Fox Insurance Company (the Company), a New York-based Medicare Part D provider announced today that it has contracted with Senior Financial Solutions (SFS) to provide sales support for their new EGWP product (employer & union sponsored retiree benefits). This new alliance will provide Fox Insurance Company with additional independent representatives who will market Fox’s products [...]

UnitedHealthcare by AmeriChoice has been selected by Mississippi’s State and School Employees Health Insurance Management Board to be the state’s partner in its Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
When the new policy begins in January 2010, UnitedHealthcare will be the exclusive health plan for approximately 65,000 children throughout Mississippi who are enrolled in CHIP.
“Particularly in these [...]

This week, as congressional leaders debate legislation designed to reform the nation’s healthcare system, eHealth, Inc’s. Chairman and CEO Gary Lauer discussed the organization’s commitment to helping enroll the 47 million Americans who are uninsured. Additionally, eHealth released its policy recommendations, which are based on its proven success in connecting nearly two million Americans to [...]

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. announced the appointment of Thomas F. O’Neil III, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, to Vice Chairman and Timothy S. Susanin, Vice President and Chief Counsel, to Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary.
Mr. O’Neil, formerly a partner at DLA Piper US LLP, general counsel of the MCI Group and [...]

Corporate Synergies Group (Corporate Synergies), a multi-state, full-service benefits consultant and brokerage firm, announced that the corporation has expanded into Columbia, Maryland. Corporate Synergies already have a significant client base in this region, and with the opening of the Maryland office they are able to expand their solutions to both existing and new customers. Corporate [...]

The US economist Robert Shiller is to be awarded the Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics for his contributions to the field of financial economics. “Through his innovative work exploring the dynamics of asset prices, Robert Shiller has become a pioneer in the field of financial economics. His findings on the volatility of share prices, [...]

Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance (MEM), Missouri’s largest workers’ compensation insurer, and Guidewire Software®, a leading global provider of solutions to property/casualty insurers, today announced that MEM has fully deployed Guidewire ClaimCenter® as its new claims management system. ClaimCenter is now in use by MEM’s 95-person claims handling team and has fully replaced the company’s internally [...]

Assured Guaranty Corp. (“Assured” or “the Company”), the financial guaranty subsidiary of Assured Guaranty Ltd. announced its January 2009 U.S. public finance new issue volume today. Assured provided guaranties on 114 U.S. public finance new issue transactions, totaling $2.8 billion of par or 12% of total new issue U.S. public finance volume during January 2009. [...]

AmeriChoice by UnitedHealthcare and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center have announced an agreement that will provide participants in Connecticut’s HUSKY health insurance programs with access to the hospital’s inpatient and outpatient facilities and its affiliated physicians.
Effective Jan. 30, 2009, AmeriChoice by UnitedHealthcare members will be able to receive services at all Connecticut Children’s locations throughout the [...]

ProAssurance Corporation announced that all required regulatory approvals have been granted in connection with its proposed sponsored demutualization of the PICA Group (PICA), the nation’s leading provider of professional liability to doctors of podiatric medicine. The proposed demutualization is being submitted to PICA shareholders for their approval at a special meeting to be held on [...]