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The Aetna Foundation’s new president announced New Year’s resolutions today with a sharpened giving focus on key health improvement areas for the nation.
“During 2009, health care ascended in the national consciousness as a major issue. After the economy, it was the highest domestic priority for the new administration,” said Anne C. Beal, M.D., M.P.H., president, Aetna Foundation, Inc. “Aetna and the Aetna Foundation resolve to support programs that will help improve the overall health of the people in our country, help improve access -- for all people in the U.S. -- to our health care system, and help improve the quality of care they receive. For 2010 we are focusing our giving on programs and initiatives that can have a demonstrable positive impact in those areas.”
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| //22-12-2009 |
Aetna (NYSE:AET) and Phoenix Children’s Hospital announced that they have reached agreement on a new contract. Effective December 1, 2009, Phoenix Children’s will continue to be a participating provider in the Aetna network. The details of the new three-year contract were not released.
“Phoenix Children’s Hospital is delighted to once again be a participating provider with Aetna under terms which allow us to maintain our quality standards and provide comprehensive services to the sickest of Arizona’s children,” said Bob Meyer, President and CEO of Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
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| //21-12-2009 |
Swiss Re¡¯s new sigma study, ¡°Commercial liability: a challenge for businesses and their insurers¡±, highlights the challenges of managing and insuring liability risk. The authors note that the best products and the best underwriting methodology for liability risk are no substitutes for adequate pricing. Prices should reflect escalating claims trends and the uncertainties of a rapidly changing technological and legal environment.
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| //21-12-2009 |
New ¡°15-Minute Health Insurance Guide¡± helps consumers learn the basics about shopping for individual health insurance
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| //21-12-2009 |
Aetna (NYSE: ¦¡ET) announced that it has reached agreement with the University of Florida and Shands Jacksonville Medical Center on a contract that provides access for Aetna¡¯s Medicare Advantage members to the hospital¡¯s facilities and physicians. The contract takes effect Dec. 15.
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What should remain in the final health-care reform package?
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| //20-12-2009 |
THE HEALTH reform proposal working its way through Congress represents a major risk, above all to the nation's fiscal well-being. But it also offers a major opportunity for America's fiscal and physical health alike. Depending, of course, on the final shape of legislation, we believe that the risk is worth taking. We hope 60 senators keep the process alive by voting for the bill now before them.
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| //20-12-2009 |
CHENNAI: Mumbai-based Rs.5,516-crore premium New India Assurance Company Ltd - one of the four government-owned general insurance companies - has
remained headless for the past two and a half months
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| //15-12-2009 |
Now that it has been just over a year since the banking collapse, hindsight is getting closer to 20/20 vision. Although we will probably never know the entire truth about how deep the "sleaze" went, the deregulation of the financial system and capitalist greed were clearly involved in the debacle. What will we know about what really motivated the healthcare debate - a year from now?
Will we only see by hidsight that the healthcare reform battle is being fought with influence bought by lobbyists from big drug manufacturers and insurance companies? Just look at how their stock prices have fluctuated through the news cycles of the past year. Add to that the fact that Senator Joe Lieberman,(I-CT) the filibuster leader against reform, "has accepted over $110,000 from private health insurance company Aetna in campaign contributions so far this year. "
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London, 15 December 2009 – Swiss Re has entered into its first longevity transaction with a pension fund. With this transaction, Swiss Re will provide the UK’s Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund (RBPF) with protection against the uncertainty associated with longevity risk on CHF 1.7 billion of pensioner liabilities.
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| //15-12-2009 |
Scottish Life, the pensions specialist arm of the Royal London Group, has added Brewin Dolphin to their panel of discretionary fund managers (DFM), available as part of the self investment options within Pension Portfolio.
Samantha Scotland, Technical & Research Manager at Scottish Life, said...
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| //15-12-2009 |
After today¡¯s decision by the Federal Reserve to maintain the target fed funds rate at zero to 25 basis points, Swiss Re¡¯s chief US Economist, Kurt Karl, commented, ¡°The Fed reiterated that it will be on hold for an extended period, which we estimate to be until late 2010. The Fed should have no trouble in managing the ¡®exit¡¯ strategy, assuming there is no political interference with its work.¡±
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Zurich/Copenhagen, 14 December 2009 – Swiss Re representatives are participating at the COP 15 negotiations in Copenhagen, representing the Swiss Insurance Association as part of the official Swiss delegation. The reinsurance company Swiss Re advocates fast transition from Copenhagen discussions to immediate implementation of climate adaptation measures, in order to reduce losses caused by climate risks.
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| //27-11-2009 |
The Bank of America should be renamed to Bank of Paying Executives Big Money. Ken Lewis, BOA CEO, is stepping down with a $53 million pension plan-- ah, when he's already worth $125 million! So it's pretty clear that some of that rescue money from the $700 billion bailout is going to his mansion and yacht.
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| //27-11-2009 |
For all the talk about test votes and public options, health care reform remains a relatively nebulous concept to most people. As the Senate prepares to take up its version, it is worth asking what it is all about.
The answer: security and savings. That is what it was about to begin with. That is what it still is about.
To work, health care reform must do two things simultaneously: Provide affordable coverage to just about every American and reduce the ruinous trajectory of health care spending.
It is counterintuitive to think we can do both, but we can. Indeed, we must.
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| //27-11-2009 |
Welcome to the Monthly Health Watch section of Aetna’s Press Center. I hope you will find this information helpful in generating story ideas and useful in your reporting.
Health observances are days, weeks, even months devoted to shining the spotlight on a particular health issue. Health plans, community groups, schools, and the medical community (including doctors, dentists and nurses) all take advantage of annual health observances to raise awareness, educate about risks, host health screenings, and encourage people to take the best possible care of their health.
At Aetna, we mark our calendars at the start of each year and incorporate monthly health themes into our education materials and member communications. Many companies that provide Aetna health benefits to their workforce also share monthly-health-themed tips as part of their employee wellness programs.
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| //27-11-2009 |
American International Group, Inc. (AIG), its former Chairman Maurice R. “Hank” Greenberg, its former Chief Financial Officer Howard I. Smith, C.V. Starr & Company, Inc. (“C.V. Starr”), and Starr International Company, Inc. (“SICO”) announced today that they have entered into an agreement to settle all disputes between AIG, on the one hand, and Greenberg, Smith, C.V. Starr and SICO, on the other
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| //27-11-2009 |
Scottish Life, the pensions specialist arm of the Royal London Group, has added Brewin Dolphin to their panel of discretionary fund managers (DFM), available as part of the self investment options within Pension Portfolio.
Samantha Scotland, Technical & Research Manager at Scottish Life, said:
"It's important that we offer access to a diverse and competitive range of investment options for IFAs and their clients. So we regularly review our investment offering and as a part of this a number of IFAs made a particular request to add Brewin Dolphin to our DFM panel.
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| //24-11-2009 |
Swiss Re’s chief economists will provide an overview of how the (re)insurance industry has weathered the financial crisis in 2009, as well as lessons learned and the outlook for world (re)insurance in 2010 – with a special emphasis on emerging markets. Matthias Weber, Member of Swiss Re’s Executive Board and Head of Property and Specialty, will speak about various aspects of the growing natural catastrophe insurance business.
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