BenefitMall.com and Aetna U.S. Healthcare Announce National Agreement to Offer Quality Health Benefits Online to Small Businesses.Business Editors DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MAY 23, 2000 BenefitMall.com(SM), the complete online exchange for small business employee benefits programs, today announced that it has signed a national agreement with Aetna U.S. Healthcare U.S. Healthcare is a now-defunct healthcare company. The logo had an apple. The merger with Aetna In 1996, the company merged with Aetna, calling it Aetna U.S. Healthcare. The U.S. Healthcare apple logo was next to the Aetna name, and U.S. Healthcare under it. U.S. (R), the nation's leading health and related benefits organization. The new agreement will allow BenefitMall.com and its network of over 10,000 independent brokers to offer Aetna U.S. Healthcare products online to small businesses across the country. In 1997, BenefitMall.com pioneered online insurance quoting and independent broker management with Aetna U.S. Healthcare participating as a charter company in California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). and Colorado. Since that time, BenefitMall.com has significantly expanded its reach by building a highly developed network of Internet-enabled brokers. These brokers will now be able to offer Aetna U.S. Healthcare's products and services directly to small businesses nationwide via their personal BenefitMall.com Web sites. National implementation of the program will initially include the states of Texas and Illinois Illinois, river, United States Illinois, river, 273 mi (439 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers, NE Ill., and flowing SW to the Mississippi at Grafton, Ill. It is an important commercial and recreational waterway. , with additional states to follow on a planned basis. "Aetna U.S. Healthcare has a well-established national brand presence and offers a significant breadth of health benefits products nationwide," said Bernard Ber·nard , Claude 1813-1878. French physiologist noted for his study of the digestive and nervous systems. DiFiore, president and chief executive officer of BenefitMall.com. "By offering Aetna U.S. Healthcare as one of our premier providers of health benefits, BenefitMall.com has significantly expanded the selection of health benefits products available for brokers and small businesses throughout the U.S. As part of our online strategy, this is another move that underscores our commitment to the broker distribution model," added DiFiore. "This announcement is one component of our overall e.Health from Aetna U.S. Healthcare(TM) strategy, which puts the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the at the hub of all of our business transactions," said David Rocchino, head of core sales and marketing for Aetna U.S. Healthcare. "Our ability to offer flexible benefits programs to independent brokers and their customers will be enhanced by offering these benefits via the World Wide Web. This relationship with BenefitMall.com will increase the number of additional choices in quality benefits plans that brokers can offer their small business clients." About Aetna U.S. Healthcare Aetna U.S. Healthcare is the nation's leading health and related benefits organization, providing a full spectrum of products ranging from health maintenance organizations (HMO HMO health maintenance organization. HMO n. A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, ) to indemnity Recompense for loss, damage, or injuries; restitution or reimbursement. An indemnity contract arises when one individual takes on the obligation to pay for any loss or damage that has been or might be incurred by another individual. health insurance, group life and disability products, and dental, vision, and pharmacy pharmacy, art of compounding and dispensing drugs and medication. The term is also applied to an establishment used for such purposes. Until modern times medication was prepared and dispensed by the physician himself. In the 18th cent. benefits to approximately 29 million Americans. In addition, Aetna U.S. Healthcare provides quality measurement and improvement programs and data analysis for providers and purchasers of health care. To learn more about Aetna U.S. Healthcare, check out our Web site at www.aetnaushc.com. About BenefitMall.com BenefitMall.com is the complete online marketplace for the buyers, sellers and providers of small business employee benefits. Headquartered in Dallas, BenefitMall.com operates a national sales and service center to support Internet-based activities as well as sales and support offices in most major metropolitan markets throughout the country. A former subsidiary of Humana, BenefitMall.com is an independent company owned by Humana Ventures, Austin Ventures, Technology Crossover Crossover The point on a stock chart when a security and an indicator intersect. Crossovers are used by technical analysts to aid in forecasting the future movements in the price of a stock. In most technical analysis models, a crossover is a signal to either buy or sell. Ventures, Morgan Stanley  To comply with Wikipedia's , the introduction of this article needs a complete rewrite. Ventures and company management. For more information, visit www.benefitmall.com.
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