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View Health Insurance, a full service Ohio health insurance broker, is proud to announce its online quoting application, which provides Ohio health insurance quotes to the public. Ohio residents can now get free online quotes from multiple carriers including United Healthcare, Nationwide, Celtic and Humana.

The Ohio health insurance quotes are up to date, and provide visitors with a quick and easy way to compare multiple plans from multiple vendors in one spot.

Independence Holding Company Announces the Introduction of a New ...

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2007--Independence Holding Company (NYSE: IHC) today reported that it is introducing a new one-life dental product to its portfolio of niche health insurance products through its member company GroupLink, Inc. ("GroupLink"). GroupLink, which has over 20 years experience in dental products, will market and administer this benefits program, which is available nationwide and to people of all ages. It is specifically designed for those individuals and families who do not have access to employer-based dental benefits, and affords individuals a choice of plans and a PPO option available at a reduced premium. General agents and brokers will have the ability to market this new product through a link to GroupLink's online system via their own websites, and enroll and bind coverage using an exclusive online enrollment system.

The Question of Affordability

BOSTON, Mass. - April 04, 2007 - On the one year anniversary of an agreement that launched the state's universal health insurance law, there are marked differences about how to define a central element of the law: affordable coverage.

The definition is key because the requirement that individuals have health insurance only applies if affordable coverage is available.

The Connector Board began discussing "what is affordable" yesterday with two contrasting views, as WBUR's Martha Bebinger explains.

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MARTHA BEBINGER: On the one hand, the board heard from MIT economics professor Jonathan Gruber who says lets define affordable as what people are already buying voluntarily. He says only seven percent of employees nationwide who are offered health insurance in the workplace turn it down.

Zellers named to Nationwide board

Nationwide has announced the election of Jeffrey W. Zellers to the Board of Directors for Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company.

Zellers is currently Board Chair and President of K.W. Zellers & Son, Inc., a seasonal packer-grower-shipper of Arrow brand fresh salad vegetables located in Hartville, OH.

Insurance Law Fuels Confusion

Bill Bartram is one of more than 38,000 residents in Florida who are receiving notices from Nationwide Insurance that their homeowners policies will not be renewed. Like others, Bartram, a retired cop from Washington, D.C., who has lived in his Bradenton home for the past 28 years, thought recently passed legislation protected him from receiving such a notice. He was wrong. Actually, the law states that once insurance companies submit rate-reduction filings with the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation - as Nationwide and others have done - then those companies can deliver nonrenewal notices to customers. Still, Bartram thinks someone's not keeping his word. "From what (Gov. Charlie) Crist's office said, if they (companies) sell insurance in Florida, they're going to have to continue to offer coverage," says Bartram, who has been with Nationwide for 25 years and also has automobile and life insurance with the company.

Nationwide Rates Set To Rise

31--TALLAHASSEE -- Arbitrators have overruled the state and will allow Nationwide Insurance to raise homeowners' premiums by an average of 54 percent. The increase by the Tampa Bay area's second-largest insurer applies to hurricane and nonhurricane coverage, though the amount will vary by location. Nationwide spokesman Eric Hardgrove said the company will implement the increase "as soon as possible." Nationwide, which has 240,000 policyholders in Florida and 42,005 in the Tampa Bay area, sought a 71 percent rate increase in July, but regulators rejected it. The company then filed for arbitration and won the case during hearings earlier this month. The ruling was released Friday. Under the original 71 percent average request, increases for the Tampa Bay area varied widely. Hillsborough County was projected to be 49.8 percent; Pinellas, 134.6 percent; Pasco, 73.7 percent; and Polk, 43.7 percent.

Phillip Wasserman Announces California Life Insurance, Annuity and ...

SARASOTA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 2007--Phillip Wasserman, recognized as a top authority on life insurance and annuities, has announced a special training session for insurance agents, financial planners, register investment advisors and other professionals to be held in Las Angeles, California on May 4, 5 and 6th 2007 at the Las Angeles airport Marriott hotel. Over 110 professionals have already signed up for this intense training to focus on the use of life insurance and annuities in aiding retirement income planning. A special focus will be on the recent surge in popularity of life settlements, and discussions on mortgages and reverse mortgages in aiding clients will be held. Phillip Wasserman is head of Phillip Roy Financial Services, a nationwide retirement income planning firm with over 500 affiliated representatives.

Groundbreaking Marks Start Of Nationwide's New Campus

DES MOINES, Iowa -- A groundbreaking Thursday marked the start of a project that promises to bring more than 1,500 new jobs to Des Moines.

30th Annual Nationwide Insurance 10 Kilometer Run for ASPIRE

The 30th anniversary Nationwide Insurance 10 Kilometer Run for ASPIRE almost had to be something special, and it certainly was - featuring what has to be classified as one of the greatest duels to the finish in this and perhaps any other local road race in recent memory. The run was held on the roads of Plainview-Old Bethpage and Bethpage, on Saturday morning, March 31, with the start and finish at the H.B. Mattlin Middle School on Washington Avenue in Plainview.

Bellmore Strider teammates Chris Fogarazzo and Chris Mammone ran together stride for stride for most of the 6.2 mile course, and it wasn't till the final stride and lean that Fogarazzo emerged as the winner. Both were timed in 31:46. Pawtucket, RI, speedster Janelle Kraus had a far easier time winning the women's division with a time of 35:25, nearly three full minutes faster than runner-up Tara Wilson of Lindenhurst, and only 30 seconds shy of the women's course record set by Angela Hearn in 1989.

