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Public Risk Underwriters(R) Announces the Asset Acquisition of Apex Insurance Agency, Inc., Apex Insurance Services of  
[Press Release] Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Sep 30 9:33 AM
J. Powell Brown, Chairman of Program Management Services, Inc., doing business as Public Risk Underwriters, and Karl F. Snearer, President of Apex Insurance Agency, Inc., today announced the asset acquisition by the parent company of PRU of Apex Insurance Agency, Inc., Apex Insurance Services of Illinois, Inc., and Summit Risk Services, Inc.Save to My Web

More kids with working parents uninsured 
The Salt Lake Tribune - Sep 29 12:08 AM
Gone are the days when working parents could rely on their employer for family health insurance. More than half of America’s 9 million uninsured children live in two-parent families, a new analysis of 2005 U.S. census data show. And in most of these two-parent families, both parents work. In Utah, a whopping 91 percent of an estimated 88,458 uninsured kids have at least one working Save to My Web

Principal expects to add 200 jobs 
WOI-TV Des Moines - Sep 30 10:15 AM
DES MOINES, Iowa Principal Financial Group Incorporated is expanding its Des Moines operations and anticipates hiring at least 200 more workers by the end of 2007.Save to My Web

Health Insurance Premiums Continue to Soar 
Common Dreams News Center - Sep 27 8:02 AM
Health Insurance Premiums Continue to SoarSave to My Web

In state House races, Brading-Minnis race stands out
kgw.com (subscription), OR - 1 hour ago he's on his second circuit through the district of about 27,000 voters, making his pitch for more affordable prescription drugs, a health insurance pool for

Kan. Gubernatorial Candidate Outlines Plan for Health Care
Insurance Journal, CA - Sep 28, 2006 Saying his goal is to ensure Kansans have access to affordable health insurance and medical care by 2010, Republican gubernatorial candidate Jim Barnett

Unhealthy, unsustainable
Wilmington Morning Star, NC - Sep 28, 2006 by 20012, every American should have access to affordable health care The insurance companies, drug companies, hospitals, doctors, employers and unions will be

Editorial blunder
Diamondback Online, MD - Sep 22, 2006 care is one of society s biggest dilemmas ) the editorial was able to ignore that many students suffer because of a lack of affordable health insurance.

Employers Rx Launches HR Outsourcing Website
dBusinessNews.com - Industry Preview of peo-quote.com at NAPEO Conference at Boca Raton Resort & Club LAKE WORTH Employers Rx LLC, a compare details of 8 key areas that professional employer organizations administer for clients including payroll, health insurance

Wal-Mart Rocks Retail Pharmacy Biz with $4 Generics
Retail Wire - There is no need to even get prescription insurance with a deal like that. That could save many companies millions in health care premiums. The following is from a press release from CVS with the quote attributed to Matt

The Facts Of Life
KSAT 12 - Penn to $1,580 at North American Co. for Life and Health a 7945) don’t make their prices available on the big quote If you’re grappling with health issues, find out whether your employer offers supplemental life insurance coverage through a group

InformationWeek’s Management/Careers Weblog
Information Week - The same day as the IRS report, another government oversight agency said over 40% of federal health insurance contractors and state Medicaid agencies reported experiencing a privacy breach involving personal health information in the past two years

Dems to lose House–but win Senate?
Slate - We had to throw in more forces than he wanted, even if only as insurance. The troops He has warts-and-all (mainly all) details and a great closing quote from Maureen mobile cannon. P.P.S.: He also has some useful thoughts about Saddam’s health

Savings, at what cost? Small business insurance fix not such a great
Eagle-Tribune - Health insurance premiums for small business owner Michael Spero of Kingston dropped from $1,800 a month for his family of four last year to $500 a month this year. That may sound like a rave review of the small business health insurance law that

Anthem names Matheis Mo. president
Business First - Matheis replaces Stuart Campbell, who decided to leave the company to spend more time with his family, according to a WLP) is the parent company of health insurance providers Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, HealthLink and UniCare. Effective May

MGIC Mortgage Insurance Now Accessible to Lenders Through the Fiserv
KPLC TV - MILWAUKEE, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Mortgage insurance from Mortgage easyLENDER Mortgage is part of a growing, award-winning family of complete provides information management systems and services to the financial and health

Falls teachers issue second strike notice
Warren Tribune Chronicle - contributions over the current $20 per month for a single plan and $40 for a family plan. The board s original offer was a two-year contract with 2.1 percent raises each year, and asked teachers to contribute 10 percent of their health insurance

More health costs fall on retirees
Monterey County Herald - as much as 10.3 percent between 2004 and 2005, according to a survey of large private employers by the Kaiser Family When Geraldine Picha retired in 1998, her health insurance cost about $345 a month, or about 67 percent of her monthly pension

The Commerce File
Ukiah Daily Journal - Union, which made a donation to Healthy Kids Mendocino to help pay for health care for existing public programs and will be enrolled in CalKids, a new insurance program lender it created the Green Entrepreneur Award to support and recognize small

The Kilbuck landslide shows why things must change
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Wow, another example of how Wal-Mart puts small business owners out of business ( A single-payer health system would be a vast improvement Dr. Bill Wood makes a easily than reforming the politically powerful and highly profitable insurance and

Time For A Dental Insurance Checkup
Indy Channel - being forced to take a hard look at how they spend their limited health-care dollars. Dental insurance Worse yet, some employers, especially small ones, may stop offering Frankly, these companies don’t want your business. But if your employer

Confused about restaurant etiquette? Here’s your guide
Northwest Herald - This is an especially sensitive question when the meal is for business, said The pit can then be placed in a small dish, which is usually provided for that automotive or mechanical industries. Salaried position. Benefits include health insurance

