PFT Statement on School Employee Layoffs Ted Kirsch, president Jerry T. Jordan, vice president.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- PFT vice president Jerry T. Jordan called the school district "the Grinch who stole Christmas" today as district officials notified more than 64 PFT members that they are being laid off or demoted. "It is unconscionable that the district is laying off...

Insurance and financial products exclusively for MTNA members. (Association News).
MTNA now offers its members insurance and financial products in conjunction with Robert H. Clarkson Insurance Agency and Financial Services, Inc. (RHC) and Raymond James Financial Services. With each elective option, subscribers receive the benefit of protection in case of accident or illness, injury of a student...

Insurance and financial benefits for members. (Association News).
Optimum insurance coverage and financial products are now available exclusively to MTNA members through Robert H. Clarkson Insurance Agency and Financial Services, Inc. (RHC) and Raymond James Financial Services. With each elective option, subscribers receive the benefit of protection in case of accident or illness, injury of...

Insurance and financial products exclusively for MTNA members. (National Association News).
MTNA now offers its members insurance and financial products in conjunction with Robert H. Clarkson Insurance Agency and Financial Services, Inc. (RHC) and Raymond James Financial Services. With each elective option, subscribers receive the benefit of protection in case of accident or illness, injury of a student...

Jackson Hewitt's Weekly 'Tax Time Tip'.
This Week's Tip: Remember Medical Expense Deductions When Preparing a 2006 Tax Return PARSIPPANY, N.J., Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. , an industry leader providing full service individual federal and state income tax preparation, continues its weekly tax season series, "Jackson Hewitt Tax...

Health care providers.
When it comes to health care, consumers take issues to heart. Matters are always personal. Thus, payors and providers must tread lightly, whether they are dealing with medical malpractice, a physicians revolt, thinner profit margins, government reimbursements, the rising severity of claims, more competition, or a shortage of nurses....

Insurance and financial products exclusively for MTNA members. (National Association News).
Professional Liability Insurance Included MTNA is proud to offer its members new insurance and financial products in conjunction with Robert H. Clarkson Insurance Agency and Financial Services, Inc. (RHC) and Raymond James Financial Services. "MTNA is committed to its members' personal well-being in addition to...

Temp workers and benefits. (Benefits).
Demographers call them the working poor, but employers know them as just another class of line employees: seasonal or temporary employees, beginning service or industrial hourly workers, retail stock or sales employees. Some of these workers may have medical coverage with former employers, but lost their insurance...

WellPoint Offers New Benefit to Members, Expands Treatment Cost Advisor(SM) to Include Dental Category.
Enhanced Online, Consumer-Driven Tool Increases Cost Transparency, Allows Members to Make Better Dental Care Choices INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WellPoint, Inc. today announced the availability of an enhanced version of the Treatment Cost Advisor(SM), powered by Subimo, an innovative online cost-comparison tool that now offers dental...

Health savings accounts' buzz.
If you can't afford to give your employees more expensive benefits, at least give them more opportunity to buy the benefits they want. That's been the pitch of the agents, brokers and insurers that sell voluntary benefits. In an era of rising health costs, increasing workforce diversity and varying...