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Insurance Industry News, including Long Term Care Insurance (LTCi)

Insurance

Insurance
Insurance Industry News, including Long Term Care Insurance (LTCi)

Liazon Bright Choices Private Exchange delivers convenience, choice and savings for EPIC Insurance Clients

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC) announced today that its Employee Benefits Practice has launched a strategic partnership offering employers a new way to manage benefit program costs while expanding flexibility, choice and value for their employees.

California's Fastest Growing Insurance Broker, Edgewood Partners Insurance Center, Moves into Larger Fresno Offices

FRESNO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- First opening the doors of a Fresno office in July of 2012, California's fastest growing insurance brokerage is already expanding to meet local demand. Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage that started with just two principals, has since added four more brokers specializing in property and casualty and employee benefits, as well as claims advocacy, account management and client service positions.

Federal and State Tax Incentives Can Make Long-Term Care Insurance More Attractive

KIRKLAND, Wash. /eNewsChannels/ -- Tax time may be a good time to move your decision about long-term care insurance to the front burner, because the premiums of many policyholders may be subsidized by tax deductions or credits. So says Denise Gott, National Sales Manager of LTC Financial Partners, LLC (LTCFP), one of America's most experienced long-term care insurance agencies.

Derek Thomas joins EPIC Insurance as Chief Strategy Officer in California

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has added Derek Thomas as Chief Strategy Officer and Managing Principal. Thomas brings to EPIC 25+ years of progressive experience and leadership within insurance brokerage firms, Internet and e-commerce companies, as well as the non-profit sector.

Risk and Insurance magazine honors Mike McMullen for outstanding solutions and service in alternative energy sector

IRVINE, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- PowerGuard Specialty Insurance Services announced today that Risk and Insurance Magazine has recognized managing principal Mike McMullen as one of 2013's alternative energy 'Power Brokers.' McMullen was chosen as a 'Power Broker' for his groundbreaking presentation of risk to the alternative energy market.

George Descalso joins Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC) in San Mateo, Calif.

SAN MATEO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has added George Descalso as a property and casualty insurance producer and principal in its San Mateo office. A San Francisco Bay Area native, Descalso's insurance career spans 30 years.

American Brokerage Consultants acquired by financial services marketing firm Truebridge Inc

BOSTON, Mass. /eNewsChannels/ -- Truebridge, Inc., a Boston-based financial services marketing firm for banks and credit unions, has acquired American Brokerage Consultants of St. Petersburg, Fla. The announcement was made today by Stewart Rose, CEO of Truebridge.

LTC Financial Partners is expanding aggressively into the worksite market by forming alliances with employee benefit brokers

KIRKLAND, Wash. /eNewsChannels/ -- Until recently, long-term care (LTC) financing has been offered to Americans primarily in the home; and the means of financing has been limited to LTC insurance, for the most part. That's no longer so with LTC Financial Partners, LLC (LTCFP), one of America's largest and most experienced LTCi agencies.

Arkansas Mutual Insurance Company, a medical malpractice carrier for physicians donates $15,000 to the Impaired Physician Program

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. /eNewsChannels/ -- The Arkansas Mutual Insurance Company, a medical malpractice insurance carrier for Arkansas physicians, recently donated $15,000 to the Impaired Physician Program administered by the Arkansas Medical Foundation. This is the third annual donation by Arkansas Mutual Insurance Company to this critical support program for physicians in Arkansas.

Jennifer Haley joins Edgewood Partners Insurance Center

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, announces the addition of Jennifer Haley as an employee benefits consultant in its Northern California Employee Benefits Division. Haley brings twelve years of experience in the delivery of employee benefits solutions.

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