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Lloyds of London Insurance Syndicate Mandates Trusted Sender Score to Help Mitigate Successful Cyber Security Attacks
Zulu Labs Inc., the leading post DMARC authentication email service provider and email trust network, is pleased to announce that a leading Lloyds of London Insurance Syndicate mandates Trusted Sender Score to help mitigate successful cyber security attacks. - October 09, 2020 - Zulu Labs Inc.
Southeastern Credit Union Foundation Partners with iGrad to Offer Enrich Financial Wellness Platform
The Southeastern Credit Union Foundation (SECUF) is launching the award-winning Enrich™ financial wellness platform to more than 24,000 employees at more than 300 credit unions in Georgia, Alabama and Florida. - October 07, 2020 - iGrad
Carolina Industrial Agency Earns Sixth City Beat News Spectrum Award for Customer Satisfaction
Independent insurance agency wins six straight Spectrum Awards for outstanding customer satisfaction. - October 07, 2020 - City Beat News
James O’Brien Insurance Agency Announces Rebranding, Changes Name to NY Insurance Hub
The agency rebranded to better reflect their enhanced product offerings, vision and commitment to servicing a wide range of clients throughout the Capital District and the state of New York. - October 04, 2020 - SAN Group
Global Excel Management Announces Strategic Investment with VITALL Intelligence
Global Excel Management Inc., a leading supplier of global healthcare risk management solutions, announces a strategic investment and partnership with Vitall Intelligence Inc., a Canadian health and technology leader providing subscription-based Personal Health Records services, combined with real-time medical device data - aiming at further advancing the digital health sector. - September 29, 2020 - Global Excel Management
IME360 by prIME Assessments Addresses the Contentious Medico-Legal Assessments and Reporting System of Accident Injuries
Years in development and leveraging technology, IME360 is an alternative to the present burdensome and adversarial process. - September 29, 2020 - prIME Assessments
Feirman Joins Synergy Professional Associates as AVP
Synergy Professional Associates, Inc. has named Amanda Feirman Assistant Vice President of one of its Lawyers Professional Liability Programs. Feirman is responsible for underwriting and development of Synergy’s admitted AmTrust Lawyers Professional Liability program. In addition, she will... - September 26, 2020 - Synergy Professional Associates
Growing Interest from the Financial and Insurance Industry for TEBillion
Following the increase of interest from the pharmaceutical sales and distribution industry, TEBillion announces also a growing interest from the financial and insurance industry for its advanced business automation solutions. This growth is in relation to and caused by the impact of the... - September 18, 2020 - TEBillion
SAN Group Welcomes Amber Achhamey Insurance Agency of Buffalo, NY
The newest SAN agency serves New York’s Erie county. - September 17, 2020 - SAN Group
Joseph Reynolds of RT Specialty to Discuss Contractor Faulty Workmanship Coverage Innovations at IRMI Construction Risk Virtual Conference
Joseph Reynolds, assistant vice president within R-T Specialty, LLC’s Environmental and Construction Professional (RT ECP) Practice, will address “Insurance for Faulty Workmanship: The Next Great Innovation for Contractors?” at the IRMI Construction Risk Conference to be held... - September 16, 2020 - R-T Specialty, LLC's Environmental & Construction Professional Practice
Andrew Mendelson of Berkley Alliance Managers to Address Evolving Climate Change Standards at the 2020 CLM Virtual Construction Conference
Andrew D. Mendelson, FAIA, senior vice president, chief risk management officer at Berkley Alliance Managers, a Berkley Company, will participate in the panel discussion, “Weathering the Storm: Evolving Legal Standards in the Era of Climate Change”, held during the 2020 CLM Virtual... - September 15, 2020 - Berkley Alliance Managers
California Coast Credit Union Partners with iGrad to Offer Enrich Financial Wellness Platform
California Coast Credit Union has partnered with San Diego-based financial education company iGrad to make the award-winning Enrich™ financial wellness platform available to its nearly 200,000 members. Enrich is used by more than 20,000 employers and more than 300 financial institutions... - September 14, 2020 - iGrad
