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Mutual of Omaha Bank has started a Houston-based energy lending group to court players in the oil and gas industry.

The bank, an affiliate of Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company, Omaha, Neb., has hired George McKean to be the manager of energy lending and Edward Fenk to be senior energy lender.

McKean previously was a managing director in the Houston office of CIT Group Inc. and the founder of the energy lending group in that office. He has a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree in business from Columbia University.

Fenk previously was a vice president on the corporate banking energy team in the Houston office of Allied Irish Bank. He has a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from the University of Florida and a law degree from Texas Wesleyan University. He holds the Licensed Professional Geologist designation in Texas and also holds the Certified Petroleum Geologist professional designation.

McKean and Fenk will start out focusing on financing exploration and production and midstream projects, Mutual of Omaha says.

Mutual of Omaha has a total of $26 billion in assets, and its bank has about $5 billion in assets.

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- Medica Health Plans, Minnetonka, Minn., has started selling individual and family health insurance products in Wisconsin.