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  • 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...

    Articles 2001-10-08

  • 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...

    Articles 2001-09-01

  • 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...

    Articles 2001-02-27

  • 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...

    Articles 2000-09-18

  • 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...

    Articles 2000-08-01

  • 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...

    Articles 1999-05-24

  • 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...

    Articles 1999-03-01

  • 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...

    Articles 1998-06-08

  • 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...

    Articles 1998-05-18

  • 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...

    Articles 1997-09-15

  • 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...

    Articles 1997-07-10

  • 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...

    Articles 1997-07-08

  • 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,...

    Articles 1996-03-18

  • 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...

    Articles 1996-02-26

  • 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....

    Articles 1996-02-19

  • 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

NAICS Code

Insurance Agencies and Brokerages: 524210