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DALLAS, Sept. 29, 2015/ PRNewswire-iReach/– According to data from the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, more than 100,000 people were injured in traffic accidents involving commercial trucks in the United States in 2012. Of this number, nearly 4,000 people were killed. Recently, such efforts have been more…

The MetLife Premier Client Group recently announced that Jeremy M. Straub has been named Managing Partner of MetLife Premier Client Group of Florida. The firm maintains offices in Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Coral Gables, Plantation and West Palm Beach, and recently added locations in Tampa, Sarasota and Fort Myers to better serve its clients throughout South…

EFG Companies, the innovator behind the award-winning Hyundai Assurance program, is proud to recognize Davis-Moore Automotive for receiving the F&I and Showroom News Dealer of the Year and Pacesetter Awards. The annual F&I Dealer of the Year award is given to a dealership or dealer group with a highly profitable F&I department that demonstrates a…

–Trucept Inc., one of the nation's leaders in innovative PEO solutions, will offer no-cost term life insurance of $10,000 to each client employee. “The first $10,000 of coverage comes at no cost to the client employee,” Bonar said. Trucept Inc. provides financial services to small and medium-size businesses, relieving our clients from many of the day-to-day tasks…

“Quantivate has demonstrated GRC innovation in Enterprise GRC Back– End Architecture with what they call” Linked Resources “technology,” said Michael Rasmussen, Chief GRC Pundit for GRC 20/ 20 and internationally recognized expert. In his blog, Michael Rasmussen, Principal Analyst for GRC 20/ 20 reports “The Quantivate platform is different due to a technology…

Efficient Capital Management, LLC, a leading provider of managed futures strategies to institutional investors, announced today that it has launched an initiative to make its sophisticated managed futures strategies and services available to a wider group of investors through its proprietary trading platform. To assist it in implementing this,…

–XL Group plc announced today that XL Innovate, the venture capital initiative sponsored by the Company, has acquired all of the shares of New Energy Risk, Inc.. Mr. Dickson has more than 25 years of experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry, including executive and underwriting leadership positions. Mr. Dickson previously served as CEO and Chief…

Transaction values Phoenix at $217.2 million Nassau to contribute an additional $100 million in equity capital to Phoenix upon closing Phoenix to become Nassau’ s U.S. life and annuity platform Transaction expected to close by early 2016. NEW YORK& HARTFORD, Conn—- Nassau Reinsurance Group Holdings L.P. and The Phoenix Companies, Inc. today announced that they…

Sept. 28– TAMPA– Medical professionals in the Tampa area expect some headaches when the government launches its new medical coding system on Thursday but say the long-term benefits should be worth the pain. The Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services says expanding the coding index from about 14,000 to nearly 70,000 codes will lead to more accurate patient…

Sept. 29– MANCHESTER– School board members voted down a motion Monday night to eliminate the health and dental insurance subsidy for elected school board members. The motion was made by school board member Debra Gagnon Langton, and seconded by Art Beaudry. Voting against the motion were Kathy Staub, Erika Connors, John Avard, Connie Van Houten, Sarah Ambrogi, Theo…

The amended version of the bill coming up for a vote would also add $205 million to the federal Medicare Improvement Fund. He says the $205 million addition to the Medicare fund would restore funding that was cut by PPACA. Monica Lindeen, the Montana insurance commissioner, a Democrat and the president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners,…

InforcePRO ®, the leading in-force life insurance technology platform, announced today that it has closed a $4 M venture capital round, bringing it's total capital raised to over $5 M. The remarkable adoption of InforcePro's solution clearly demonstrates their leadership in the development and delivery of an in-force engagement platform, “says Venu…

Sept. 29– A multimillion-dollar flood control project that will get under way later this fall in Crestwood is expected to save nearly 200 homeowners thousands of dollars in flood insurance costs. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District expects to spend $7.2 million on a project to clean and widen a section of Tinley Creek east of Central Avenue that runs…

Sept. 29– Mario Uribe was elated when he returned to Cobb Mountain on Saturday after two weeks living as an evacuee to find his family's home untouched by flames from the Valley fire. That joy quickly turned to shock, and then rage, when Uribe, 38, discovered the home in the Whispering Pines neighborhood had been ransacked by thieves in the family's mandatory…

Pending changes in the Medicare reimbursement system left the founder of Interventional Pain Services of Western North Carolina, PLLC, with a stark choice. “Medicare reduced the reimbursement by over 50 percent,” said Zacher, “and that's a reduction of over 50 percent of our gross receipts. Because insurance companies base compensation on the government-set…

Sept. 28– ERIE, Pa.– Despite a devastating fire, Emmaus Soup Kitchen is back in the business of feeding the hungry and plans to be back in its own building next Monday. The Erie City Mission and Russian Orthodox Church of the Nativity opened their facilities so Emmaus could serve meals after the Friday blaze, which authorities said was intentionally set.