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Knott Joins Principal Financial Group as Vice President of Group Benefits
DES MOINES, Iowa -- The Principal Financial GroupR announces Tim Knott has joined the company as vice president of Group Benefits. In his role, Knott will lead the company's group underwriting and administration teams and assume responsibility for underwriting, plan administration and group proposal services for medical, life, disability, vision,...
Fortis Health ranked first in the individual medical insurance market based on market share.
M2 PRESSWIRE-25 February 2004-Research and Markets: Fortis Health ranked first in the individual medical insurance market based on market share.C1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02252004 Research and Markets announces the addition of the Fortis Health Business Intelligence Report to its offerings. ...
Fortis Benefits Insurance Co - Insurance - Brief Article
Drew Daniele has been named sales manager of the Los Angeles group sales office of Fortis Benefits Insurance Co., covering five counties in California and Las Vegas County in Nevada. He joined the Fortis as a senior voluntary sales representative in 2002...
S&P Announces: Fortis Inc. and Subsidiaries Assigned Ratings; Outlook Stable
Business Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 11, 2003 On Dec. 11, 2003, Standard & Poors Ratings Services assigned its BBB+ counterparty credit rating to Fortis Inc., the U.S. holding company of the Fortis SA/NV group. At the same time, Standard & Poors assigned its...
Survey of Dental Benefit Providers produces mixed results: trends include pre-paid dental care, special services.(About the list: Dental Benefit Providers)(1.11 mn total enrollees in San Diego County)
The San Diego Business Journal obtained information from 16 companies for this year's List of Dental Benefit Providers, with a total of 1.11 million enrollees in San Diego County--approximately 1 percent less than the roughly 1.12 million enrollees reported for those providers as of last year....
CHANGES.(various appointments)(Brief Article)
Fortis Benefits Insurance Company Daniel Johnson has been promoted to district sales manager in the Austin group sales office. Allfinanz Mark Schwarzmann has been promoted to group CEO; Eric Lund was named senior vice president of...
Fortis Benefits aligns with WFB to attain work-life products
To help its employees find a balance between work and family responsibilities, the Kansas City, Miss.-based Fortis Benefits Insurance Company has aligned with Work & Family Benefits Inc. WFB, a provider of work-life products. Through the WFB Values Package, Fortis Benefits will offer a comprehensive child and elder...
Fortis Benefits Selects BenefitPoint's Ecommerce Solution to Manage Distribution of Health and Welfare Products
Business Editors SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 27, 2001 BenefitPoint, Inc., today announced that Fortis Benefits Insurance Company, one of the largest group insurers in the United States, has selected BenefitPoint as an eCommerce solution for managing the distribution of its employee benefits products. "We look...
Kelmoore and Fortis Team Up to Offer Variable Annuity Product
Business Editors PALO ALTO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 18, 2000 Kelmoore Investment Company announced today that they will be partnering with Fortis Benefits Insurance Company to develop a variable annuity product. The agreement between the two companies provides for the joint development and marketing of a...
Federal Court
U.S. District Court Filings Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. vs. Catherine M. and Janet Ashmore et al., petition for unspecified damages. Joseph E. Bame Jr. vs. Kenneth S. Apfel, petition for unspecified damages. Rick D. Burns vs. the...
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings Of Fortis Insurance U.S. Operations
OLDWICK, N.J.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 24, 1999-- A.M. Best Co. today affirmed the ratings of all members of the U.S. operations of the Fortis Insurance Group, Milwaukee. The affirmed ratings include the A+ Superior ratings of American Security Insurance Co. and Standard Guaranty Insurance Co.; the A Excellent...
Fortis Voluntary STD Can Link With Voluntary LTD.
Fortis Benefits Insurance Company, Kansas City, Mo., has debuted Voluntary Short-Term Disability, a worksite-sold STD that includes some features Fortis says are typically available only with employer-paid plans. These features, which include comprehensive rehabilitation incentives and a dual definition of disability, will...
Three Insurers Give Group Life A Facelift
LINDA Koco IS A SENIOR EDITOR WITH NU's LIFE & HEALTH/ FINANCIAL SERVICES EDITION. Group life insurance may be getting a facelift at a number of insurers. Here are three recent examples. Fortis Benefits Insurance Company in Kansas City Mo., has unveiled a new...
Three Insurers Give Group Life A Facelift.(group life insurance)
Group life insurance may be getting a facelift at a number of insurers, Here are three recent examples. Fortis Benefits Insurance Company, Kansas City, Mo., has unveiled a new 1998 Life Contract, for groups of three and up most states, which features an expanded definition...
As policies grow more complex, some also seek simplicity.
More complex insurance products have resulted in the introduction of simplifications to make enhanced products more manageable. Individual as well as group insurance products are utilizing this technique in a variety of product classes. A few examples of these products from Hartford Life, CIGNA Group Insurance and Fortis Benefits Insurance...
Fortis Benefits Insurance Company/Employease Corrects Previous Release From July 8 - Correction Notice
KANSAS CITY, Mo.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 10, 1997--The name of a disability insurance consulting firm that is working with Fortis Benefits Insurance Co. and Employease, Inc. in a new interactive Web site information center was stated incorrectly in a news release dated July 8. The correct name of...
New Online Community For Disability Information
ATLANTA--BUSINESS WIRE--July 8, 1997-- Fortis Benefits and Employease Team To Develop Internet Resource Six years ago Steve Palermo was told he would never walk again. Palermo, one of Major League Baseball's premier umpires, was lying in a Dallas hospital bed...
Study finds attitude does affect return-to-work. (Gallup Organization study)
In an era of reengineering, downsizing, tighter benefits and higher costs, many employees are taking more personal responsibility for their lives. When disabled, they want to return to work quickly, even if they lack the immediate functional or vocational capability. In other cases, of course,...
Applying common sense.(Fortis Benefits Insurance Co. study on disability insurance is valuable)(Editorial)
A Fortis Benefits Insurance Co. study, conducted in collaboration with the Gallup Organization and a Menninger Clinic unit, seems to provide valuable psychological and demographic findings on disability claimants' behavior when they are off the job. The study found that those people who return to work quickly are less likely...
Study finds attitude does affect return-to-work.
A survey conducted by The Gallup Organization and a unit of the Menninger Clinic for Fortis Benefits Insurance Co said that about 76% of workers who returned to work quickly after being on disability leave said they returned early because they did not want to be victimized by their condition....
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- Incorporated: 1910
Co. provides and sells insurance products, including fixed and variable life insurance policies, fixed and variable annuity contracts, and group life, accident and health insurance policies. Co. markets its products to small businesses and individuals through a national network of independent agents, brokers, and financial institutions.
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Fortis Benefits Insurance Co. Company Info
Board of Directors
Michael John Peninger
Exec. V.P.
Lesley G. Silvester
Contact Information
576 Bielenberg Drive
Woodbury, MN
651 361-4000
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