Bankers Life and Casualty Company CEO Named to National Board of Alzheimer's Association.Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 2003 Edward M. Berube, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Bankers Life and Casualty Bankers Life and Casualty is primarily a health insurance company in the United States. It was founded in 1879 and was previously known as White Cross. It was formerly owned by millionaire investor John D. Company, Chicago, has been named to the national Board of Directors of the Alzheimer's Association. The Alzheimer's Association is the nation's largest voluntary health organization exclusively dedicated to funding and promoting Alzheimer's research and to assisting and supporting Alzheimer's patients, families and caregivers. The association is the leading private funder of research into the causes, treatments, and prevention of Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (ăls`hī'mərz, ôls–), degenerative disease of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that leads to atrophy of the brain and senile dementia. . "We are delighted to have someone of Ed's stature join our Board," said Sheldon Goldberg, president and CEO of the Alzheimer's Association. "His perspective as a business executive, especially one who leads a company that focuses on the health and retirement needs of seniors, will be of great value to our organization. "Ed has led the charge at his own company, educating and involving his employees in the fight against Alzheimer's. Bankers has been the premier corporate sponsor of the Rita Hayworth Gala in Chicago for the last several years, and is a major sponsor of other Alzheimer's fundraising events throughout the country. I look forward to welcoming Ed to our board," said Goldberg. Berube said, "No disease is feared more by seniors than Alzheimer's. In our business, we witness the emotional and financial pain Alzheimer's causes our policyholders and their families every single day. For the last several years, Bankers employees and agents have been actively involved in Alzheimer's Association fundraising through our sponsorship of Forget Me Not Days and our participation in the Alzheimer's Association's annual Memory Walk. I look forward to the opportunity to help this organization do all that will be required to win the battle against this terrible disease." Berube joined Bankers as its top executive in October 2000. Before joining the company, he served as president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of American Life Insurance Company, an AIG AIG addressee indicator group (US DoD) AIG American International Group, Inc AiG Answers in Genesis (religious group in defense of Scripture) AIG Artificial Intelligence Group AIG Australian Industry Group subsidiary, and prior to that president of CIGNA CIGNA CG (Connecticut General Life Insurance Company) INA (Insurance Company of North America) Financial Advisors. His current industry and civic involvements include serving on the Boards of the Health Insurers Association of America, Chicago Boys and Girls Clubs, the International Longevity Center Organized in 1990 by Robert N. Butler, M.D., Professor of Geriatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, The International Longevity Center-USA (ILC-USA) is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan research, policy and education organization whose mission is to help societies address the issues of - New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , and the Illinois Life Insurance Council. Established in 1879 and headquartered at the world famous Merchandise Mart in downtown Chicago, Bankers Life and Casualty Company focuses exclusively on the financial security needs of seniors. The company offers a broad portfolio of health and life insurance and retirement savings products distributed through a national network of professionally trained company agents. Visit Bankers Life and Casualty Company online at www.bankerslife.com |
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