirement of John J. Kelly; Dr. Kelly has served as Pan-American Life’s Chairman Emeritus and Lead Director since 2008.. During Kelly’s professional career at Textron, Inc. he was President of Textron Marine& Land Systems in New Orleans…
U.S. Legal Support Inc., a preeminent provider of full-service court reporting, record retrieval, litigation, ESI and trial services, announced the acquisition of Legal Ease Reporting, Inc., a full service court reporting agency based out of the New York metropolitan area. Legal Ease Reporting founders, Mara Goldstein-Thomas and Adam Goldstein have joined U.S….
Alorica, a provider of customer management outsourcing solutions, has announced the expansion of services for the healthcare industry with the launch of PREEMPT. Alorica said that the release of PREEMPT is timely as insurance companies are under pressure to cut costs and satisfy regulations while providing quality, affordable coverage.
DCR Workforce, a provider of Vendor Management Systems and Managed Services Provider solutions, announced that it was among the select companies that Forrester Research, Inc. cited as a leader in Vendor Management Systems in “The Forrester Wave: VMS, Q1 2014” in both the “VMS SOW/Project Capabilities” and “VMS Contingent Capabilities” Wave categories.
Lightyear Capital, a financial services private equity firm, announced that an affiliated investment fund has entered into an agreement to sell Antares Holdings Limited, a specialist insurer and reinsurer operating in the Lloyd’s market, to Qatar Insurance Company SAQ, a Qatar- based public shareholding company engaged in the business of insurance,…
Fitch Ratings announced that David Weinfurter has been appointed Global Head of Financial Institutions, effective immediately. David succeeds Charles Prescott, who retired from Fitch at year- end 2013.. He is based in London and reports to Ian Linnell, Global Analytical Head, Fitch Ratings.
Patty Murray, D- Wash., issued the following news release:. Senator Patty Murray delivered a speech on the Senate floor highlighting the success of the Affordable Care Act, focusing on her home state Marketplace, Washington Healthplanfinder, where over 400,000 Washingtonians have accessed free or low-cost health insurance coverage. Senator Murray shared…
*Significant uncertainties, primarily related to the achievement of projected reductions in Medicare cost growth reflected in the 2013, 2012, 2011, and 2010 Statements of Social Insurance, prevented GAO from expressing an opinion on those statements as well as on the 2013 and 2012 Statements of Changes in Social Insurance Amounts. About $27.3 trillion, or…
The European Commission issued the following news release:. An expert group set up by the European Commission to examine barriers to cross-border trade in insurance law across Member States delivered its comprehensive report today. The European Commission will now follow up on the report consulting consumers, businesses and the insurance sector on…
