MEDecision, Inc., a leading provider of collaborative health care management solutions, today announced that it has been selected to deliver its Alineo ™ 2.0 collaborative health care management platform to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (BCBSKC). The two parties have agreed to begin implementation in June. The arrangement reinforces MEDecision’s position as [...]

Aetna Inc. announced the appointment of Brian Kelly, M.D., M.B.A., as its national medical director for National Accounts. Kelly is a neurologist/intensivist and internationally recognized expert in health informatics and electronic health technology who has helped to shape and build some of the key programs in the nation today.
“At a time when employers are putting [...]

Wm. Scott Page, president and CEO of The Lifeline Program, will host a workshop on “Successful Life Settlement Portfolio Aggregation” at the 6th Insurance Linked Securities Summit (www.ilsbermuda.com) being held July 15-17, 2009 at the Fairmont Southampton resort in Bermuda. Sponsored by the International Quality and Productivity Center (IQPC), the summit draws top professionals in [...]

VantisLife Insurance Company announced that Astoria Federal Savings, headquartered in Lake Success, NY, will now offer insurance products via the company’s award-winning online quote and submit system. The offering will be made through VantisLife’s New York Company, VantisLife Insurance Company of New York.
Astoria Federal has been serving the New York market with quality financial [...]

VantisLife Insurance Company announced that Astoria Federal Savings, headquartered in Lake Success, NY, will now offer insurance products via the company’s award-winning online quote and submit system. The offering will be made through VantisLife’s New York Company, VantisLife Insurance Company of New York.
Astoria Federal has been serving the New York market with quality financial products [...]

Colosa’s open source business process management (BPM) software, ProcessMaker (http://www.processmaker.com), has been selected by Global Risk Partners to automate Workflow and processes behind one of its insurance risk management products, the Global Risk Art Survey Platform (GRASP).
Global Risk Partners conducts insurance risk surveys and assessments for institutions and organizations across the globe including fine [...]

Global Strategic Advisors announced today that it has developed a joint venture relationship with HGA-BVI and its affiliates to further build on their relationship in providing alternative risk transfer and captive insurance educational services on a global basis.
Alternative Risk Transfer is the execution of techniques outside of traditional insurance and reinsurance to provide risk-bearing entities [...]

What started out as a pilot program for 6 PuroClean franchisees, polishing and fine tuning all aspects of running a successful business will now turn into a national services offering available to all PuroClean franchisees. Since mid-year, AdviCoach (www.AdviCoach.com) Business Coaches partnered with PuroClean franchisees with one goal — ‘provide business coaching services to help [...]

Experienced insurance coverage attorneys Walter Andrews and Matthew Jacobs are co-chairing a legal conference on the insurance coverage litigation implications of the financial crisis at The Harvard Club here on March 18, 2009.
The event is being produced by HB Litigation Conferences LLC, formerly Mealey’s Conferences.
Jacobs is partner with Jenner & Block LLP in Washington, DC, [...]

Paradigm Management Services, the nation’s leading provider of catastrophic and complex medical management services, today announced that Carol A. Novoa, CPDM, has joined the company as the Vice President of Account Services. In her role, Carol will lead the client service division in delivering exceptional client account management, developing and implementing growth strategies, and contributing [...]