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Low Cost, Full Coverage Insurance Available to Canadian Bath and Body Product Handcrafters

The Handcrafted Bath & Body Guild has added small business insurance to its line of benefits for members. - April 26, 2016 - Handcrafted Bath & Body Guild

Marketforce to host The Future of Nordic Non-Life Insurance on 1st & 2nd June in Copenhagen

Building on a successful inaugural conference in 2015, The Future of Nordic Non-Life Insurance will bring together over 100 senior experts from a range of insurance companies to discuss and share their thoughts on the future of the industry, how success can be achieved and growth furthered. - April 25, 2016 - Marketforce

Res Novae Group and Bulldog Consulting Services Announce Alliance to Champion Insurance Industry Consortiums for Innovation and Process Re-Engineering

Res Novae Group, LLC and Bulldog Consulting Services, LLC jointly announce a key strategic alliance. Focused industry stakeholders will combine their collective skills and expertise to solve common, shared problems through consortia, led by Res Novae’s staff and augmented by Bulldog’s... - April 23, 2016 - Res Novae Group LLC

Markham Insurance Broker, Cornerstone Insurance Brokers Ltd., Announces Spring Contest for Referrals

As part of Cornerstone’s continued dedication to giving back to the community, Cornerstone Insurance Brokers are now offering clients the opportunity to win cash in exchange for referring new customers to the Cornerstone website. - April 23, 2016 - Cornerstone Insurance Brokers Pvt Ltd

Short-Term Care Insurance Policy Sales Grow 20 Percent National Study Finds

Findings from the first comprehensive industry study of short-term care insurance policies finds 2015 sales increased nearly 20 percent. Some 90 percent of buyers are age 61 or older reveals the National Advisory Center for Short-Term Care Information. - April 22, 2016 - Short Term Care Insurance National Advisory Council

Missouri-Based Insurance Alliance Welcomes Newest Illlinois Member

Cordes Insurance Agency joins growing Missouri and Southern Illinois alliance. - April 20, 2016 - Valley Insurance Agency Alliance

Roundstone Underwrites Provider-Sponsored Health Plan

Roundstone will provide insurance services for the Southeast First Option Health Plan, a provider-sponsored plan based in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. - April 20, 2016 - Roundstone Management, Ltd.

ClaimVantage Exhibits New Product Functionality at DMEC Employer Compliance Conference

The DMEC Employer Compliance Conference educates HR professionals on all issues relating to employee leaves of absence. - April 20, 2016 - ClaimVantage

Marketforce to Host Claims Forum on 21st June in London

Back for its 11th year, the Claims Forum offers the chance to rub shoulders with the most innovative Claims Directors in insurance. Suitable for those working in Personal Lines, SME or the London Market, the conference will provide the perfect platform to engage with thought-provoking sessions and applied industry case studies on the most pressing issues affecting claims today. - April 19, 2016 - Marketforce

Mutual Trust Life in Production with Sapiens ALIS Policy Administration System

MTL chooses Sapiens’ configurable, rules-based policy administration platform to more efficiently grow and manage its life insurance business. - April 16, 2016 - Sapiens

Valley Insurance Agency Alliance Adds New Member to Group

97-year-old Illinois insurance agency joins growing alliance. - April 13, 2016 - Valley Insurance Agency Alliance

Powers Insurance and Benefits Celebrates 25th Anniversary

St. Louis company grows to be one of the area's largest family owned independent agencies - April 09, 2016 - POWERS Insurance & Risk Management

Alternative Service Concepts, a Third Party Administrator, Hires New Regional Claim Supervisor

Stephanie Krug Appointed to the Property & Casualty Position for National TPA. - April 09, 2016 - Alternative Service Concepts

Willis Programs Offers Specialized Property Owners Association Insurance Program

Willis Programs’ property owners association insurance program, “CommunityAssociationGuard,” was developed specifically to meet the unique exposures of master planned communities and large scale recreational planned communities. This program targets medium to large scale planned... - April 07, 2016 - Willis Programs

Sapiens ALIS Now Available in the Cloud for Life, Annuity and Pension Providers

Running on Microsoft Azure, Sapiens ALIS provides insurers with an attractive deployment option offering agility, scalability and affordability - April 07, 2016 - Sapiens

Looking for FinTech Training? The First FinTech School is Here

Led by Entrepreneurs & Industry Thought-Leaders, the FinTech School Seeks to Train Millions of Financial Services Professionals on the Vital FinTech Innovation Skills to Lead Digital Transformations and Launch New FinTech Products & Services - April 06, 2016 - FinTech School

