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Seth J. Baum
By Staff WriterSeth J. Baum, MD, FACC, FAHA, has joined Life Insurance Concepts as chief medical officer. Prior to joining LIC, Baum served as adjunct professor at Florida Atlantic University and medical director of the Mind/Body Medical Institute at Beth Israel
August 19, 2008
Game Maps Out Path To CollegeJohn Hancock is trying to get parents interested in 529 college savings funds by entertaining the parents' children.Hancock, Boston, a unit of Manulife Financial Corp., ...
August 19, 2008
Outgoing Ala. Commissioner Heads To Swiss ReSwiss Reinsurance Company is bringing in Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell to run Swiss Re America Holding Corp.Bell, a former president of the National Association ...
August 18, 2008
VA Contract Offers Short MenuTransamerica Life Insurance Company has introduced the Transamerica Principium II variable annuity contract.The new VA contract holds costs down by offering most of the usual ...
August 18, 2008
Iowa Scraps Rebating GuidanceHawkeye State insurance regulators are going to throw out their new anti-rebating rules and come up with new rules.The division has announced the decision in ...
August 15, 2008
Ten tips for surviving an auditDon't submit to an audit on the spot if it upsets essential client meetings. Don't try to anticipate what the auditor will focus on. Develop a compliance manual for your practice. Don't apply logic to SEC requirements. Assig
August 15, 2008
Software Firms Form AllianceWLT Software of Florida Inc. has agreed to market health plan cost management tools from Premier Healthcare Exchange Inc.WLT Software, Clearwater, Fla., sells claims administration ...
August 15, 2008
Principal Publishes Professional AidsAn insurer has come out with a pair of publications for financial professionals.Principal Financial Group Inc., Des Moines, Iowa, says it has developed a beneficiary ...