iGrad Partners with Columbia University to Combat Student Loan Crisis with AI-Powered Student Financial Wellness Platform
Leading financial wellness company iGrad has partnered with Columbia University to provide a customized, interactive online and mobile financial wellness platform to the private Ivy League university’s students. - September 12, 2020 - iGrad
Association Reports Medicare Supplement Insurance Rates for Alabama Seniors
Don't overpay for Medicare insurance protection, advises director of the American Association for Medicare Supplement Insurance. Prices vary across the state of Alabama. - September 12, 2020 - American Association for Medicare Supplement Insurance
New President at Opus MedStrategies
Global Excel Management Inc. is pleased to announce the hiring of Charles Busch as President of Opus MedStrategies Inc. Charles joins the Global Excel family following an extensive career of Sales and Account Management leadership in the PPO, TPA, healthcare management, casualty claims and health plan market segments. Charles will be based out of Laguna Woods, California and will also work out of Opus Med Strategies’ Alpharetta, Georgia headquarters. - September 09, 2020 - Global Excel Management
AIM Agency Joins Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance
Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance, Inc. (MIAA), a leading network of independent insurance agencies across seven states, is pleased to announce that AIM Agency of Lincoln, Nebraska has joined the alliance. AIM Agency is a full-service agency that specializes in auto, home, life, accident, health... - September 05, 2020 - Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance
Carisk Partners Launches Intelligent Clearinghouse Website Update
Carisk Partners is excited to announce the release of the newly redesigned Carisk Intelligent Clearinghouse (CiC) website. Acting as the bridge between providers and the payers, the CiC website ensures complete bills are electronically passed timely and accurately from providers to payers in a... - September 01, 2020 - Carisk Partners
Medcom Benefit Solutions Integrates Enrich Financial Wellness Platform Into Consumer-Driven Health Plan Portfolio
Medcom Benefit Solutions is offering Enrich Financial Wellness to help participants better understand consumer-driven health plans, including Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA), while improving overall financial health. - September 01, 2020 - iGrad
Canidium, Sales Performance Management (SPM) and Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) Leader, Appears on the Inc. 5000 for the Sixth Time
Inc. magazine recently revealed Canidium on its annual Inc. 5000 list, with a three-year revenue growth of 89%. This is Canidium’s sixth time appearing on the Inc. 5000 list, with previous appearances in 2013-2017. Despite the negative effects of COVID-19 on nearly all industries, Canidium also had the highest number of bookings in their history during Q2 of 2020. - August 26, 2020 - Canidium
Amy Coddington Promoted to Senior Account Manager at RT Specialty
Amy Coddington has been promoted to senior account manager within R-T Specialty, LLC’s Environmental and Construction Professional (RT ECP) Practice. Since joining the firm in 2019, she has successfully assisted the ongoing new business, marketing, sales and coverage assessment activities of... - August 25, 2020 - R-T Specialty, LLC's Environmental & Construction Professional Practice
As COVID-19 Raises Chronic Illness Fears, Life Insurers Defend Against Chronic and Critical Illness Claims
The Center for Life Insurance Disputes serves life insurance policyholders from the beginning to get claims related to COVID-19 paid. - August 21, 2020 - The Center for Life Insurance Disputes
Credit Union 1 Partners with iGrad to Offer Enrich Financial Wellness Platform
Credit Union 1 launches the Enrich financial wellness platform to its credit union members, offering them a hyper-personalized interactive educational experience. - August 20, 2020 - iGrad
IOA Launches the First Fully Integrated Quote Comparison and Buy Platform in the Nation
SimplyIOA Now Allows Users to Compare Quotes and Purchase Home and Auto Insurance Completely Online - August 20, 2020 - Insurance Office of America
TBX® Fortifies Sales Team with Industry Leader
TBX®, the most successful online education, engagement, and enrollment platform for employee benefits, announced today that it has appointed Mike Keller as the company’s Senior Vice President of Sales. Keller brings more than 30 years of sales leadership experience within the employee... - August 18, 2020 - TBX® Benefits
