Colorado National Guard members sometimes experience a decrease in their family income when they are deployed, which can affect their loved ones back home. For emergency assistance, Colorado Guard members can turn to the National Guard Foundation of Colorado for a loan to pay rent, utilities or medical bills.
To ensure that even more National Guard [...]
Recognizing the need for affordable coverage for small businesses, the Greater Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce and Humana Colorado operations announced today that they will offer a health benefits program exclusively for Colorado Springs Chamber members who have one to 99 employees.
The Greater Colorado Springs Chamber members’ health plan includes a full spectrum of health [...]
Heartland Financial USA, Inc. based in Dubuque, announced that is has acquired all deposits of The Elizabeth State Bank in Elizabeth, Ill. through its subsidiary Galena State Bank based in Galena, Ill. in a loss-share transaction facilitated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
“Customers can be assured that their deposits are safe and remain [...]
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will host a conference call with reporters and leaders from community organizations to announce the availability of new resources for organizations that work to ensure children have the health insurance coverage they need.
Secretary Sebelius will be joined by Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Cindy Mann, director of the Center for Medicaid and [...]
Heartland Financial USA, Inc. based in Dubuque, announced today that is has acquired all deposits of The Elizabeth State Bank in Elizabeth, Ill. through its subsidiary Galena State Bank based in Galena, Ill. in a loss-share transaction facilitated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
“Customers can be assured that their deposits are safe and [...]
Mercantile Bancorp, Inc. announced two of its wholly owned subsidiary banks were ranked in the American Bankers Association Journal among the top 100 U.S. community banks in return on average equity (ROAE) in 2008. Brown County State Bank, headquartered in Mt. Sterling, Ill., was ranked 12th nationwide in ROAE among non-subchapter S community banks and [...]
Dan Arvizu, Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, has been elected to the board of directors of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
Arvizu succeeds Jerry Porras, Professor Emeritus at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. Porras is retiring from the board, which he joined in 1998.
Arvizu has headed NREL, the [...]
Connolly Healthcare, a permanent Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), has signed a five-year license agreement with Milliman Care Guidelines.
Connolly will use the Care Guidelines content and software to review Medicare claims in 15 states — West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, [...]
On March 10, the Amputee Coalition of America will have more than 150 amputees from across the country in Washington, D.C., urging Congress members to support fair insurance coverage for artificial arms and legs.
“Insurance companies are unrealistically limiting reimbursement of prosthetic arms and legs or summarily electing not to cover them at all,” said Kendra [...]
iPartners, the leading provider of ‘on demand’ business analytics solutions to the property & casualty (P&C) insurance industry,announced the launch of its Customer Advisory Board (CAB). The initial board is comprised of executive representatives from nine insurer client companies and will be instrumental in working with iPartners to influence iPartners’ business analytics services and product [...]
