WUSF salutes Alltrust Insurance.
WUSF Public Broadcasting applauds Alltrust Insurance for its commitment to public broadcasting. An independent insurance agency specializing in group health insurance and all other employee benefits, Alltrust has built a reputation as one of Florida's premier benefit brokers, providing unrivaled service, products, pricing, and value-added resources to...

The role of product design in consumers' choices in the individual insurance market.
The growing numbers of uninsured and rising health care costs continue to plague health policy makers. Among solutions to this problem are policies to make health insurance more affordable for those who lack group health insurance and policies to promote new health insurance products that place greater financial responsibility...

Health plans' claims for reimbursement from personal injury recovery: recent ERISA rulings, unanswered questions: healthcare plan reimbursement has been a contentious issue for plaintiffs' personal injury lawyers and plan counsel alike. The United States Supreme Court's recent Sereboff decision answered some questions, but others remain.
Generally, health insurance (or self-funded benefits) provided by an employer or an employee organization to the employees and their dependents is governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), 29 USC section 1001 et seq. Individual health insurance policies, group health insurance policies that are not employment related,...

eHealth and NFIB Offer New SMB HSA Platform.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-14 June 2008-eHealth and NFIB Offer New SMB HSA Platform(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com eHealth, parent company of eHealthInsurance, and the National Federation of Independent Business announced the release of eHealth's BusinessHSA, an online health insurance platform for small businesses. The announcement...

BEN-E-LECT Buys AHA's Advantage PLUS Plans.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-25 June 2008-BEN-E-LECT Buys AHA's Advantage PLUS Plans(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com BEN-E-LECT announced the acquisition of Affiliate Healthcare Administrators' (AHA) Advantage PLUS plans, which provide medical, dental and vision benefits for employer groups throughout California and several other states including Arizona and Louisiana....

Business background cited as council qualifier.
Byline: Elaine Thompson COLUMN: POLITICAL CANDIDATE SHREWSBURY - Christopher P. Rutigliano Sr. says that as a small-business owner with a business management degree, he has the expertise and skill set to be an effective leader and decision maker. The 45-year-old Teaneck, N.J., native...

Small businesses can now get large group insurance rates; Worcester Small Business Service Bureau helps employers, workers find right coverage.
Byline: Geraldine A. Collier Mark owns a Worcester hairstyling salon. He and one full-time stylist, Steve, cut, color and curl the hair of a steady stream of customers - mostly female. Both Mark and Steve have health insurance coverage, which is paid for by the...

For All of These Rights: Business, Labor, and the Shaping of America's Private-Public Welfare State.
For All of These Rights: Business, Labor, and the Shaping of America's Private-Public Welfare State By Jennifer Klein Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2006. Pp. xi, 354. $22.95 paperback. In For All of These Rights, Jennifer Klein offers an informative narrative of the rise of private pensions,...

Appraisal Institute insurance ... what's in it for me?
BEING A PART OF THE APPRAISAL INSTITUTE BRINGS A WEALTH OF BENEFITS AND ACCESS TO IMPORTANT "MEMBERS ONLY" PROGRAMS FROM THE REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS GROUP INSURANCE TRUST, better known as REAGIT. the host of valuable insurance protection plans are designed exclusively to meet member needs; in addition, REAGIT has...

Employers Reminded of Responsibilities to Reservists. (Short Takes News at Deadline).
As members of America's military reserves are called to active duty, employers around America are being reminded of their obligation to continue to provide group health insurance for those servicemen and women and their families serving our nation. Under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act...