NAFA Warns of Adverse Consequences from DOL’s Proposed Class Exemption
Comment Letter Seeks Relief for Insurance Professionals - August 08, 2020 - NAFA, National Association for Fixed Annuities
Mutual of Omaha Offers EAP Customers Financial Wellness Resources Through iGrad's Enrich™
Mutual of Omaha is now offering an interactive financial wellness platform to employees at client organizations. - July 30, 2020 - iGrad
Jon Ahlbum Honored as the Man of the Year for 2020 by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Jon Ahlbum of Margate, Florida has been honored as the Man of the Year for 2020 by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for his outstanding contributions and achievements for over 20 years in the field of insurance. About Jon Ahlbum Jon Ahlbum is the President and MGA of The Ahlbum... - July 29, 2020 - Strathmore Worldwide
National Credit Partners Launches COVID-19 Recovery Initiative to Help Struggling Businesses
National Credit Partners (NCP), a financial firm specializing in business debt relief, announced that its in-house counsel has launched a new campaign to help struggling business owners recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had an unprecedented impact on businesses across the... - July 27, 2020 - National Credit Partners
ABD Appoints Deirdre Finn to Lead Growing Executive Risk Solutions Practice
ABD Insurance and Financial Services announced today it has named Deirdre Finn the Senior Vice President of the company’s Executive Risk Solutions (ERS) National Practice. Finn will oversee the company’s Management Liability insurance lines of business, which include Directors’ & Officers’ Liability, Employment Practices Liability and Fiduciary Liability, and will join the Executive Steering Committee. - July 27, 2020 - Newfront
DeFrank Named Financial Head at LTC NEWS
Nick DeFrank will head up the accounting department at LTC NEWS, LLC, the publisher of www.ltcnews.com. The website provides news, resources, and tools for long-term care, aging, caregiving, health, and retirement planning. The site also offers many advertising and marketing opportunities for businesses wanting to reach adults 40+. - July 24, 2020 - LTC NEWS, LLC
Ameritas Now Offering Enrich Financial Wellness Program to Employees
Ameritas is now offering an interactive financial wellness platform to empower employees. - July 21, 2020 - iGrad
Nucleaus LLC Welcomes Clyde Kofman as CEO
Nucleaus LLC, a code-scanning and data platform, is pleased to announce that Clyde Kofman has joined the Nucleaus leadership team as Chief Executive Officer. - July 18, 2020 - Nucleaus LLC
iGrad Partners with Florida International University to Provide AI-Powered Student Financial Wellness Platform
Florida International University (FIU) partners with iGrad to offer interactive financial literacy education to its 58,000 college students. - July 16, 2020 - iGrad
CCMS & Associates Delivery of Claims Adjusting Service Excellence Extends with the Addition of Key Leadership Team Member Kristy Hauger, Director of Business Development
CCMS & Associates, the distinctive independent adjusting firm based in Dunedin, Florida, announced that Kristy Hauger has accepted the role of Director of Business Development. Kristy has over 17 years of experience in the insurance industry. Her extensive knowledge includes marketing to... - July 14, 2020 - CCMS & Associates
BHMS Invests in Inszone Insurance Services
BHMS Investments, LP, through affiliated funds ("BHMS"), completed a material investment in Inszone Insurance Services, LLC ("Inszone" or the "Company"). Founded in 2002, Inszone is a full-service insurance brokerage firm which provides a broad array of property &... - July 13, 2020 - Inszone Insurance
Insurtech Company, Foxquilt, Receives $3.5M Seed Round to Continue Supporting Small Businesses with Smarter Insurance Through COVID-19
Today, Foxquilt, a leading Insurance Technology company, announced it has raised $3.5M in seed funding. - July 09, 2020 - Foxquilt
Expat Financial Has Released an International Health Insurance Buying Guide for Expatriates
A new international health insurance buyers guide has been released for expatriates and global citizens who require information on buying global health care while living abroad. The global medical insurance guidebook is a valuable resource for expats. - July 04, 2020 - Expat Financial
AM Best Upgrades Ratings of Farmers Insurance Company of Flemington
