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Brian Adams had made up his mind. He was going to stop providing health insurance to his 15 employees at Indianapolis- based Godby Hearth& Home. Then in October, Adams decided to renew his group health plan early, extending coverage until Oct. 31, 2014.

For 25 years, the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce has lured in small businesses as members by offering a 5- percent discount on health insurance coverage. Starting July 1, chamber members that join the TogetHR PEO can get the cheaper insurance rates offered to large employers, rather than the higher rates typically offered to small businesses.

The OneAmerica Tower at Illinois and Ohio streets opened in 1982, and to the chagrin of the life insurer’s 1,200 employees, most of the original furnishings dating to the Ronald Reagan administration still remain. To truly put it into perspective, the drab cubicles and carpeting predate the Indianapolis Colts move to the city by two years.

Insurers in Indiana must file their 2015 rates by mid-May- which is just two weeks after the last of their new exchange customers start coverage on their new plans. So instead, insurers are piecing together the information they do have to make educated guesses about the premiums they’ll need to cover claims in 2015. Joe Swedish, CEO of Indianapolis- based…

The General ®, an expanding auto insurance company known for its diminutive cartoon mascot and spokesperson, has signed its first real-life brand ambassador, and it’ s a big one: NBA Hall-of-Fame center, Shaquille O’ Neal. “We are thrilled to have Shaq and his larger-than-life personality as part of The General team,” said John Hollar, chief operating officer and…

May 19– Janis Lewis is struggling with swelling in her legs and feet, a condition she blames on her Medicare drug plan denying one of her medications. The national nonprofit, with offices in New York and Washington, works on behalf of older adults on Medicare access issues. “Medicare Rights continues to hear from people with Medicare who face persistent confusion…

–Lockton, the world’s largest privately held insurance broker, has acquired Outland Consultants, a longtime partner specializing in international mergers and acquisitions. Since 1998, Outland Consultants has helped international companies assess and manage employee benefit costs and risks associated with an acquisition, through due diligence…

LOS ANGELES, May 19, 2016/ PRNewswire-iReach/– Carinsurancequotesinfo.com has released a new blog post explaining which option is better: buying auto insurance online or by meeting with a live agent. Auto insurance is one of the most important investments a driver can make. Not only that many states require a minimum amount of liability coverage, but a policy can…

The average age for a diagnosed person with mesothelioma in the United States is 72 years old. Our preference for a US Navy Veteran who has been diagnosed with mesothelioma is to take advantage of Medicare or their private insurance and meet with an extremely experienced mesothelioma physician who has a track record of successfully treating mesothelioma at…

Thank you Chairman Vitter, Ranking Member Shaheen, and members of the Senate Small Business& Entrepreneurship Committee for the invitation to testify before you today concerning how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has impacted small business owners and employees. My name is Kevin Kuhlman, I am a Director of Legislative Affairs at the National…

Chairman Vitter, Ranking Member Shaheen, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the progress that has been made in reforming our health care system through implementation of the Affordable Care Act. The ACA is producing benefits to our citizens, health care providers, local economies and–most significant to today’s…

WASHINGTON- In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch said the rising cost of healthcare under the President’s health law is putting a financial squeeze on middle-class families and called on Congress to work together to find a viable path forward to lower costs for the American people. “The costs of health care is the number…

Office Address: Department of the Army; National Guard Bureau; USPFO for Oregon; Attn: USPFO-PPO Box 14840 Salem OR 97309-5008. Contact: Andrea K. Smothers, Phone 5035843787, Email [email protected]. Description: Department of the Army.

Office Address: Department of Homeland Security; DHS Office of the Inspector General; 1120 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington DC 20005. DHS Office of the Inspector General. DHS Office of the Inspector General.

Kenny Rager was looking at the destruction caused by a fire that heavily damaged Life Community Church’s offices, in the 2600 block of Veach Road. Rager said the church holds services at Owensboro Community& Technical College, but took possession of the office facility on March 1 and had been renovating it ever since. Steve Leonard, a battalion chief for the…

Kenny Rager was looking at the destruction caused by a fire that heavily damaged Life Community Church’s offices, in the 2600 block of Veach Road. Rager said the church holds services at Owensboro Community& Technical College but took possession of the office facility on March 1 and had been renovating it ever since. Steve Leonard, a battalion chief for the…

MAP Health Management, LLC, the facilitator of the MAP Recovery Network Behavioral Health Population Management Platform, announced today that English Mountain Recovery has joined the Premier Outcomes-Driven Provider Network. By joining the MAP Recovery Network, English Mountain further differentiates itself as a quality provider in the field of…

Novidea, a cloud-based technology provider focused on the needs of insurance brokers and agencies, today announced it has been selected as one among the 20 Most Promising Insurance Technology Solution Providers of 2016 by CIOReview. To compile the annual list, honorary industrial experts and editors work together to identify the 20 Most Promising…