Snowe Calls for Bipartisan Agreement on Small Business Health Plans 
[Press Release] U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News - Sep 26 9:34 AM
Citing a new Kaiser Family Foundation report that found the percentage of Americans covered by employer-sponsored health insurance has fallen from 69 percent to 61 percent since 2000, Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (R- Maine), chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, today renewed her call for the Senate to pass bipartisan Small Business Health Plan (SBHP) legislation.Save to My Web

Discount Dental Plans are a Cost-Effective Alternative to Dental Insurance 
Herkimer Evening Telegram - Sep 28 9:45 AM
(ARA) - The numbers are nothing to smile about - more than 108 million Americans don’t have dental insurance, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Yet healthy teeth and gums play a fundamental role in overall health.Save to My Web

KLN Selects Darwin to Write Medical Malpractice Insurance for Physicians in Connecticut, Maryland, Tennessee, and  
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Sep 27 9:30 AM
KLN Specialty Insurance Agency, LLC has selected Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. to write medical malpractice insurance coverage for physicians in the states of Connecticut, Maryland, Tennessee, and Vermont.Save to My Web

Citizen’s Health Care Working Group Empowers Government, Not Health Care Consumers 
[Press Release] National Center for Public Policy Research - Sep 26 11:47 AM
Washington, D.C. - David Hogberg, senior policy analyst for The National Center for Public Policy Research, expressed disappointment with yesterday’s release of the Citizen Health Care Working Group’s final report.Save to My Web

DART committee vetoes gay benefits
Dallas Voice - Pete Webb, president of the Dallas Gay and Lesbian Alliance, said he is hopeful that DART s executives will decide to add health insurance coverage and other domestic partner benefits to the employee benefits package. The group has lobbied for the

Enable a Moderate Health Care Solution
Washington Post - Only the far right can look out and see 46 million uninsured and declare our main problem to be too much health insurance. The right and the President would cut public benefits while limiting tax breaks to those who leave group insurance and purchase

Working Mother Magazine Releases Top 100 Places To Work
Medical News Today - Ernst and Young , HSBC Bank USA , IBM , JPMorgan Chase , Patagonia , PricewaterhouseCoopers , Principal Financial Group and SC According to Reuters , health insurance for part-time workers, compressed work weeks, job-sharing, elder care and child care are

Principal Financial to add 200 jobs
Des Moines Register - Principal Financial Group Inc. is expanding its southside Des Moines operations and anticipates hiring 200 or more new In particular, it listed divisions that specialize in specialty benefits, health insurance and Principal Global Investors, which

Paying for health care still a struggle 
The Ashland Daily Press - Sep 28 7:23 AM
The good news out of new survey of health care costs undertaken by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is that the cost of health insurance offered by employers rose “only” 7.7 percent nationally, the slowest increase since 2000.Save to My Web

Arizona to Cover Insurance Costs for Small Businesses 
Inc Magazine - Sep 25 9:16 PM
A new program will pay for up to half of health-care costs for companies without coverage. Save to My Web

First HSA and MedDirect Partner to Provide Line of Credit for Health Savings Accounts 
[Press Release] U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 8:45 AM
First HSA and MedDirect have partnered to provide a line of credit for employees, Health Bridge, to use with a health savings account or HSA. The monies are available to all employees regardless of their credit history. The funds provide overdraft protection for the First HSA account to a preset limit up to the full HSA plan deductible. Because funds are advanced directly into the HSA, they are Save to My Web

Health-care costs soar 
Kansas City Star - Sep 27 5:18 AM
Another verse, same as the first. In the latest sign that health-care spending is spinning out of control, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust on Tuesday reported that health-care costs have spiked higher. Post a Comment Save to My Web

Health insurance inflation slows 
Orange County Register - Sep 28 12:07 PM
Premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance average about $11,500 per employee this year, an average increase of 7.7 percent from a year ago, the smallest rate of growth since 2000.Save to My Web

Beat the High Cost of Health Insurance 
Derby Daily Reporter - 3 minutes ago
(ARA) - Anyone who has shopped for or is currently paying for health insurance knows that consumers are paying more than ever before for their policies. But the numbers are staggering.Save to My Web

Report: Working families lacking in health care 
The Times of Northwest Indiana - Sep 28 11:23 PM
WASHINGTON | There are 163,000 children in Indiana without health insurance, and more than 90 percent of them live with working families, according to a report released Thursday by the Campaign for Better Health Care.Save to My Web

Health Highlights: Sept. 29, 2006 
HealthDay via Yahoo! News - Sep 29 9:03 AM
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:Save to My Web

Uninsured children mostly live with working parents
Independent Record - Mark McClellan, who oversees federally subsidized health insurance programs at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said Vermont had the lowest rate of uninsured children _ 5.6 percent. Michigan, Hawaii and New Hampshire were next at 6.4

Board pushes for higher school aid
Journal - Some of the big categories of expense such as utilities, health insurance and transportation have been going up at a much higher rate than inflation, she says. The failure to keep funding apace with inflation has been the functional

Familiar face, new face seek insurance job
Fresno Bee - Bustamante said he’d push for legislation to give the commissioner more control over health and workers’ compensation insurance. would work to fill vacant positions in the department’s fraud unit, which he said has a 25% vacancy rate.

Study says TRMC benefits compare favorably
Times and Democrat - Currently, early retirees at age 62 with 25 years of service are able to pay the hospital s group rate for health care insurance until they reach Medicare eligibility at 65. The rate is estimated to be at least $200 lower than purchasing

Business brief roundup
Birmingham News - Labor Department reported Thursday that new applications for unemployment insurance in For example, the state’s unemployment rate fell in August to 3.5 percent, down Behavioral Health Systems Inc., a Birmingham company that administers health