Dan Evans Named Sales Director for LifeWise Health Plan of Arizona.Business Editors SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 13, 2003 Dan Evans, an insurance professional with more than 30 years experience, has been named Sales Director for LifeWise Health Plan of Arizona. LifeWise 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. Cliff Klima said Evans brings a wealth of experience that will be of immense value as LifeWise unveils its new line of health coverage products in 2004. "Dan is a seasoned sales executive with in-depth knowledge of the insurance market in general, and the Arizona insurance market in particular. His abilities will serve our members well," Klima said. "LifeWise products will provide Arizonans with new choices and greater flexibility in health-care coverage," Evans said. "I am thrilled to have the opportunity to be a part of this new and exciting company." Evans, who earned his B.S. in business management from California State University Enrollment  at Long Beach, entered the insurance industry as a
field underwriter/agent with New York New York, state, United StatesNew 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 Life Insurance Co., in 1971. He rose through the ranks and eventually was named Regional Vice President for the Atlantic Region. In that position, he was responsible for sales, marketing and service of 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, , PPO PPO abbr. preferred provider organization PPO Managed care Preferred provider organization, see there Infectious disease Pleuropneumonia-like organism, see there and indemnity products throughout much of the northeastern United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . He left New York Life in 1996. Most recently, Evans was the Benefits Sales Manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → with Schaefer-Smith-Ankeney Insurance Agency in Phoenix, where he oversaw management of a benefits department that generated nearly $2.5 million in annual revenue. Prior to that, he served as Director of Marketing for the Arizona Foundation for Medical Care, and as statewide sales director for HealthPartners Health Plans in Phoenix. In September 2002, LifeWise filed with the Arizona Department of Insurance for approval to offer expanded choices of health coverage to Maricopa County. LifeWise of Arizona intends to begin offering health coverage in 2004, pending regulatory approval. LifeWise Health Plan of Arizona is an affiliate of the Premera family of companies, headquartered in Washington state, with operations in Seattle and Spokane, Washington; Portland and Bend, Oregon; and Anchorage, Alaska. The Premera companies employ about 3,000 people and provide health care coverage and related services to 1.4 million subscribers and their families. |
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