MetLife announced today that four quality resource guides have been added to its American Dental Association (ADA) and Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) recognized dental continuing education program. The new self-study courses focus on: 1) Adolescent Oral Health: Perspectives for Dental Practitioners, 2) Cosmetic Dentistry, 3) Digital Radiography (second edition), and 4) Restoration of the [...]

The King Center will officially launch the 2009 MLK Birthday Observance January 10, 2009 by hosting and co-sponsoring an exciting new program with life-saving potential, “The Health & Wellness Forum.” The program, which will be held at locations within the King Historic Site, is free of charge to the public.
The Health and Wellness Forum, co-sponsored [...]

A group of major employers, insurance companies, third party administrators and lawyers have joined together to form the Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC), a broad-based group to advocate for Medicare Secondary Payor reform. The group has selected Roy Franco from Safeway and Katie Fox from MedInsights, Inc. to lead the coalition.
“Our goal is to make [...]

For the first time, the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index™ has released the Thriving-Struggling-Suffering Index for Americans revealing that, in the first two weeks of November 2008, the average number of struggling Americans hit 60 percent, a rise of 14 percent from the beginning of 2008. At the same time, the weekly average of Americans thriving hit [...]

A local family will have a special reason to celebrate this Thanksgiving when they receive a vehicle from 911 Collision Centers, a member of the National Auto Body Council (NABC), GEICO and Casas Adobes Rotary Foundation.
The vehicle will be presented to the family on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at GEICO’s Tucson office, 930 N. Finance Center [...]

Seyfarth Shaw LLP, one of America’s leading full-service law firms, today announced that the firm’s New York office has significantly deepened its Business Services Department bench with the addition of a team consisting of nine corporate and finance attorneys, four trusts and estates lawyers and one real estate attorney. Stanley E. Bloch, Lawrence B. Brownridge, [...]

Health Dialog Services Corporation announced that Christopher Coloian has joined the company in the new role of Senior Vice President, Health Services. In this role, he will be responsible for initiatives spanning international business and government affairs. Coloian, who joins Health Dialog from CIGNA Healthcare, brings more than 20 years of business and product [...]

The Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) and LogicManager released RIMS State of ERM Report 2008. The report–the first truly in-depth study on ERM practices — unequivocally substantiates the value of ERM for organizations of all types. It also indicates that companies that have greater risk management and ERM maturity levels enjoy higher credit ratings. [...]

ACE Limited (NYSE:ACE) announced that Sean Ringsted has been appointed Chief Risk Officer for the ACE Group of Companies. In this role, which will be in addition to his current responsibilities as Chief Actuary, Mr. Ringsted will be responsible for the continued development and implementation of ACE’s risk management strategy and processes, including continuing [...]

A series of public service announcements (PSAs) jointly sponsored by the US Family Health Plan, a DoD-sponsored military healthcare plan and the National Military Family Association, a non-profit organization committing to improving the lives of military families, has been honored with an Emmy® Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The PSA [...]