Siracusa Staffing & Leasing Redefines Working with P&C Agents... Again

Siracusa Staffing & Leasing is redefining the level and ability of P&C agents to work successfully with PEO brokers. SS&L is the brainchild of David Siracusa, the owner of ELS, who helped to grow that company into the premier PEO provider of the Southeast. Mr. Siracusa has brought his technological innovations and forward thinking mentality to this new company. He sees a void in the marketplace where no other PEO broker has previously gone and he intends to fill it. - April 04, 2016 - Siracusa Staffing & Leasing, LLC

zen.digital Announces BuzzJS Conference for June 3rd, 2016

NYC software development & consulting firm plans JavaScript conference for early summer. - April 04, 2016 - zen.digital

Medicare Changes Can Boost Short-Term Care Insurance Sales Says NAC-STCi Director

Changes in Medicare payments will drive more people to need home care which boosts the potential for short term care insurance sales predicts the head of the National Advisory Center for Short Term Care Information. - April 04, 2016 - Short Term Care Insurance National Advisory Council

Sapiens Launches Advanced Analytics Solution

Sapiens INTELLIGENCE is an analytics solution that enables life and P&C insurers to produce actionable insights and maximize the value of their data. - April 02, 2016 - Sapiens

New York Court of Appeals Rejects Claim of Office-Based Surgical Practice Seeking Facility Fees Under New York’s No-Fault Law

In a unanimous decision, the New York Court of Appeals found that accredited office-based surgical practices (OBS) are not entitled to collect fees from automobile insurers for the use of medical facilities in providing surgical and other professional services. While this decision dismissed $1.3 million in disputed claims, the ripple effect will impact millions of dollars in claims against automobile insurers. - April 01, 2016 - Rivkin Radler LLP

Dr. Dee W. Edington to Present at Employer Healthcare & Benefits Congress in Washington D.C.

Dr. Dee W. Edington, Founder & CEO of Edington Associates and author of the books Biology of Physical Activity, Biological Awareness, Frontiers of Exercise Biology, The One Minute Manager Balances Work and Life, Zero Trends: Health as a Serious Economic Strategy and Shared Values-Shared... - April 01, 2016 - Employer Healthcare & Benefits Congress

IncomeAssure® Answers Call for Wage Insurance

Combined with state unemployment benefits, it provides up to 50% of former weekly salary when an individual is involuntarily unemployed. - April 01, 2016 - IncomeAssure

RAM Technologies’ Content Sharing Program, Featuring Gartner Industry Report, Helps Health Plans Modernize Administrative Systems

RAM Technologies provides complementary access to the Gartner industry report Healthcare Payer CIOs Should Leverage Healthcare Business Moments as a Catalyst to Modernize Administrative Systems (Constance Sjoquist, 11 February 2016) to all persons who join the free content sharing program... - April 01, 2016 - RAM Technologies, Inc.

2016 Long Term Care Insurance Tax Guide Published by AALTCI

The 2016 guide to long-term care insurance tax deductible rules and benefits is being made available today from members of the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance. - March 31, 2016 - American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance

Keais Records Service to Sponsor Medical Insurance Conference

Keais Records Service is thrilled to be a sponsor of the Crittenden Medical Insurance Conference for the second year in a row. The Conference will take place at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Miami April 3-5. “We are thrilled to be sponsoring such an excellent conference. It's a great event... - March 28, 2016 - Keais Records Retrieval

Six Long Term Care Insurance Companies Report 2015 Sales Growth Says AALTCI Director

While overall sales of long-term care insurance declined in 2015, six insurers reported sales growth of as much as 62 percent reports the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance. - March 26, 2016 - American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance

Lion Insurance Company's Anti-Fraud Efforts Account for 14% of Claimant & ID Theft Arrests in Florida

Lion Insurance Company and Packard Claims, in conjunction with their SIU partner, Command Investigations, are credited with the following statistics in the state of Florida for the 2014-2015 fiscal year: 7% of all claimant fraud arrests, 7% of all ID theft arrests, 5% of all claimant convictions and 6% of all ID theft convictions. - March 25, 2016 - Command Investigations

Prism Medical & Design Secures CE Mark for Its ProteXsure Safety Capsule System

Prism Medical Nabs CE Mark for ProteXsure Safety Capsule System. Prism Medical has secured the CE mark for its ProteXsure Safety Capsule System, intended for the prevention of needle stick injuries. The approval is the first indication for the company’s Prism platform. - March 24, 2016 - Prism Medical & Design

Sapiens Announces Its New ALIS Fast Track Proposition for the UK Protection Market

Sapiens ALIS Fast Track is an agile, pre-configured offering that accelerates implementation and provides omni-channel customer service, in the cloud or on-premise. - March 24, 2016 - Sapiens