Farmers Insurance Company of Flemington announced today that its Financial Strength Rating (FSR) has been upgraded to A- (Excellent) by AM Best Rating Services, the world's oldest and most authoritative insurance rating and information source. The company’s Issuer Credit Rating (ICR) was also... - July 02, 2020 - Farmers Insurance Company of Flemington
Experienced Public Adjusters Sets Out to Change Industry with New Franchise Launch
Experienced Public Adjusters revamps residential and commercial segments of insurance claims industry through franchise expansion. - June 30, 2020 - Experienced Public Adjusters
BJC HealthCare Now Offering Award-Winning Enrich Financial Wellness Program to Employees
BJC HealthCare, one of the largest nonprofit healthcare organizations in the U.S., is offering personalized financial wellness education from Enrich to its 31,000 employees. - June 25, 2020 - iGrad
Hornbeam Insurance Welcomes Julie Messer
Hornbeam Insurance welcomes Julie Messer, a leader in the warranty industry, to the executive team. Hornbeam, headquartered in Louisville, underwrites warranty programs throughout the United States. It's affiliated with American Life, which was founded in 1906, and is a holding of Hardscuffle, Inc. - June 20, 2020 - Ironwood Warranty Group
Steadfast Launches Time Synchronization Service to Assist Trading Broker-Dealer and Firm Compliance with SEC Rule 613 CAT NMS
Steadfast, a cloud and managed infrastructure company with more than 20 years of hosting financial service organizations, has launched a new time-synchronization-as-a-service (TSaaS) that provides the infrastructure, software, and GPS/GNSS antenna systems to perform accurate timestamping in... - June 16, 2020 - Steadfast
Medicare Supplement Insurance 2020 Rates Vary Significantly Reports Association
A female turning age 65 in Chicago could pay $91.78 monthly for Medicare Supplement insurance. If she lived in Manhattan (NY) she could pay as much as $476.04 monthly according to the 2020 Medicare Supplement Insurance Price Index released today by the American Association for Medicare Supplement... - June 13, 2020 - American Association for Medicare Supplement Insurance
MAS Advisors, LLC Acquires Insurance Agency, Synergy Life Brokerage Group
MAS Advisors, LLC, a Miami based investment advisory firm, through its Principal and Managing Member, Ricardo R. Calderon, has acquired Synergy Life Brokerage Group, LLC. Its founder, Robert Stuchiner, will continue to provide his guidance and expertise as the agency continues to grow. - June 04, 2020 - MAS Advisors, LLC
Jerome Sawick Named Account Manager at RT Specialty
Jerome (J.J.) Sawick has been named an account manager within RT Specialty, LLC’s Environmental and Construction Professional (RT ECP) Practice. He is responsible for supporting the production efforts of our teams working in the Northeastern US. “J.J. joined our company after spending... - June 03, 2020 - R-T Specialty, LLC's Environmental & Construction Professional Practice
Priority First Insurance & Investments Owner Earns Elite Certificate
Brad Binkley Completes Chartered Private Risk and Insurance Advisor (CPRIA) Program - June 03, 2020 - Valley Insurance Agency Alliance
COVID-19 is Causing a Worldwide Surge in the Purchase of Retail Life Insurance Products
As the CoVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the world, consumer behaviour around life insurance cover is changing fast, in part due to dealing with an uncertain future. The availability of online no-touch products clearly provides a solution to a very real need in a time such as we are seeing with COVID-19. South African insurtech, Simply Financial Services, has seen more than 40% growth in sale of no-touch life insurance since February 2020. - June 03, 2020 - Simply Financial Services
Simply and Payspace Achieve an Insurtech First for Small Business
Around 2 years ago, Simply launched Group Cover, a digital group life product for SMEs. For the first time small- and medium-sized businesses could buy life, disability and funeral cover online, or via a call centre, in a matter of minutes. The product is simple and easy to understand, the sign-up... - June 01, 2020 - Simply Financial Services
Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance Welcomes Skyline Risk Management
The newest MIAA agency serves northwestern Missouri. - May 30, 2020 - Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance
AK Insurance Joins SAN Group
New Westbrook, Maine insurance agency offering full line of insurance products. - May 30, 2020 - SAN Group