S.C. BlueCross Foundation Awards More Than $1.5 Million in Grants
July 1, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – The BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation has approved grant applications totaling $1,525,924 for health-related programs in South Carolina. The grants are for periods of one to three…
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Employees Concerned About Changes in Insurance Coverage and Their Ability to Pay
June 25, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – June 25, 2009 – Eight out of 10 employees are concerned about changes their employers have made to their insurance coverage in the past year and how…
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Don't Get Taken for a Joy Ride: Know the Four Steps to Keep Safe if Your Car Breaks Down
June 22, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – June 22, 2009 – With summer temperatures hitting the South, drivers are anxious to get to the beach, park, or off to their vacation destination spot. We…
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Community Bank Services will Partner with KeenanSuggs
June 19, 2009RALEIGH, NC – June 19, 2009 – Community Bank Services (CBS), the largest insurance agency in North Carolina concentrating on risk management and insurance coverages for the banking industry, has…
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Golf Cart Insurance a Hole-In-One for Proper Coverage : Allstate Reminds Golfers to Play it Safe This Summer
June 17, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – June 17, 2009 – According to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, golf cart-related injuries rose more than 130 percent from 1990 until 2006. With more golf…
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Pool Safety Tips From Allstate
June 16, 2009FACT: Drowning is the second-leading cause of accidental death among children ages 1 to 14. FACT: A child can drown in as little as one inch of water, and drowning…
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Agent Patrick Cunningham Earns Personal Financial Rep Status
June 12, 2009IRMO, SC – June 12, 2009 – Patrick Cunningham is among an elite group of Allstate insurance agents who recently earned the Personal Financial Representative title. Cunningham will now be…
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How I Spent My Summer Vacation…Make it a Happy Ending with Some Simple Safety Tips
June 12, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – June 12, 2009 – Summer is officially underway and if you’re planning on traveling in the next few weeks, you’ll have a lot of company. The Department…
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Allstate Recognizes Lexington County Area Entrepreneurs for Top Performance
June 10, 2009Local Allstate Agency Owners Highlighted for Customer Service and Business Results COLUMBIA, SC – June 10, 2009 – Allstate Insurance Company has recognized Allstate exclusive agency owners Laurie Grooms (Chapin)…
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S.C. BlueCross Makes Coverage Available for Thousands of South Carolina Graduates Lacking Health Insurance
June 4, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – June 4, 2009 – Employers will hire 22 percent fewer college graduates in 2009 than they did last year, according to the ational Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).…
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American Community Enters South Carolina Market With a New Affordable Health Insurance Option
June 4, 2009LIVONIA, Mich. – June 4, 2009 – American Community Mutual Insurance Company today announced that it has entered the South Carolina market with Community Flex(TM), a competitive health insurance product for…
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Executive Vice President of Southern Mutual Church Insurance Company Earns CPCU® Designation
June 4, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – June 4, 2009 – Southern Mutual Church Insurance Company is proud to announce that the American Institute of CPCU has awarded Executive Vice President Robert Bates the…
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American Community Enters South Carolina Market With a New Affordable Health Insurance Option
June 4, 2009LIVONIA, Mich. – June 4, 2009 – American Community Mutual Insurance Company today announced that it has entered the South Carolina market with Community Flex(TM), a competitive health insurance product for…
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S.C. BlueCross Makes Coverage Available for Thousands of South Carolina Graduates Lacking Health Insurance
June 3, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – June 1, 2009 – Employers will hire 22 percent fewer college graduates in 2009 than they did last year, according to the ational Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).…
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EagleEye Analytics Enters Services Agreement with Georgia Farm Bureau Insurance
May 31, 2009Georgia’s Largest Domestic Property and Casualty Insurance Company to Use EagleEye’s Suite of Predictive Analytics Solutions and Services COLUMBIA, SC – May 29, 2009 – EagleEye Analytics, a provider of world…
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Allstate Provides Safety Tips for ORVs
May 31, 2009What every ATV Rider Should Know Before they Go! COLUMBIA, SC – May 27, 2009 – With summer around the corner, many vacationing high school and middle school students will…
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S.C. BlueCross Foundation Grants $200,000 for Mental Health Services in Orangeburg County Schools
May 31, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – May 29, 2009 – The BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation today presented a $200,000 grant for mental health services to be started in Orangeburg County Consolidated…
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Allstate Recognizes Columbia Entrepreneurs for Top Performance
May 26, 2009Local Allstate Agency Owners Highlighted for Outstanding Customer Service and Business Results COLUMBIA, SC – May 14, 2009 – Allstate Insurance Company has recognized Allstate exclusive agency owners C-Anne Able…
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Allstate Recognizes Columbia Area Entrepreneurs for Top Performance
May 26, 2009Local Allstate Agency Owners Highlighted for Customer Service and Business Results COLUMBIA, SC – May 26, 2009 – Allstate Insurance Company has recognized Allstate exclusive agency owners C-Anne Able (both…
