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Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. Opens New Office with New Regional Manager
Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. (AUI) announced the opening of a new satellite office in Richardson, TX, in which new hire, Terry Holley, will be the Regional Manager. Holley comes to AUI with over 25 years in the insurance industry, with former roles including Senior Vice President, and Director... - October 15, 2020 - Appalachian Underwriters, Inc.
Private Placement Markets Commits to Staying in California
Steve Muehler today announced that the Private Placement Markets is committed to not only staying in California, but to expanding its Southern California Operations in 2021. - October 15, 2020 - Steve Muehler
MIAA Members in Nebraska Receive Travelers S.T.A.R. Awards
Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance (MIAA) is pleased to announce one of its member agencies and member agents were recently recognized by Travelers Insurance for the Travelers Personal Insurance Nebraska market. One Way Insurance, located in Bellevue, Nebraska has been selected as the agency winner... - October 14, 2020 - Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance
Dynamic Implements Crucial Updates Needed for the MAPD Program Software Changes for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) October 2020 Software Release
The CMS October 2020 software release announcement on August 25, included changes effective for AEP 2021. - October 14, 2020 - Dynamic Healthcare Systems
MIAA Awards Top-Performing Member Agencies for 2019
Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance delivered checks last week to the top five performing member agencies of 2019. With a total payout of $20,000 the checks were hand delivered by MIAA’s three agency development field specialists responsible for working with members to facilitate premium and... - October 13, 2020 - Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance
Evon Medics, LLC Has Been Awarded $1.7 Million Grant for the Evaluation of Its Medical Device for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
Small business, Evon Medics, LLC today announced that it has been awarded a non-dilutive grant of $1.7 million for its Phase II SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) clinical trials for the development and evaluation of its non-invasive Chemosensory-Based Orbitofrontal Cortex Training (CBOT)... - October 11, 2020 - Evon Medics, LLC
Natalie Greenberg Joins MJW Investments as COO
MJW Investments (MJW) announced today that Natalie Greenberg will join the firm as Chief Operating Officer (COO). In this newly created role, Greenberg will be directly involved in the formulation and execution of company strategy. In addition, she will oversee the functions of Acquisitions, Asset... - October 11, 2020 - MJW Investments
Stansberry Asset Management and Domicilium Launch Second Real Estate Fund
New fund seeks to capitalize on growth trends in Southeast markets. - October 11, 2020 - Stansberry Asset Management
Medicare Annual Enrollment Begins Next Week; No Extensions Offered
Medicare’s annual open enrollment period begins October 15 and, given the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Association for Medicare Supplement Insurance is urging seniors to review early to ensure they get a 2021 plan that best suits their health care needs. Each year, Medicare health and... - October 11, 2020 - American Association for Medicare Supplement Insurance
Justice Tax, LLC Enforces Ethics and Accountability Through NAEA Membership
The NAEA (National Association of Enrolled Agents) is a membership-based organization that emphasizes ethics and accountability in the Enrolled Agents community. The NAEA expects all of their members to abide by a strict code of conduct in their business dealings, and to provide the best client... - October 10, 2020 - Justice Tax, LLC
POWERS Insurance & Risk Management Hires Personal Lines Sales Marketer
Julia Gonzalez to manage the marketing efforts for the agency's personal insurance clientele. - October 09, 2020 - POWERS Insurance & Risk Management
Inszone Insurance Services Acquires McDowall and Keeney Insurance Associates
Agency Becomes Inszone’s Tenth Acquisition in California - October 09, 2020 - Inszone Insurance
FitzMark Acquires Mannings Truck Brokerage from OIG
FitzMark, a leading technology-enabled third party logistics solutions company, announced it has acquired Manning’s Truck Brokerage, a portfolio company of private equity firm Optimal Investment Group (“OIG”). Manning’s, a 50-year-old freight brokerage based in Omaha, NE, built a best-in-class reputation with midwest shippers and carriers alike in the food and agriscience spaces. - October 08, 2020 - Optimal Investment Group
PSI Lending Announces Company Wide Expansion
PSI Lending Expands Company Wide; Expansion on top of record growth during COVID-19 pandemic. - October 08, 2020 - Homecision
Softline and Huawei Sign a Cooperation Agreement
Softline and Huawei sign a cooperation agreement to strengthen their partnership. - October 08, 2020 - Softline Group
Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. Promotes Three Marketing Employees to Representatives
Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. (AUI) is proud to announce that three in-house Marketing Team members have been promoted to Marketing Representatives. All will work from the Oak Ridge, TN headquarters to service agents in their specific territories. Dakota Stiles will be servicing the Delta area,... - October 08, 2020 - Appalachian Underwriters, Inc.
