Archive for the ‘Insurance & Employee Benefits’ Category
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Long-ago funding revamps help lower insurance premiums A couple of decades ago, Mississippi set a goal of putting a fire station within five miles of every home in the state. “I think we’re very close to that,” said Larry Barr, state fire coordinator for the Mississippi Department of Insurance’s Division of Fire Service Development. Two [...] [...]
Employees, bosses still in the dark about impact of healthcare reform on paychecks Changes to the nation’s healthcare laws are coming as soon as Sept. 23, while others won’t take effect in 2014. Renee Gibbons, an employer benefits specialist for Galloway Chandler McKinney Insurance in Columbus, said many of the company’s small business clients are [...] [...]
Long before guiding the Ole Miss Rebels football team to a national championship in 1962, Glynn Griffing roamed the hills and valleys of the Vicksburg National Military Park. “It was a quite an experience,” he said. “We ran all over that park.” He and friends spent days scampering along the hills in search of [...] [...]
Third-party administrators were established with the government’s approval in the 1970s Third-party administrators can provide cost-efficient insurance and benefit services to Mississippi companies while tailoring the services to meet the companies’ needs. “What sets us apart is that we’re much more flexible in designing plans to fit the company, which larger carriers, by their sheer [...] [...]
Delta native says brand of nation’s largest insurer and father’s legacy made decision easy An open position in a Yazoo City State Farm office and the desire for a more stable career led agent Andy Daniels to follow in his father’s footsteps. After working for nearly a decade at various sales marketing positions and moving [...] [...]
State Farm stays in the homeowners game, but is being cautious After a two-year hiatus, State Farm Insurance began writing homeowners policies in Mississippi in June. The return to writing the policies is allowed on a basis of agent availability. In other words, if a homeowner drops a policy, then the agent is allowed to [...] [...]
Chandler follows on the heels of grandfather, father and brother Charlie Chandler’s grandfather, father and brother are in the insurance business, so his decision to continue the family tradition was an easy one. “My family has been doing this for a long time,” the 30-year-old West Point native said. “I grew up knowing a lot [...] [...]
More insurance companies entering the market is seen as the prime reason for a change in costs A post-Katrina surge in the cost of insurance on the Mississippi Gulf Coast has begun to fall as more insurance carriers begin to re-enter the market in Mississippi, insurance officials said. According to information provided by the [...] [...]
“Make no sense/ That common sense/ don’t make no sense no more.” John Prine wrote those lines, and sadly, much of the big debate on health reform “don’t make no sense” to me. A government with less money than GM and Bank of America stands poised to embark on a new $900-billion spending program, and [...] [...]
Mississippi not expected to be particularly supportive of health measures before congress By CLAY CHANDLER I STAFF WRITER clay.chandler@msbusiness.com A lot happened last week with the healthcare reform package President Obama has been pushing virtually from the day he announced his candidacy for the White House. After the chaos that ensued from Obama’s speech to [...] [...]
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