South Coast Surety, a National Surety Agency, has Added RLI Surety ...

South Coast Surety, a nationwide bond only agency, has added RLI surety to its providers for in-house approval authority. Now South Coast Surety has the authority to approve commercial surety bonds for Platte River Insurance, Capitol Indemnity, CNA Surety, Western Surety and RLI Surety.

San Clemente, CA (PRWeb) April 2, 2007 -- South Coast Surety is well established as an agency that provides surety bonds on a national basis. The agency services both direct applicants and insurance brokers throughout the United States through its website at www.southcoastsurety.com. South Coast Surety has developed relationships with national surety companies in order to support its continued growth in the commercial bond sector. Their commercial surety bonds include license bonds, broker bonds, court bonds, tax bonds and most other miscellaneous surety bonds.

Pets Under Cover

At least 16 pets are dead nationwide and countless others sickened according to the latest reports following a recall of about 60 million packages of wet dog and cat foods manufactured by Menu Foods.

Along with the devastating impact of having a beloved family pet face kidney failure, these pet owners are also faced with the staggering veterinary bills that come with treating such a serious condition. It's a double whammy of the worst sort.

"We've had a lot of calls and a lot of questions since the pet food recall started, and it really is a sad case of the unexpected happening to a pet," said Brad Iannessa, spokesperson for Veterinary Pet Insurance. "Who would think their pet is in danger from pet food? It's put a lot of people in the awful position of trying to choose between the best treatments possible and having to go with treatments they can actually afford."

Though many people aren't familiar with pet insurance, it's been around for about 25 years and is growing in popularity.

MADD Kicks Off Prom With Music by Bow Wow at Sam Houston High School

HOUSTON, April 5 -- Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (Nationwide) kicked off prom season in Houston with a special celebrity performance by R&B music artist Bow Wow at Sam Houston High School (SHHS). MADD's THINK.Prom program, which is nationally sponsored by Nationwide, asks students to pledge to be alcohol and drug free during prom. Statistics show that traffic deaths among teens during typical prom weekends are higher than any other time of year. The SHHS junior/senior prom is April 27.

"We are proud to work with Nationwide to provide the THINK.Prom program because the choices students make today impact their lives tomorrow," said Glynn Birch, MADD National President. "We are asking teens to leave alcohol out of prom, never ride with someone who's been drinking and to buckle up.

Myths About Manhood Keep Teen Boys from Sexual Health Care

Research led by specialists at the Johns Hopkins Childrens Center has found that teenage boys who hold some traditional beliefs about what it means to be a real man can undermine their sexual health and good preventive care in general.

Their report, in the April edition of Pediatrics, is the result of a nationwide study believed to be the first linking teens beliefs about manhood to their use of health care services.

A second finding of the study analyzing data from a survey of 1,600 boys ages 15 to 19 is that boys who can speak openly to their parents about sexual health are more likely to see a doctor for preventive care, while the lack of health insurance is a strong barrier to care.

Many illnesses in young men, such as sexually transmitted infections, can be prevented through timely intervention by a doctor or a nurse, says lead author Arik Marcell, M.D., M.P.H., a pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist at the Childrens Center.

ERISA and Arnold's health plan: Poizner's lawyers "are looking at ...

California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner called a little while ago to talk about the huge mess with the State Compensation Insurance Fund. After a while, I got to shift the topic to my white whale: the governor's health insurance plan and its (non)compliance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the 1974 federal law which bans states from telling companies which offer benefits what those benefits must entail. In nearly three months of interviews, Nexis hunts and Googling, this is what I have learned:

3) No court ruling since 1974 has undercut the core premise of ERISA, which is that multistate companies should be able to offer the same benefits nationwide and not be undercut by the dictates of 50 individual state legislatures.

Funding quandaries at BCRH

GEORGETOWN - With steadily rising health care costs and equally increasing health insurance premiums locally and nationwide, the availability of medical care to those who cannot afford to pay is a touchy subject with hospitals and medical centers.

Michael Patterson, CEO discussed information at Brown County Regional HealthCARE's Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday, March 28, about a practice of providing low or no cost medical treatment to the poor, known as "indigent care," and government programs aimed at reimbursing medical institutions for those services.

Patterson presented various slides outlining state and federal programs tied to Medicare and Medicaid payments, specifically the Health Care Assistance Program and the Upper Limit Payment program.

Patterson explained the HCAP program is for patients treated by the hospital who fall below the federal income poverty level.

Nationwide Announces New Board Members

COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nationwide today announced the election of M. Diane Koken and Jeffrey W. Zellers to the Board of Directors for Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Koken was elected to a three-year term and Zellers to a one-year term.

Koken is the former Commissioner of Insurance for Pennsylvania. Originally appointed by Governor Tom Ridge in 1997, Koken was reappointed in 2003 by Governor Ed Rendell and was Pennsylvania's second longest serving Insurance Commissioner.

Source: Access Plans USA, Inc.

IRVING, Texas, April 2, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Access Plans USA, Inc. (Nasdaq:AUSA) (formerly Precis, Inc. (Nasdaq:PCIS)), a nationwide distributor of health insurance and non-insurance health care programs that provide access to affordable health care for the growing number of uninsured and/or underinsured in the United States, reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2006.