Greenwald Research Teams Up with Medicare Supplement Insurance Association for National Study
A leading independent research company is working with the American Association for Medicare Supplement Insurance on a national survey of agents and brokers who market Medicare insurance plans. "We were pleased to have been asked by Greenwald Research to provide insight and input on a very... - October 08, 2020 - American Association for Medicare Supplement Insurance
Easy Microfinance Announces Flexible Payment Solutions and Supports Institutions on the Front Lines
Easy Microfinance, a leading Myanmar microfinance institution backed by Meridian Capital Limited and Delta Capital, has announced donations to support COVID-19 relief efforts in Myanmar and a roll out of a digital repayment channel through Ongo, the leading digital payment service provider in... - October 08, 2020 - Easy Microfinance
TIS Strengthens Positioning in Benelux via Extended Partnership with Orchard Finance
Both companies see huge opportunities with continuous growth in the BENELUX region. - October 08, 2020 - Treasury Intelligence Solutions GmbH
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
Glint Advertising Enhances Team
Glint Advertising hires and promotes problem solvers who are as unique as their agency. Their leadership team requires a background of past business ownership or leadership. Those requirements are the only way to ensure the right perspective around business challenges, stresses, and the rewards that come from success. Glint is proud to announce the promotion of Ryan Noel to Vice President and the newest addition to the team, Jamie Mendoza, as Account Director. - October 07, 2020 - Glint Advertising
Expanco Celebrates 40 Years and Amplifies New Brand
Expanco, Inc. is proud to announce its change to Amplify. For 40 years, the local non-profit has created opportunities for adults with disabilities, known as clients, through secure document destruction, packaging, and fulfillment. To celebrate this milestone and further their commitment to both... - October 07, 2020 - Glint Advertising
Private Placement Launched Its "JV Bridge to NYSE-MKT & NASDAQ IPO" VC Fund Today
Steve Muehler today announced that the Private Placement Markets has launched its “JV Bridge to NYSE-MKT & NASDAQ” VC Fund today. - October 07, 2020 - Steve Muehler
Jetico Announces Commitment to Global Efforts Supporting Online Safety and Privacy for Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Jetico today announced its commitment to Cybersecurity Awareness Month by signing up as a Champion and joining a growing global effort to promote the awareness of online safety and privacy. - October 06, 2020 - Jetico Inc.
Jewel Paymentech and Grab Partner to Provide Next-Level Anti-Fraud and Security Capabilities to Digital Banks
Jewel Paymentech today announced it is partnering with Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading super app to bring their combined anti-fraud technology to digital banking services. With banks now moving towards digitalisation of their services onto individual and corporate customer end devices, banks... - October 04, 2020 - Jewel Paymentech
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
Kentucky Housing Market Showing Early Signs of Cooling
Houses anticipated to stay on market for longer as fewer houses expected to sell above asking price. - October 04, 2020 - WAIN Street
Sales Boom September: Eltropy Signs 13 New Deals
Wins include Credit Unions of all sizes across the U.S. - October 03, 2020 - Eltropy
N.J. Military Software Vendor Releases Low Cost Alyssa's Law Solution for Schools
2019 Astors Platinum Winner. DIY kit for Alyssa Law Solution. Low Cost Solution. No onsite engineers required. Panic Buttons, Mobile APP, Text Messaging and 911 calling. - October 02, 2020 - Desktop Alert
NJ MED's 3rd Quarter Education Rankings - COVID-19 Battles Education 2020
Over a Billion Children are out of school around the world. When will they return? - October 02, 2020 - New Jersey Minority Educational Development
Consumers Seeking Medicare Insurance Agents Drives Association Web Traffic
Traffic to the American Association for Medicare Supplement Insurance website increased by 20 percent in September compared to the prior year. "The vast majority of the increased website traffic was consumers looking for local Medicare insurance agents," reports Jesse Slome, director of... - October 02, 2020 - American Association for Medicare Supplement Insurance
Cloud ActiveCloud is Ready to Store "Sensitive" Personal Data
ActiveCloud (part of Softline Group) has confirmed the compliance of its cloud infrastructure with the strict requirements of Russian legislation on protection of personal data for the 2nd level of security (UZ2), having successfully passed an independent audit and compliance assessment. - October 02, 2020 - Softline Group
CapStack Partners Expands Its Carolina Portfolio with Distressed Office Acquisition
The company’s capital markets division acted as the debt advisor for the purchase. - October 01, 2020 - CapStack Partners
CSH Awarded $1.4M from CDFI Fund
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) awarded $1.4M to CSH in the latest round of funding announced last week. CSH will use this new infusion of capital to increase and streamline the development of affordable housing with services... - October 01, 2020 - Corporation for Supportive Housing