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KeenanSuggs BowersElkins Welcomes Justin Sykes
May 18, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – May 18, 2009 – Justin Sykes has joined Keenan & Suggs, Inc.’s employee benefits subsidiary, KeenanSuggs BowersElkins, as an employee benefits insurance broker. Justin is a graduate…
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BlueChoice HealthPlan Adds Coverage for Young Adults and New Plans for Small Businesses
May 5, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – May 5, 2009 – Effective now, BlueChoice® HealthPlan of South Carolina has expanded its health plans available to individuals as well as to small businesses. It added a…
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Allstate Foundation awards Patrick Cunningham Agency Hands in the Community Award
April 28, 2009IRMO, SC – April 28, 2009 – Patrick Cunningham of Irmo was awarded the Agency Hands in the Community Award for his commitment to volunteering in the community. With this…
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The Allstate Foundation awards Brad Grooms Agency Hands in the Community Award
April 17, 2009CHAPIN, SC – April 17, 2009 – Brad Grooms was awarded the Agency Hands in the Community Award for his commitment to volunteering in the community. With this award comes…
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S.C. BlueCross Foundation to Grant $1.4 Million to Support First Time Mothers in Low Country
April 13, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – April 13, 2009 – The BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation will present a grant of $1,455,238 to implement the Nurse-Family Partnership program in Charleston, Dorchester and…
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S.C. BlueCross Members Save $32 Million By Switching to Generics
April 10, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – April 10, 2009 – The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association announced today that Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies and its members collectively are saving billions…
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Benefits Communication Drives Bottom Line for Business
April 9, 2009Research shows employers, employees find strong communication critical to benefits program effectiveness COLUMBIA, SC – April 9, 2009 – A strong benefits communication plan can lead to greater employee satisfaction…
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Cutler & Associates Releases New Forever Remembered Insurance Policy
April 9, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – April 9, 2009 – Shep Cutler, president and founder of Cutler & Associates, Inc. announced today the introduction of a unique new life insurance policy, Forever Remembered.…
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Companion Benefit Alternatives Awarded Silver Honors for Best Practices in Health Plans and Health Networks by URAC
April 7, 2009Flexible Depression Management Program Employs Telephone Contact in Treatment COLUMBIA, SC – April 6, 2009 – Companion Benefit Alternatives, Inc. (CBA) was awarded Silver Honors for Health Plans and Health…
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Companion Benefit Alternatives Awarded Silver Honors for Best Practices in Health Plans and Health Networks by URAC
April 6, 2009Flexible Depression Management Program Employs Telephone Contact in Treatment COLUMBIA, SC – April 6, 2009 – Companion Benefit Alternatives, Inc. (CBA) was awarded Silver Honors for Health Plans and Health…
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Allstate Looking to Grow Agency Force in South Carolina
April 5, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – April 3, 2009 – Downsizing decisions by companies across South Carolina mean opportunities for Allstate Insurance Company’s agency growth strategy in the state. Allstate has launched an aggressive…
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Johnson Named South Carolina Allstate Agency of Year
April 1, 2009FORT MILL, SC – March 31, 2009 – The Larry Johnson Agency of Fort Mill has been recognized by Allstate Insurance Company as the South Carolina Agency of the Year…
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Local Allstate Representative, Erik Rutherford, Named Rookie of Year
April 1, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – April 1, 2009 – The Erik Rutherford Agency has been recognized by Allstate Insurance Company as the Rookie of the Year for South Carolina. Each year Allstate picks…
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Companion Global Healthcare Clients May Choose Brazil for JCI-Accredited Care
March 31, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 30, 2009 – Medical travel facilitator Companion Global Healthcare Inc. announced today that it has accepted Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in Sao Paulo, Brazil, into its international network…
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Gold Compleat Lawyer Award
March 25, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 26, 2009 – Teri Callen Stomski, South Carolina Counsel for Investors Title Insurance Company, has been awarded the 2009 Gold Compleat Lawyer Award by the University of South…
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S.C. BlueCross Issues National Walk at Lunch Day Challenge to Employers
March 23, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 23, 2009 – BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina is challenging companies across the state to participate in the third annual National Walk @ Lunch Day(R) on…
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Down Economy Creates Bull Market in Workplace Benefits Marketing Career Sales
March 23, 2009Colonial Life experiencing upswing in new sales professionals and new sales COLUMBIA, SC – March 19, 2009 – A year ago, J.T. Lynch was climbing 300-foot towers and digging trenches…
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Lexington Business Leader Appointed to Management Position with Colonial Life
March 3, 2009Sean Hart of Lexington Appointed District General Agent For Colonial Life COLUMBIA, SC – March 3, 2009 – Sean Hart of Lexington has been named district general agent for the…
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Zurich Integrated Products now accepting new business in Southeast and South Central U.S.
