Radian Group Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has adopted a Tax Benefit Preservation Plan designed to protect stockholder value by preserving important tax assets. The Tax Benefit Plan was adopted to reduce the likelihood that Radian’s use of its net operating losses, loss carryforwards and other tax assets (NOLs) would be substantially limited [...]

Kaplan Compliance Solutions a leading provider of services and technology solutions for the insurance and securities industries, introduced a new Cost/Benefit Analysis Tool designed to identify areas of compliance risk and unnecessary costs for insurance and securities organizations.
Kaplan Compliance Solutions recently completed a cost/benefit analysis for a large insurance company and found that the company [...]

Brent McKenzie, based in Atlanta, GA, has joined ARMSRx Pharmacy Benefit Consulting, the nation’s fastest growing pharmacy benefit firm, as Senior Vice President of Pharmacy Benefit Consulting. Mr. McKenzie offers his clients over 25 years of industry expertise in the employee Benefits and Pharmacy Benefit Management arena. Brent has worked with numerous market segments that [...]

Craford Benefit Consultants announc that Scott Beeber has joined the firm as Managing Director, Business Development. Beeber will be based in the firm’s San Rafael, California headquarters.
In this newly-created position, Beeber will lead and manage Craford’s business development and sales initiatives and will play a critical role in creating and managing strategic alliances and other [...]

The Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute (PBMI) has added a general session on PBM contracting to its 2009 Drug Benefit Conference to be held March 4-6 in Phoenix, Arizona. The session is designed to help employers and other purchasers execute contracts that maximize the potential for benefit cost savings. Discounts on conference registration are available until [...]

Universal Benefit Plans and subsidiary company Universal Dental Plan newly launched an outreach partnership to provide Massachusetts nonprofits with a cost-effective, convenient alternative to dental insurance in exchange for Universal Benefit Plans administering their employee benefits as Broker of Record. Nonprofit employees in Massachusetts will now have access to Universal Dental Plan’s network of dentists [...]

Security Benefit, a 116 year old, Kansas based financial services institution has tapped CoSentry Business Resiliency Networks to help the firm increase its level of protection while lowering the total cost of its business continuity program.
“In recent days, we have seen how keeping financial institutions up and running is fundamental to the economy and how [...]

Five9, the leader in on demand call center software announced today the successful deployment of its flexible predictive dialing platform at Visual Benefit Communication. An innovator in the insurance industry, Visual Benefit simplifies the employee insurance enrollment process through the use of a creative website and a follow-up set of enrollment campaigns powered by Five9.
“We [...]

Healthplace America is pleased to introduce Surgery Benefit Management to the healthcare industry. Healthplace America’s flagship product, the Healthplace Benefit(TM), is the first and only comprehensive Surgery Benefit Management solution that delivers cost savings to employer health plans while enhancing employee benefits with quality and savings for surgery.
Surgery accounts for $700 billion of today’s $2.3 [...]

The Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute’s (PBMI) 2009 Drug Benefit Conference will focus on helping employers and other payers tackle potent market forces impacting the return on investment in the prescription drug benefit. The PBMI conference, to be held March 4-6, 2009 at the Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort in Phoenix, will arm benefits and pharmacy [...]