Jan. 12– University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly on Friday said he was deeply troubled and highly embarrassed by a recent state audit that found nearly $33 million in overpayments for health insurance premiums and pension contributions in the past two years. The Legislative Audit Bureau’s findings prompted state lawmakers to call for a deeper…
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A unit of health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group plans to hire more than 200 by April 1 for a call center it plans to open this month in northern Colorado Springs to handle enrollment, medical referrals and answer questions for Tricare beneficiaries in 21 Western states. The Minneapolis- based company already employs 26 working from their homes or other…
Jan. 11– San Antonio- based H.E. Butt Grocery Co. appears poised to put a grocery store at Miller Avenue and East Rosedale Street, but store executives are being tight-lipped about the project and have declined to talk about plans. Life Partners warns investors of downturn. Will Life Partners Holdings, the Waco- based parent of a controversial broker of insurance…
Jan. 11– REDWOOD CITY– Former Clayton City Councilman Joe Medrano was placed in handcuffs Friday morning after a judge sentenced him to three years in jail for embezzling $159,000 from an insurance client. San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Jonathan Karesh said he found Medrano’s lack of remorse for the crime “extraordinarily troubling.”
FRESNO, Calif./ California Newswire/– Edgewood Partners Insurance Center, a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has added Chad Seiler and Steve Parson as property and casualty insurance brokers and principals in its Fresno office. Together they mark the fifth and sixth broker/producers to join EPIC in Fresno since the office…
Health insurer balance sheets for the fourth quarter will largely remain immune from the strong flu season sweeping the country, according to analysts who cover the sector…
ATLANTA, Jan. 11, 2013/ PRNewswire/– Farmers Insurance is expanding, and will hold a grand opening at its AgencyPoint offices in Atlanta. To learn more about the opportunity to become a Farmers agent in Georgia call Dave Pucci at 770-810-6320.. Farmers Insurance is proud to serve more than 10 million households with more than 20 million individual policies across…
Lake Mary, Fl.– December 31, 2012— AssuredPartners, Inc. has completed a transaction for substantially all of the assets of Tobias Insurance Group, Inc. Tobias Insurance Group, Inc. will continue under its own name and its headquarters in Indianapolis, IN. Tobias is one of the largest independently owned commercial insurance brokerage businesses in the Midwest,…
Philadelphia Insurance Companies, a leading property/casualty and professional liability insurance company for niche markets, now offers insurance coverage specifically designed to protect Fuel Dealers. “This is an attractive market segment because there are limited carrier options and high premium opportunities in the petroleum oil and fuel dealer…
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Office Address: Department of Agriculture; Natural Resources Conservation Service; Texas State Office; 101 South Main Street Temple TX 76501-7602. Contact: Danny Mandell, Contracting Officer, Phone 2547429923, Fax 2547429929, Email [email protected]. The Small Business size standard is based on the North American Industry Classification…
Jan. 11– The former employee-owners of Tidyman’s have won a $29 million judgment against the defunct grocery chain’s insurer. A judge in Missoula last week ordered National Union Insurance Co., which operates as part of international insurance conglomerate AIG, to pay. The case is rooted in a grocery industry upheaval that occurred in the 1990 s, said Missoula…
Jan. 11– AUBURN– With the caveat that it has been a tough few years to predict, Charlie Colgan sees most of Maine’s growth in 2013 happening in Lewiston- Auburn, Portland and Bangor. Colgan, a former state economist and professor of public policy and management at the University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School of Public Service, gave his annual Maine economic…
Jan. 11– The Green River District Health Department has billed Kentucky Spirit more than $825,000 for medical services it has performed since Nov. 1, 2011, but has been reimbursed only a portion of that amount by the managed care organization. Health department Director Deborah Fillman isn’t sure her agency will receive any more money from the MCO, although…
In addition to offering the proper“ insurance coverage for FEC’ s” specific needs, insure fun center has a solid reputation of offering guidance and individual assistance on a one on one basis to all of their clientele, making sure that success is inevitable in their newly established venture.“ Our customer’ s success is ultimately the reflection of our own success…
Jan. 11– After more than three hours of negotiations, no agreement was reached Thursday about how to divvy up more than $1 million recovered in a Macon embezzlement-and-murder scheme. Lawyers representing Florida- based Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co. and Macon’s Pinkston& Associates law firm attended a hearing in Bibb County Superior Court.
Jan. 11– With Walgreens joining insurers and hospitals in a race to reshape healthcare delivery in the country, a group of 75 doctors has become the first federally approved accountable care organization in Miami-Dade, Medicare officials announced Thursday. Walgreens, the national drugstore chain, believes it can help fix those kinds of problems, starting…
The National Glass Exchange has launched its Windshield Protection Plans in markets across the US. According to a release, the Plans supplement existing auto insurance and provide for repair or replacement of the covered vehicle’s windshield. ” This is a completely new product in the automotive glass services sector, “said Ken Keller, CEO of NGE.”
CNO Financial Group, Inc. announced that Tim Bischof has been named Senior Vice President, Corporate Actuarial& Enterprise Risk Management. Prior to CNO, he spent six years as an actuary with Indianapolis Life Insurance Co. and Cigna Corp.. CNO Financial Group is a holding company.