February 26, 2009Redesigned Web site also offers enhanced resource for brokers SCHAUMBERG. ILL – February 26, 2009 – Zurich North America Commercial announced today that it will begin accepting new business in 11…
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S.C.-Based Technology Consortium Names Interim Executive Director and Board
February 11, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – February 11, 2009 – The Consortium for Enterprise Systems Management, a recently formed collaboration of business, academic and economic development organizations intended to build information technology (IT) opportunities, has…
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Accident Fund Names KeenanSuggs its 2008 Agency of the Year
February 9, 2009LANSING, MI – February 9, 2009 – Accident Fund Insurance Company of America has announced KeenanSuggs of Columbia, S.C., as its 2008 Agency of the Year. The company presented KeenanSuggs with the…
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CDS Completes Large-Scale Transition of Medicare Data Processing
February 5, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – February 5, 2009 – Companion Data Services, LLC (CDS) announced today that it has successfully completed a 20-month-long project to transition Medicare claims data from 11 data centers…
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S.C. BlueCross to Open Its First Health Insurance Retail Store
January 16, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – January 16, 2009 – As the health insurance market increasingly becomes consumer-driven, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina is seeking to serve people shopping for insurance with face-to-face assistance…
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PGBA Joins Group of U.S. Defense Contractors Committed to Compliance
January 13, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – January 13, 2009 – U.S. Department of Defense subcontractor PGBA, LLC announced today that it has been accepted as a signatory member of the Defense Industry Initiative on…
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CMS Selects Palmetto GBA to Administer Medicare Program in Four States
January 12, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – January 9, 2009 – Palmetto GBA, a leading provider of technical and administrative services for the federal government, has been selected by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services…
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Half of Full-Time Employees Surveyed Don't Understand Coverage for Cancer-Related Medical Expenses
January 12, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – January 12, 2009 – Half of working Americans with health insurance surveyed say they don’t have a clear understanding of what their health insurance covers for medical expenses…
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AFCO Credit Corporation to acquire U.S. assets and operations of Cananwill
January 7, 2009PITTSBURGH, SC – January 7, 2009 – AFCO Credit Corporation today said it plans to buy the domestic operations and assets of the premium finance business of Cananwill from Aon Corporation…
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AMERIGROUP Terminates Agreement to Purchase New Jersey Medicaid Plan
December 31, 2008VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – December 31, 2008 – AMERIGROUP Corporation (NYSE:AGP) announced today that it has terminated its agreement to purchase certain assets of University Health Plan, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary…
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Apollo Hospitals in India Join Companion Global Healthcare Network
December 26, 2008COLUMBIA, SC – December 23, 2008 – Clients of medical travel company Companion Global Healthcare Inc. have two new choices for obtaining credentialed medical care outside the United States at affordable…
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CBA’s Innovative Program for Managing Depression Earns National Recognition
November 13, 2008COLUMBIA, SC – November 13, 2008 – Companion Benefit Alternatives Inc. (CBA), the largest manager of mental health and substance abuse treatment benefits in South Carolina, announced today that its…
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Jim Hart Named President, COO of InStil Health Insurance Co.
October 31, 2008COLUMBIA, SC – October 31, 2008 – InStil Health Insurance Co., a leading provider of Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug policies in South Carolina and Georgia, announced today…
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