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WellTok, Inc., a developer of social health network, CafeWell, announced new data gathered from the Managed Care Executive Group Forum held in Fort Lauderdale that illustrates payers’ focus on driving higher consumer engagement at a critical time in healthcare reform. According to the Company, 94 percent of responding attendees believe that social…

Live Nation Entertainment, a live entertainment and ecommerce company, and Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, a statewide insurance provider since 1934, specializing in auto, home, life, business and farm insurance, announced that a downtown Indianapolis amphitheater is now known as the Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River State Park.

Deremo joins American General from Protective Life Corp., where he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Distribution Officer. According to a release, most recently at Protective Life Corp., Deremo held overall responsibility for the sales, marketing and distribution functions for both Protective Life Insurance Company and West Coast Life Insurance…

MyDrive Solutions, an insurance telematics specialist, on March 26, announced the launch of its insurance smart box product to market- MyDrive Dynamic- which will enable car insurance companies to use driving behavioural data, as derived by the latest data capture technology, to assess the risk presented by individual drivers, and price car insurance premiums…

Conning, a provider of asset management services, risk and capital management solutions, and research to the insurance industry, announced several enhancements in the latest release of its ADVISE 5.6 Advanced Stochastic Modeling and GEMS 5.6 Economic Scenario Generator Platform. According to a release, Version 5.6 provides clients with enhanced next…

March 31– Justice Scalia: You’re saying that all the discussion we had earlier about how this is one big uniform scheme, and the Commerce Clause– blah, blah, blah– it really doesn’t matter. This is a tax and the federal government could simply have said… everybody who doesn’t buy health insurance at a certain age will be taxed so much money. The hallowed U.S. Supreme Court…

March 31– ANNVILLE– Catherine Eash thought she had her retirement all planned out. A cozy, one-story brick house tucked next to the Quittapahilla Creek along Route 934 has been her home since she bought it in 1986. She shares it with her 46- year-old son, Dennis, who has a learning disability. A retired Hershey Medical Center emergency room nurse, Eash, 67, was…

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York announced that Paul P. Mello, president and chief executive officer of Solvay Bank, has been appointed a Class A director of the New York Fed starting March 28, 2012, for a three-year term ending December 2014. Mr. Mello is president and chief executive officer of Solvay Bank in Syracuse, New York, in Onondaga County.

The Supreme Court this week heard arguments in a legal challenge to the 2010 law that looks at its two biggest provisions: the expansion of Medicaid and the individual mandate, which requires most people to purchase basic health insurance or pay a fine. That includes bad debt, the discount it gives to the uninsured, and the costs not covered by Medicaid and…

March 31– The independent nonprofit health care pricing service, created two years ago by then-Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo after a probe of health insurance practices, has added a new service allowing consumers to compare Medicare fees to “usual-and-customary” rates. The introduction of the tool follows a growing trend of private health insurers using…

Th e electronic health record system alone has provided improvement in medical care and better health outcomes, according to studies published in Th e New England Journal of Medicine and conducted by the University of Pennsylvania. C o n n e c t i n g information from one provider’s electronic records to another can increase collaboration as well as cut…

Cleveland Social Security disability benefits attorney Lawrence Disparti said today that a recent analysis of Social Security Disability Insurance claims reveals the importance of legal help when pursuing benefits. “Whether someone is able to obtain Social Security Disability Insurance benefits shouldn’ t be left to the random chance that you get the…

Investigators allege that Harvey Griffin, a licensed insurance agent knowingly submitted a forged policy to American Continental and, as a result, received $393.75 in commission…

More than two dozen physicians specializing in family practice and internal medicine met on Thursday evening in the Ramada Hotel& Conference Center in Hempfield to hear a pitch about affiliating with West Penn Allegheny from officials that included former Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato, who serves as Highmark’s vice president of external…

March 31– Everlena Norman, a 62- year-old Kerrville resident, was in a good mood Thursday as nurses from the Raphael Community Free Clinic checked her blood sugar during a check-up. Kerrville and Kerr County rank above the nation in percentage of people without health insurance. According to the United States Census Bureau, data collected from 2008-10 showed…

“All the companies have been alerted that McAllen did get clobbered overnight,” said Mark Hanna, spokesman for the Insurance Council of Texas, which represents some 500 insurance companies. ” State Farm Insurance spokeswoman Patti Kelly said State Farm customers affected by the storm had filed more than 900 auto claims and 871 homeowner claims as of 1:30 p.m….

Jeff Graves, at the time Kansas’ center, had the Superdome’s best view of Hakim Warrick’s block of Michael Lee’s potential game-tying three-pointer. That was the last time KU participated in a Final Four in New Orleans, and Graves hasn’t returned. Graves was an unlikely foundation block of that Jayhawks team, the last one that longtime coach Roy Williams…

“It’s expected by insurance lawyers and lawmakers alike that this increase in the MCCA assessment will cause auto insurance rates in Michigan to rise,” Gursten said. ” This is unnecessary, as Michigan auto insurance prices are among the highest in the entire nation. ” Gursten says if Michigan drivers are going to be asked to pay yet more money for their auto insurance,…

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb., March 30– The U.S. Air Force issued the following stories:. The Army’s Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command’s Personal Property Directorate manages the Defense Personal Property Program, or DP3, for DOD. All DOD servicemembers and civilians, including their families, have two avenues to manage their move based on local…