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Sunflower State Taps UniCare To Run Health Programs
By Staff WriterKansas has picked a local carrier, Children's Mercy Family Health Partners, and a unit of WellPoint Inc. to run its Medicaid and children's health insurance ...
August 28, 2006
Show Me State Gives Agency More ResponsibilityThe old Missouri Department of Insurance has become the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration.Missouri officials renamed the department after giving it ...
August 28, 2006
Activa Goes With Benefit InformaticsA Midwestern benefit plan administrator has selected a technology partner.Activa Benefit Services Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich., has agreed to use systems from Benefit Informatics Inc., ...
August 28, 2006
Allstate Adds Critical Illness PoliciesA giant insurer says it will be giving voluntary benefits brokers more ways to help employers protect workers against life-threatening illnesses.Allstate Workplace Division, Jacksonville, Fla., ...
August 25, 2006
Marketing Alliance Reports Income DropThe Marketing Alliance Inc. reports net income of $82,600 on $3.9 million in revenue for the fiscal first quarter of 2007, vs. net income of ...
August 24, 2006
MDRT Agent Mentoring Marks 10th YearThe Million Dollar Round Table and GAMA International are marking the 10th anniversary of their Joint International Mentoring Program.The program helps newer agents in insurance ...
August 24, 2006
Academy Gives Principles-Based UpdateCorporate governance, changes to the standard valuation law and the collection of data are just a few of the issues that life actuaries say they ...
August 23, 2006
Regulators Mull Standardized LTC TrainingProducer training requirements for long term care insurance have state regulators trying to balance consumer protections with a need for licensing uniformity.At issue is a ...