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  • People: Week of Dec. 12, 2011

    December 12th, 2011

    Banking and Finance Summit State Bank  hired Britt Cooper as its senior vice president branch relationship manager. Mr. Cooper has 28 years of banking experience in Sonoma County. He has been a branch manager and commercial banker, both with the vice president title. He has his Master’s Degree in organizational development and human resources from [...]

  • North Bay groups among recipients of Kaiser grants

    November 28th, 2011

    As part of an investment of more than $5.1 million by Kaiser Permanente’s Northern California Community Benefit, four local organizations received funding to increase access to chronic disease management, enhance health screenings, and improve prevention of heart disease and stroke.

  • 2012 Insurance Outlook: Vantreo Insurance Brokerage

    November 28th, 2011

    Questions for Pamela Chanter, Vice President, Vantreo Insurance Brokerage: What do you see as the trends in business insurance for 2012? What trends do you see in employee benefits for 2012, in cost and in design? What issues are clients asking about most often and what are you telling them?

  • 2012 Insurance Outlook: Wells Fargo Insurance Services

    November 28th, 2011

    Questions for Mark Stokes, Regional Managing Director, and John Fradelizio, Managing Director, Wells Fargo Insurance Services: What do you see as the trends in business insurance for 2012? What trends do you see in employee benefits for 2012, in cost and in design? What issues are clients asking about most often and what are you telling them?

  • 2012 Insurance Outlook: George Petersen Insurance

    November 28th, 2011

    Questions for Robb Daer, Principal, George Petersen Insurance: What do you see as the trends in business insurance for 2012? What trends do you see in employee benefits for 2012, in cost and in design? What issues are clients asking about most often and what are you telling them?

  • 2012 Insurance Outlook: EPIC Insurance

    November 28th, 2011

    Questions for Bill Merget and Victor McKnight, Principals, EPIC Insurance: What do you see as the trends in business insurance for 2012? What trends do you see in employee benefits for 2012, in cost and in design? What issues are clients asking about most often and what are you telling them?

  • Gains seen for both parties in possible Palm pact

    November 14th, 2011

    The Palm Drive Healthcare District’s recent vote to begin exclusive negotiations for affiliating with Marin General Hospital has the potential to help the long-struggling Sebastopol hospital stabilize, while creating an expansive network of alliances between numerous district hospitals across the North Bay that might otherwise struggle for survival.

  • Jill Kinney: Health clubs can play an even larger role in wellness

    November 14th, 2011

    Jill Kinney, the founder and of Club One, Inc. and the managing director of Clubsource, began working in corporate wellness in 1979, for a Marin County cardiologist who she said decided to take a proactive approach to health, particularly executives. She was chief operating officer of Western Athletic Clubs for eight years before she started Club One.

  • Marin-Sonoma IPA, Health Net offering Medicare Advantage plan

    November 14th, 2011

    SONOMA COUNTY — The Marin-Sonoma IPA has joined with Health Net to provide Medicare Advantage plans for Sonoma County seniors in the wake of a coverage agreement between Sutter Health and UnitedHealthcare.

  • Marin-Sonoma IPA, Health Net offer Medicare Plan for Sonoma County residents

    October 28th, 2011

    SONOMA COUNTY — Marin-Sonoma IPA has joined with Health Net to provide Medicare plans for Sonoma County seniors in the wake of a coverage agreement between Sutter Health and UnitedHealthcare.

  • Kaiser Medicare plans in California receive top ratings

    October 12th, 2011

    CALIFORNIA — Kaiser Permanente said today that two of its Medicare plans in California received an overall rating of five stars from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the year 2012.

  • Sutter, UnitedHealthcare partner on Medicare plan

    October 12th, 2011

    SANTA ROSA — Sutter Health and Minnesota-based UnitedHealthcare have introduced a new Medicare Advantage plan from some 78,000 Medicare beneficiaries in Sonoma County, the two organizations announced this morning.

  • ProSight scales back plans for larger Santa Rosa office

    October 3rd, 2011

    ProSight Specialty Insurance has scaled back plans to further expand its presence in Santa Rosa but will still maintain a presence in the area, a spokesman for the company said.

  • Want something to pass along or sell? You’d better insure it

    October 3rd, 2011

    Many business owners consider their biggest assets to include tangible items such as: buildings, inventory, vehicles, etc. However, it is the owners and key employees that are the most valuable and impactful to the company’s bottom line. What would happen to the company should an owner employee become disabled, want to retire or have an untimely death? How can you protect your business’s most valuable asset? The answers to these questions must be part of your overall risk management.

  • Warnings arise of sticker shock in ’12 workers comp costs

    October 3rd, 2011

    NORTH BAY — The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau, the body that oversees and makes recommendations for the workers comp sector, has officially recommended a 1.8 percent decrease in pure premium rates beginning in 2012.

  • Kaiser survey shows 9% jump in health premiums

    September 28th, 2011

    NORTH BAY — Health insurance premiums for employer-sponsored  coverage increased by 9 percent this year, with the average annual cost of family coverage rising to more than $15,000, according to a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research Education and Trust. The increase is steep and comes after several years of “relatively modest” [...]

  • People: Week of Sept. 26, 2011

    September 26th, 2011

    Brief news about professionals in the north San Francisco Bay area.

  • Fireman’s Fund names new CFO

    September 19th, 2011

    NOVATO — Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company named Kevin Walker as its new chief financial officer and newest member of its board of directors.

  • Partnership HealthPlan expands to Marin, Mendocino counties

    September 12th, 2011

    FAIRFIELD — Partnership HealthPlan of California expanded its reach into Marin and Mendocino counties, giving the nonprofit managed Medi-Cal plan some 38,000 additional Medi-Cal enrollees.

  • Fast growing companies: Changes, innovation in health care driving growth

    September 5th, 2011

    As the health care landscape across the North Bay — indeed, across much of the country — undergoes rapid transformation, many organizations are already growing in anticipation of the changes that lay ahead. … The Marin-Sonoma IPA changed its name as a reflection of its growth further into Sonoma County — when earlier this spring it grew from some 300 physicians to nearly 500 in a matter of months. … Another fast-growing side of health care is the vast world of biotech. And North Bay companies are no exception from this growing trend: Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, BioMarin Pharmaceutical. … The Doctors Company, a Napa-based physician and medical liability insurer, increased its nationwide membership by 27 percent this year when it acquired FPIC Insurance Group, a major publicly-traded medical insurance group based in Florida.

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