Government Agencies

Health Net Federal Services Statement on TRICARE Award Announcement

July 14th, 2009

Health Net Federal Services, LLC, the government operations division of Health Net, Inc. released the following statement today in response to the Department of Defense’s release of the TRICARE contract awards:
“Health Net Federal Services is disappointed not to be selected by TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) for the Managed Care Support Contractor in the TRICARE North [...]

Sun Life Financial Proposes Private Sector Pension Reform

July 8th, 2009

Canada needs to close the gap in pension coverage, and the private sector has the tools to do it, remarked Dean Connor, President, Sun Life Financial Canada. Connor was speaking today at a meeting at the Vancouver Board of Trade.
Connor noted that “The main pension gap is with a subset of Canadians who are not [...]

Local Government Pension Institution LGPI Licenses ALM Solution From Ortec Finance

July 6th, 2009

LGPI, the pension institution for local governments in Finland, has signed an agreement with Ortec Finance to license its Asset Liability solution for pension plans Ortec Finance PALM. The ALM solution enables LGPI to formulate ALM strategies based on Ortec Finance state of the art scenario generation, asset and liability methodologies. The selection of was [...]

The Protection Insurance Industry and IT – A Mixed Picture of Success, Reports FINEOS

June 26th, 2009

FINEOS Corporation, a global provider of innovative enterprise software solutions for insurance, announced the findings of the Protection Review survey carried out for the Personal Finance Society (PFS) and sponsored by FINEOS. The survey offers a snapshot of the protection market and the results help the life insurance industry develop the right solutions to meet [...]

UnitedHealthcare by AmeriChoice to Serve Mississippi Children’s Health Insurance Program

June 26th, 2009

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 [...]

FireSafe Montana Joins Farmers Insurance for a First-Ever Montana Wildfire Awareness Week Announcement

June 16th, 2009

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 [...]

Tracy L. Rich Joins Guardian as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

June 8th, 2009

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian) announced that Tracy L. Rich will join the company as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, effective July 1.
Rich’s legal career spans more than 30 years and includes work in both the public and private sectors. As Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, [...]

SOA Consortium Releases New Podcast Featuring JP Morgenthal on “Disassembling the SOA & BPM Relationship”

June 7th, 2009

The SOA Consortium™announced that a podcast and slide deck of the presentation by JP Morgenthal, EA, SOA, BPM & Cloud Computing Strategist on “Disassembling the SOA & BPM Relationship,” recorded at the March 2009 meeting of the SOA Consortium in Washington, D.C. are now available. To access the podcast, visit http://www.soa-consortium.org/pr-dc-jpm.
JP Morgenthal gave a provocative [...]

FINEOS Announces New Deal with Swedish Life Assurer

February 23rd, 2009

FINEOS Corporation, a global provider of innovative enterprise software solutions for insurance, bancassurance, and government, today announced that it has been selected as the claims management solution for life and income protection (disability) claims at SalusAnsvar, one of Sweden’s leading life assurance companies. FINEOS Claims will replace the existing solution and the project will commence [...]

NetSol Technologies and Rackspace Hosting Announce Solution Partnership

February 19th, 2009

NetSol Technologies, Inc. “NetSol” a U.S. corporation providing global business services and enterprise application solutions to private and public sector organizations worldwide, today announced they have entered into a Business Partnership in the Solution Partner Network with Rackspace® Hosting the world’s leader and specialist in hosting. This agreement is a significant addition to the [...]