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Social Security Disability Insurance Recipients To Get Extra $250 By Summer

By ⋅ February 27, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Allsup explains one-time $250 bonus coming from $787 billion national stimulus package
Belleville, Ill – Social Security Disability Insurance recipients can look forward to receiving a one-time $250 bonus payment by early summer, according to Allsup, which represents tens of thousands of people in the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) process each year. The American Recovery [...]

New NRMA Insurance Research Shows Generation X Biggest Talkers behind the Wheel

By ⋅ February 27, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

New research from NRMA Insurance has revealed Generation X are the biggest talkers behind the wheel, with more than half (52 per cent) admitting to using their mobiles while driving.
Sydney, NSW (PRWEB) February 26, 2009 — New car insurance research from NRMA Insurance has revealed Generation X are the biggest talkers behind the wheel, with [...]

Shop To Earn Online Shopping Portals Offer Grocery and Health Insurance

By ⋅ February 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

(msnbc) - Online shopping with a twist — cash back on all purchases. The built-in discount, online shopping business, Shop To Earn, announces the addition of two new retailers, an array of health insurance services and online grocery shopping.
“We announced these two new retailers at the leadership summit training in Fort Lauderdale last month,” [...]

Cassidy: Congress, Obama missed key opportunity to reform health care

By ⋅ February 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

(Mercury News) - They had a chance and they didn’t take it.
The $787 billion stimulus package President Barack Obama signed last week gave Congress and the administration the chance to take a small step toward rebuilding a health care system that is illogical, inefficient and inhumane.
Instead, Republicans cried socialism, Democrats buckled and Obama surrendered.
Staying healthy [...]

AIG Gets Bids For Life Insurance Unit: Report

By ⋅ February 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

(The Street) -American International Group (AIG Quote - Cramer on AIG - Stock Picks) received bids from MetLife(MET Quote - Cramer on MET - Stock Picks) and Axa SA for a life-insurance unit spanning more than 50 countries, a sale that could mark the biggest step yet in the firm’s dismantling, Bloomberg reports, citing people [...]

Insurance Claim Contractor Marketing Solutions Company Gaining Ground

By ⋅ February 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Online marketing solutions provider, Insurance Claim Contractor Group LLC is gaining momentum early in 2009 by offering discounted marketing packages, as a result of today’s economic uncertainty
Plantsville, CT (PRWEB) February 25, 2009 — Insurance Claim Contractor Group (ICC) is listening to its clients by designing heavily discounted marketing solutions which provide increased online visibility while [...]

Can Incentives Help Lower Employee Health Care Costs and Improve Performance? The Answer is Absolutely YES…If the Right System is in Place

By ⋅ February 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

ConvergenceHealth is pleased to announce the release of their proprietary Incentive Manager Software. This program takes managing wellness incentives to a whole new level of flexibility and ease. And that means implementing wellness programs that do what they’re supposed to do - create healthy employees while saving on healthcare costs.
Incline Village, NV (PRWEB) February 25, [...]

Prudential Enhances Popular Annuity Optional Benefits

By ⋅ February 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Improved guarantees, lower issue age, and more opportunities to lock in the highest daily values make Highest Daily Lifetime 7 PlusSM among the most flexible benefits available
Newark, NJ (PRWEB) February 25, 2009 — Prudential Annuities this week expanded the availability and boosted the minimum income guarantees of its most popular suite of options available with [...]

ING Says Patrick Flynn to Take Over as Finance Chief

By ⋅ February 25, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

(Bloomberg) — ING Groep NV, the biggest Dutch financial-services company, hired Patrick Flynn from HSBC Holdings Plc to succeed John Hele as chief financial officer.
Flynn, finance chief at HSBC’s insurance unit, will replace Hele, 50, who said in October he would leave to become CFO of Bermuda-based reinsurer Arch Capital Group Ltd. Flynn, 48, will [...]

Insurance plans punish doctors, patients

By ⋅ February 25, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

(courier-journal) - Kentucky has a shortage of doctors. Unfortunately, local health insurance companies want to profit from this crisis.
New health insurance plans are being sold to Louisville businesses as high-performance or high-quality plans. However, many patients in these plans are finding they can no longer see their doctors. Without warning, first-rate doctors are pulled from [...]

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