State Farm, Assurant Health Renew National Distribution Alliance.MILWAUKEE -- State Farm Insurance and Assurant Health have renewed the national marketing alliance that makes Assurant Health's individual medical insurance products available through State Farm agents nationwide. The original alliance became official in July 2000 and marked the first time that State Farm had joined forces with a national health insurance provider. "Over the past four years, our alliance with Assurant Health has made it possible to provide our customers with a complete portfolio of quality individual medical insurance products - from traditional health coverage to innovative High Deductible Health Plans A High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) is a health insurance plan with lower premiums and higher deductibles than a traditional health plan. It is sometimes referred to as a catastrophic health insurance plan. that can be combined with Health Savings Accounts A Health Savings Account (HSA) is a tax-advantaged medical savings account available to taxpayers in the United States who are enrolled in a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP). The funds contributed to the account are not subject to federal income tax at the time of deposit. to help manage qualified healthcare expenses," said State Farm Health Vice President, Sharon McAuley. "Continuing this alliance will allow us to do the same for many more of our current and future State Farm customers." Nearly 17,000 agents currently sell State Farm insurance products and State Farm customers now comprise about one of every four households in the 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. . Assurant Health is one of the nation's leading providers of individual medical and small group health insurance products. "Our alliance with State Farm has proven to be beneficial to everyone involved," said Assurant Health 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. Don Hamm. "We are extremely pleased to be continuing this great relationship into the future and look forward to continued work with State Farm, our largest business alliance." State Farm(R) insures more cars than any other insurer in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and is the leading U.S. home insurer. State Farm's 17,000 agents and 72,000 employees serve nearly 73 million auto, fire, life and health policies in the United States and Canada. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company is the parent of the State Farm family of companies. State Farm is ranked No. 18 on the Fortune 500 list of largest companies. For more information, please visit statefarm.com(R) or in Canada statefarm.ca. In business since 1892, Assurant Health provides health insurance coverage for more than one million people nationwide. With almost 3,000 employees, Assurant Health is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., and has operations offices in Minnesota, Idaho, and Florida, as well as sales offices across the country. Assurant Health products are underwritten and issued by Fortis Insurance Company, John Alden John Alden (1599?–September 22 1687) was one of the Pilgrims who emigrated to America in 1620 on the Mayflower and founded the Plymouth Colony. He was originally hired by William Bradford and others to be their cooper. Life Insurance Company and Fortis Benefits Insurance Company. Assurant Health is part of Assurant, which offers specialized insurance products and related services in North America and selected other markets. Assurant is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol AIZ AIZ Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri (Lee C. Fine Memorial Airport) AIZ Air Intercept Zone AIZ Anti Imperialistische Zelle(n) (German: Anti-Imperialistic Cell; now defunct terrorist group) . |
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