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Robin Swartz
By staff WriterRobin Swartz, left, has joined URL Financial Group as Medicare department specialist. She has over 12 years of health insurance experience, three of which are in the Medicare field. Swartz comes to URL from HealthAmerica, where she was the
April 28, 2008
Diversified Chooses Data Analysis VendorDiversified Group Brokerage Corp. will be offering group health plan clients technology services from Benefit Informatics Inc.DGB, Marlborough, Conn., administers health plans for companies and ...
April 28, 2008
Penn Treaty In Sales Agreements With 2 FirmsPenn Treaty American Corp. has entered into agreements with 2 independent financial advisory firms to sell its long term care insurance policies.The agreement with Milkie/Ferguson ...
April 27, 2008
Industry Hails Genetic Nondiscrimination BillInsurance industry groups are hailing genetic nondiscrimination legislation that the Senate passed April 24 by a 95 to 0 vote.The legislation, known as the Genetic ...
April 27, 2008
Banks' Insurance Income Flat In '07Insurance revenue among bank holding companies increased only slightly last year over 2006, a study of federal data shows.BHCs recorded sales revenue of $43.7 billion ...
April 27, 2008
GAO: Administration Overstepped Authority On SCHIP LimitationsMembers of the Senate Finance Committee were celebrating a legal opinion by the Government Accountability Office declaring a letter from the Centers for Medicare and ...
April 27, 2008
Industry Hails Genetic Nondiscrimination BillInsurance industry groups are hailing genetic nondiscrimination legislation that the Senate passed April 24 by a 95 to 0 vote.The legislation, known as the Genetic ...
April 27, 2008
Supremes Seem Torn Over DI Conflict-Of-Interest CaseSupreme Court justices on April 23 appeared torn about the advice they would give lower courts in evaluating conflicts of interest in disability cases where ...