Avant Capital Partners (AVANT), a leading New York City based commercial mortgage bank that specializes in multifamily financing, closed a bridge loan of $2,853,301 for the acquisition and renovation of a 304-unit apartment complex in Dallas, TX. The loan was based upon 70% loan-to-cost and included the acquisition and renovation costs, as well as an [...]

First Horizon Msaver has received the 2009 Model Bank Award in Healthcare Banking from Celent, a Boston-based financial research and consulting firm.
First Horizon Msaver was named a model healthcare bank for its Employer Funding Portal, which is used by employers to deposit employee payroll deductions and employer contributions into individual health savings accounts (HSAs).
The [...]

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 [...]

Litigation and insurance coverage claims involving alleged personal injuries and property damage from drywall imported from China is the focus of a half-day seminar set for July 28, 2009 at the Mission Bay Conference Center at the University of California San Francisco. The event will also be webcast.
The conference producer, HB Litigation Conferences LLC, has [...]

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. announced the successful completion of the “Safe Homes for All” Risk Mitigation Leadership Forum, held in Washington, D.C. on June 24th. The Forum’s principal sponsors were RenaissanceRe’s affiliate, WeatherPredict Consulting Inc. and the RenaissanceRe Risk Sciences Foundation, together with leading non-profit organizations Federal Alliance for Safe Homes – FLASH®, the Institute for [...]

The National Center for Regulatory Reform, developed by attorneys deeply involved in representing the victims of the federal and state governments’ failure to regulate the financial and insurance industries, today expressed its concerns that the new regulations proposed by the current administration will do more harm than good.
Under the plan, the government would have new [...]

Fire season is here, and with dry weather comes the threat of wildfires. That is why Farmers Insurance and FireSafe Montana will conduct a first-ever press conference in front of the State Capital on June 18, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. to announce Fire Prevention Week in Montana.
“The purpose of the Fire Prevention Week is to [...]

Statement from Dr. Donald Palmisano, spokesman for the Coalition to Protect Patients’ Rights and the former president of the American Medical Association (2003-2004) in response to President Obama’s speech to the American Medical Association House of Delegates Annual Meeting in Chicago today:
I want to thank President Obama for coming to Chicago today. He came with [...]

Empire BlueCross BlueShield (Empire) announced approval by the New York Department of Insurance to begin offering Life and Disability insurance as part of their broad benefit portfolio. Available through the New York-based affiliate, Anthem Life & Disability Insurance Company, this addition makes Empire a leading information resource and one-stop shop for medical, pharmacy, dental, vision, [...]

Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY) will be hosting a product fair at St. Louis Motorsports on June 4, 2009 from 3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. The product fair is an open-house-style event for insurance agents highlighting all of PHLY’s products, including our newest Pest Control, Environmental, and Security Services (The Guardian). Agents are encouraged to [...]