It is unclear how serious Hartford- based Aetna is about a possible move– or how much of the company would leave the city– but the health insurer has been inquiring about as much as 400,000 square feet of space, an amount that would be difficult to find in one location in Boston. Aetna’s talks with Boston come after General Electric Co. relocated its headquarters…
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Jan. 31– Aetna will spend $330 million on early retirement packages, more than double the amount that Aetna spent when it last cut 1,700 people in 2011.. The after-tax cost to Aetna of the payments is $215 million. In 2001, Aetna had 8,115 Connecticut employees.
Momentum has grown significantly and the monthly observance has transitioned to a year-round campaign called the Insurance Careers Movement. This past December, Hamilton Chairman and CEO Brian Duperreault was joined by other industry CEOs in a virtual town hall in which they called on young professionals to take an active role in spreading the word to…
CHICAGO- U.S. Senator Dick Durbin today met with addiction and mental health providers and advocates to discuss Republican plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act and the impact it would have on mental health and substance abuse treatment. Congressional Republicans have said they will repeal and dismantle the Affordable Care Act through a procedural move…
In shadow of Trump’s Immigration Orders, She Joins Immigration Attorney, ACLU, Maine Conservation Voters, and Planned Parenthood for Press Conference to Highlight Importance of Trump’s Supreme Court Pick. Portland, ME- As legal residents were barred from entering the country this weekend due to President Trump’s immigration orders, Congresswoman Chellie…
Austin/ San Antonio Congressman Lloyd Doggett visited Foundation Communities Monday morning, reminding Austinites that the deadline for enrolling in health insurance under the Affordable Care Act is Tuesday, Jan. 31, at 12 midnight. Elizabeth Colvin, director of Foundation Communities’ Insure Central Texas project, first pointed out that President Donald…
That’s why I’m frustrated with politicians who point to the Affordable Care Act and its accompanying Medicaid expansion as the solution to treating the needy. My biggest problem with Medicaid is the same problem I have with other ACA plans: The system puts Washington between doctors and patients. Patients trust their doctors with their lives, but our…
WASHINGTON, DC- U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell is reminding individuals who need health insurance- or want to explore new plans for 2017- that they can still sign up for coverage until the January 31st deadline. This comes after the Trump Administration halted all advertising and other outreach activities for the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces by the…
WASHINGTON- Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, will deliver remarks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, February 1, 2017, to discuss the Finance Committee’s agenda for the 115th Congress, including ongoing efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare, remake the tax code, and advance a strong pro-trade agenda. The speech will take place at…
Senator Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Senators Al Franken, Tammy Baldwin, and Elizabeth Warren today sent a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Chairman Orrin Hatch urging them to postpone the vote until Rep. Price responds to the HELP Committee’s questions and has “provided documents…
Trustmark Voluntary Benefit Solutions, a long-standing voluntary benefits carrier, has hired Lance Epstein as Regional Sales Director in the Capitol area. Epstein was hired to develop and implement custom-based insurance solutions for Trustmark’ s existing broker relationships in the Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia region, as well as expand…
–Bankers Life has been named among Training magazine’s Training Top 125, a ranking of the world’s top achievers in employer-sponsored training and development programs. Bankers Life provides multi-faceted and lifelong learning tools for all levels of its field force, consisting of 4,300 agents and managers at 285 office locations across the U.S. The…
Jerry Caudill, Kentucky State Dental Director of Avēsis, presented grants to Big Sandy Community& Technical College and the Red Bird Mission Clinic, two healthcare champions. Big Sandy received a $30,000 grant to fund a new Community Dental Health Coordinator certificate program, while the Red Bird Mission Clinic received a $20,000 grant for the purchase of…
Solar Integrated Roofing Corporation, Pura Naturals, Federal National Mortgage Association, PetroGas Company, OWC Pharmaceutical Research Corporation. Sam Stovall, U.S. equity strategist for S&P Global Market Intelligence, told Investment News that small cap companies were less affected by Yellen’s statement regarding possible future rate hikes.
—Republicans are muscling more of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees to the cusp of Senate confirmation over Democratic objections, with committees poised to advance his picks to head agencies in the thick of partisan battles over health care, legal protections, education and the economy. Senate panels were expected Tuesday to advance Trump’s picks…
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31, 2017/ PRNewswire-iReach/– Lowrateautoinsurances.com has released a new blog post presenting essential tips for getting better car insurance rates. Auto insurance is an important investment that can provide excellent financial protection in case of an accident. However, carrying vehicle coverage can be quite expensive, especially in…
–Old Point Financial Corporation and Morgan Marrow Company are proud to announce an agreement to establish Old Point Insurance, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Old Point National Bank. In the marketing and sales agreement, Old Point will drive all marketing and referral efforts, while Morgan Marrow will manage the sales of Old Point Insurance products.
Benefitfocus Annual State of Employee Benefits Finds Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) Gaining Traction
–Benefitfocus, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based benefits management software, today published its second annual ” State of Employee Benefits” research report, a snapshot of real, but anonymous benefit election data from employees across more than 500 large employers on the BENEFITFOCUS ® Platform. “This year’s report documents the continued shift by…
Her comments came as congressional Republicans first self-imposed deadline passed. Seven in 10 Americans believe the longer Congress waits, the less likely Obamacare repeal becomes a reality. “Congress cannot allow the timeline to continue to slip.
