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 [...]

Zurich North America Commercial’s Accident & Health (A&H) group and Presidio Reinsurance Group announced today their formation of a strategic relationship to provide a broad range of risk-relief programs to the health care market.
As industry leaders with a long-term commitment to the accident and health industry, Zurich and Presidio will leverage their extensive portfolio of [...]

Assurant Employee Benefits, a national carrier of life and disability insurance and dental coverage, today announces the formation of a new Administrative Services department in Seattle, Wa.
The new department was formed with the acquisition of certain capabilities, technology assets, and employees of a Seattle-based Third Party Administrator (TPA), Administrative Systems, Inc., with which the company [...]

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 [...]

Farmers Insurance Group of Companies will hold a dedication and ribbon cutting for Farmers new 95,000 square foot HelpPoint facility in Olathe Thursday June 4, 2009.
The ceremony will be held at 16850 W. 119th St in Olathe. On the corner of Renner Rd and 119th Street, right across the street from the Bass Pro Shop. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

WellPoint, Inc. the nation’s largest health benefits company and its affiliated health plans, announced today the expansion of its innovative disease management program designed to help improve the care accessed by members in its affiliated health plans suffering from Bipolar Disorder, a disease that impacts over 5.7 million Americans each year. The Bipolar Condition Care [...]

Nippon Life Insurance Company of America, a leading provider of employee benefit solutions to U.S. companies, today announced that Gerald “Jerry” Patterson, the former Vice President and CMO for the Life & Health Group Segment of the Principal Financial Group, has been named Chief Operating Officer of the company.
The company also announced that Christopher J. [...]

The Savvy Self-Funding Healthcare Conference and Expo will provide employers and health plan sponsors the rare opportunity to discuss healthcare options with both carriers and brokers during a June 1-3, 2009 conference in Kansas City, Missouri.
The conference is unique, as it is designed and sponsored by an actual employer — not a conference promoter. Karrie [...]