Spot predators before they risk your career.
PROFESSIONAL APPRAISERS TREASURE THEIR RELATIONSHIPS with reputable lenders who serve clients responsibly over the years. These lenders work with creditworthy consumers in financing a new home purchase, refinancing, or home equity loans from a creditworthy position and such lenders enjoy a solid reputation in the real estate community. Their...

The Appraisal Institute announces new member benefits.
AS THE LARGEST PUBLISHER of valuation-related textbooks in the world and provider of one of the most extensive education networks available, the Appraisal Institute continues to offer its membership discounted rates on all of its premier offerings. In addition to its own products and services, the Appraisal Institute is...

Discussion forum for kitchen & bath professionals.
Have a question and looking for feedback from industry peers? This month KBDN listens in on dialogue between industry professionals as excerpted from the KitchenBathPros.com online Design Discussion Forum. CLIENTS WITHOUT DESIGN APPOINTMENTS QUESTION I am a kitchen/bath designer for a firm that...

EXECUTIVE MOVES.
Ronald A. Rice was elected president of risk management and benefits of RPM Inc., a company in Medina, Ohio, that manufacturers specialty coatings, including roofing systems, sealants, corrosion control coatings, floor coatings, and specialty chemicals. He first joined the company in 1995 and also holds the position of assistant...

Managed care medical directors under fire. (Managed Care on Trial).
In south Florida, an aggressively economizing regional medical director ordered his minions to 'weed out the peds" from the medical case management program offered to members of HMOs operated by Humana Health Insurance Company of Florida. Nine-year-old Caitlin Chipps was one of 100 children with "chronic static conditions--she has...

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....

Billing insurance.
Cunningham Group has launched a new type of insurance plan that protects medical practices, hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare providers that bill Medicare and Medicaid. The new plan, MediKey [SM], takes the guesswork out of coding and protects earnings with special low-cost Billing Errors and Omissions (E&O) insurance, available...

Darwin to Announce Fourth Quarter and Year-end 2006 Financial Results.
FARMINGTON, Conn., Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. (Darwin) today announced that it will release its fourth quarter and year-end 2006 financial results following the close of trading on Tuesday, February 27, 2007. The quarterly conference call to discuss fourth quarter and year-end 2006 financial results will...

Power brokers: entertainment-media.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Joe Addison CEO Aon Atlanta At the ripe young age of 40, Joe Addison last year was named CEO of Aon Entertainment Group. In his new role, Atlanta-based Addison handles all his previous responsibilities as managing director...

Advanced Tech Cover.
Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. is now offering a new insurance product, Innovator, that is designed to give emerging technology companies coverage for property limits, errors and omissions, and worldwide insurance protection in one package. Some of the policy features are: an automatic blanket limit that includes specialized business...