Jill Perlstein Named Senior Director, Retained Search Services Division

Jill Perlstein will be responsible for identifying new opportunities that highlight RSS’ competitive advantage in the placement of actuarial and other quantitative professionals. She brings to the role more than 17 years of talent acquisition and management experience within the insurance and financial services industry. Jill initially joined DW Simpson in 1998 as an assistant recruiter to CEO and Founder, Patty Simpson. - March 23, 2016 - DW Simpson Global Actuarial & Analytics Recruitment

Illinois Insurance Agency Joins Missouri Alliance

Mount Vernon, Illinois insurance agency to affiliate with growing alliance. - March 23, 2016 - Valley Insurance Agency Alliance

First National Short Term Care Insurance Sales Training Webinar Announced by NAC-STC

The first national sales training webinar hosted by the National Advisory Center for Short Term Care will help insurance agents discover how to market and sell short term care solutions. - March 19, 2016 - Short Term Care Insurance National Advisory Council

Barrie Auto Insurance Brokers, Cornerstone Insurance Brokers, Announce Full Range of Auto Insurance Policies

Residents of Barrie, as well as those throughout Ontario, have more choices in affordable automobile insurance through Cornerstone Insurance Brokers than ever before. - March 18, 2016 - Cornerstone Insurance Brokers Pvt Ltd

BeWiser Insurance Brokers, Inc. Offering a Complete Range of Young Drivers Insurance Options

Barrie, ON-based leaders for a full range of vehicle insurance products, BeWiser Insurance Brokers, Inc. are now inviting clients to review their vehicle insurance services for young drivers. The company’s team has comprehensive market experience and can help young drivers find affordable, high coverage policies that ensure they’re covered well on the roads across Ontario. It’s a professional service designed for the modern young driver. - March 18, 2016 - BeWiser Insurance Brokers

Best Financial Services Website to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 20th Annual WebAward Competition

The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best legal websites in the world as part of their 20th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at www.webaward.org. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including bank,... - March 17, 2016 - Web Marketing Association

Long Term Care Insurance Shoppers Voice Similar Concerns Reports AALTCI

Consumers considering long-term care insurance are concerned about current costs and future price increases reports the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance. - March 17, 2016 - American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance

Long Term Care Insurance Industry Payout Potential Equals $800 Billion Reports AALTCI

The total potential payout of all long-term care insurance policies is over $800 Billion reports the director of the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance. - March 16, 2016 - American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance

Sapiens Announces Release of Sapiens IDIT Software Suite Version 13.1

The new version offers users a complete picture of all tasks in the system from a central location, enhancing usability, and increasing efficiency and speed to market across digital processes and channels. - March 16, 2016 - Sapiens

New Generation of OTP Tokens by Protectimus

Protectimus introduces a new generation of hardware OTP tokens Protectimus SLIM and Protectimus SLIM mini. New tokens have 2 form-factors: regular bank card ISO/IEC 7810 ID-1 (85.6 x 53.98 x 0.76 mm) and a mini card 64 x 38 mm in size. The main feature of the new product is that it can be... - March 15, 2016 - Protectimus Limited

Insurance Alliance Member Celebrates 20th Anniversary

Liberal, Mo. insurance agency marks 20 years in business. - March 12, 2016 - Valley Insurance Agency Alliance

Top 10 Medicare Supplement Insurance Companies Reported by AAMSI Director

The 10 largest insurance companies currently offering Medicare Supplement insurance was shared by the director of the American Association for Medicare Supplement Insurance. - March 12, 2016 - American Association for Medicare Supplement Insurance

Iconica Selects Sapiens General Insurance (P&C) Software Suite as New Policy Administration Platform

The UK insurer chose Sapiens IDIT to benefit from a modern operating environment, appropriate automation and pace of change. - March 11, 2016 - Sapiens

BEST Congratulates Its New National Marketing Director, Stephen P. Clifford

BEST congratulates its new National Marketing Director. - March 10, 2016 - Broker Educational Sales & Training, Inc.

Car Rental Insurance Product Changes for 2016

Status Global Insurance have just announced Car Rental Insurance product changes for 2016. - March 10, 2016 - Status Global Insurance

New Day Underwriting Managers Explores Dynamics of the Changing PLL Marketplace

Leading Industry Experts Discuss Pollution Legal Liability (PLL) Coverage & Role in Facilitating Transactions & Managing Financial & Operational/Legacy Environmental Risks - March 09, 2016 - R-T Specialty, LLC's Environmental & Construction Professional Practice

Declined For Long Term Care Insurance? More Companies Offering Options Reports NACSTC.

With as many as 40 percent of long term care insurance applicants declined coverage due to health issues, a growing number of alternative options are gaining favor according to the National Advisory Center for Short Term Care Information. - March 09, 2016 - Short Term Care Insurance National Advisory Council