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MetroPlus Health Plan today announced new partnerships with the Fire Department of the City of New York, NYC Housing Authority and the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission to provide New Yorkers who interact with these three critical agencies information about the City’ s public option health plan and encourage them to enroll in affordable health…

Aug. 21– A Glasgow man was flown to Nashville on Tuesday for medical treatment following a wreck at the intersection of Veterans Outer Loop and West Main Street. According to a Glasgow Police Department news release, David A. Norris, of Glasgow was driving a 2001 Nissan Pathfinder northbound on Veterans Outer Loop when he attempted to stop at the traffic light at…

SAN FRANCISCO and ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., Aug. 21, 2019/ PRNewswire/– Lemme, a division of EPIC Insurance Brokers& Consultants, announce today the addition of Owen Bailitz as a Principal within the firm’s Professional Services Firms Practice. In his new role, Bailitz will work closely with Jay Moroney, Managing Principal, to continue driving the expansion of…

Aug. 21– CARY– Inside MetLife’ s newest building in Cary– its third tower overlooking Lake Crabtree– the insurance giant is hoping to find the future of the insurance industry, or at least a competitive advantage. The office is open concept, with not a cubicle in sight– just shared tables and desks and a few private rooms to be used by nine young companies that are all…

—Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted Wednesday that a recent deadly explosion at a military testing site in northwestern Russia hasn’t posed any radiation threat, but he remained coy about the circumstances of the mysterious incident. Speaking after talks in Helsinki with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, Putin emphasized that neighboring…

Aug. 21– The Maury County Commission has approved funding for the county’s 12th volunteer fire station. With funding for the project set aside in the county’s budget, the commission unanimously approved the $966,000 construction contract with Paul Varney Construction at the commission’s monthly meeting on Monday. The approval marks the end of a three-year…

Premier Health Solutions, LLC., a leading health insurance administrator, announced today that it has made Inc. magazine’ s annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’ s fastest-growing private companies. By ranking #262 in its first year of eligibility, Premier Health Solutions’ rising success puts them at #3 of the top insurance companies…

The coalition has a $5 million fund available through Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati’s Disaster Reconstruction Program. Homeowners in Greene, Miami and Montgomery counties seeking repair assistance can call 937-250-7911.. Coalition partners include CareSource, Huntington Bank, KeyBank, County Corp, Rebuilding Together Dayton, Habitat for…

Aug. 21– It’s no secret that health care is a growing industry in our region, as it is in many parts of the United States. Juliann Molecavage, Geisinger’s associate vice president, told staff writer Bill O’Boyle last week that nearly a quarter of the health care provider’s entire patient population is 65 years old or older. With all of this in mind, Geisinger has…

–The PURE Group of Insurance Companies, which includes Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange, the policyholder-owned property and casualty insurer designed for high net worth individuals and families, has been named one of South Carolina’s 2019 Best Places to Work by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce. “We are humbled to once again be acknowledged…

Economists and market indicators for weeks have signaled a possible recession at some point in the next 15 months– and more than two-thirds of Americans will blame President Donald Trump if one arrives, a new survey said Wednesday. In recent weeks, there have been indicators analysts say sometimes foreshadow a recession– including a nosedive for 10- and 30-…

–The Board of Directors of Old Republic International Corporation has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 20 cents per common share. Chicago- based Old Republic International Corporation is one of the nation’s 50 largest publicly held insurance enterprises. A long-term interest in mortgage guaranty and consumer credit indemnity coverages has…

–The Board of Directors of Old Republic International Corporation has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 20 cents per common share. Chicago- based Old Republic International Corporation is one of the nation’s 50 largest publicly held insurance enterprises. A long-term interest in mortgage guaranty and consumer credit indemnity coverages has…

The Standard announced it has hired Ekaterina Sheliga as institutional sales director for Retirement Plan Services. Ekaterina Sheliga, Institutional Sales Director, The Standard. She has a Master of Business Administration from Loyola Marymount University and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Pennsylvania State University.

According to Charles Schwab’ s latest SDBA Indicators Report™, an industry-leading benchmark on retirement plan participant investment activity within approximately 142,000 self-directed brokerage accounts, only 20% of SBDA participants worked with an advisor; however, those who did had an average balance of $448,515– nearly twice as much as the $234,673…

–Roundstone, a Lakewood- based health insurance provider specializing in self- funded group captive solutions, earlier this year reported a $5,095,074 distribution to business owners across the nation currently enrolled in one of the company’s group medical captives. This preliminary figure has now grown to $7,226,386, a $2.1 M increase.