Click & Pledge Releases Shoutout - a Donor Outreach Tool for Nonprofits
Shoutout is a new Click & Pledge feature created to bring donor outreach to the fingertips of non-profit leaders. - October 01, 2020 - Click & Pledge
Corporate Payment Provider TIS and Treasury Experts TIPCO Formalize Their Collaboration
TIS, a leading cloud-based platform for corporate payments, and TIPCO, a best-in-class treasury solutions provider announced today that they have formalized their long-standing cooperation through a strategic partnership agreement. Over the past years, TIS and TIPCO have built an impressive track-record of successfully providing market-leading solutions to European clients. - October 01, 2020 - Treasury Intelligence Solutions GmbH
RoboMarkets Named the “Most Trusted European Broker”
RoboMarkets has received the “Most Trusted European Broker” award at “Global Forex Awards 2020 – Retail.” - October 01, 2020 - RoboMarkets
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
Mountain View Advisors to Develop Digital Affordable Housing Underwriting Product to Expand Racial Equity in the Housing Market
Mountain View Advisors, LLC, a progressive “finnovation” consultancy in partnership with the Center for NYC Neighborhoods and Aegis, LLC, will develop a digital affordable housing underwriting platform to improve racial equity and expand home ownership with a grant received from the Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge sponsored by Enterprise Community Partners & Wells Fargo. - September 29, 2020 - Mountain View Advisors, LLC
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
Ambit Inc. Announces the Release of AmbitVPN’s Enduring Digital Privacy on Mac Desktop
As early as 2021, a technique known as Variational Quantum Factoring may enable quantum computers to begin decrypting everything on the internet. AmbitVPN is a new post quantum encryption VPN leveraging WireGuard. It's faster and more secure, protecting your privacy today and tomorrow. Even without this method, quantum computers will decrypt classically encrypted email clients, cloud solutions, and consumer/enterprise VPNs as soon as 2023. AmbitVPN prevents this coming quantum decryption crisis. - September 28, 2020 - Ambit Inc.
CMC Equities to Host Free Online Forex Trading Seminar October 3, 2020
Due to rapid growth in demand for trading information from private investors, CMC Equities will begin to host a series of online forex trading seminars. - September 28, 2020 - CMC Equities
Spencer Savings Bank Donates $7,000 to Habitat for Humanity to Help Build Communities and Fulfill Dreams of Home Ownership
Spencer Savings Bank is pleased to announce it has donated $7,000 to Habitat for Humanity to help build communities and fulfill dreams of home ownership in New Jersey. The donations were made to Paterson Habitat for Humanity as well as Habitat for Humanity in Morris, Bergen, Union and Essex... - September 28, 2020 - Spencer Savings Bank
Trellis Announces Affordable Housing Coming to Up-and-Coming Phoenix Neighborhood
Trellis@Colter is a new workforce housing community that is providing affordable housing near downtown Phoenix. Key Points: · Affordable housing community coming to Phoenix · Lease-to-own option available With the supply of affordable housing rapidly shrinking in and around the... - September 27, 2020 - Trellis
Spencer Savings Bank Welcomes Robert Vivo as Senior Vice President and Director of Retail Sales/Service
Spencer Savings Bank is pleased to welcome Robert Vivo as Senior Vice President and Director of Retail Sales/Service. Vivo will be responsible for leading and overseeing the Retail Financial Center Network, Retail Training and the Customer Service Center. A seasoned senior executive with thirty... - September 27, 2020 - Spencer Savings Bank
Modular Elevator Manufacturing Adds Staff for Growing Demand
As the the market share continues to grow, nationwide Modular Elevator Manufacturing adds staff to increase capacity. Recently the factory doubled in size and now staffing is needed to keep pace. - September 27, 2020 - Modular Elevator Manufacturing
Private Placement Markets to Take on Bigger Role in Private Airport Projects
Steve Muehler today announced that Private Placement Markets Private Money Division will be taking on a Much Bigger Role in the Financing of Private Airports Nationwide. - September 27, 2020 - Steve Muehler
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
Long-Term Care Insurance Association Applauds Biden Incentive Proposal
The American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance (AALTCI) has announced it applauds and supports the increased tax incentives proposed by Presidential candidate Joe Biden. "America has no plan to help individuals deal with the very real and very costly need for long-term care... - September 26, 2020 - American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance
Redeemable Tax Deed Investing Workshop with The Tax Lien Lady on October 18, 2020
During this 2-hour virtual live workshop, you’ll discover what makes redeemable tax deeds different from tax liens or tax deeds. And how the COVID-19 shut down has affected some of the redeemable deed sales this year. - September 26, 2020 - TaxLienLady.com