Medicare Part D is the prescription drug benefit available through Medicare.

NEW HARTFORD — The recession, state taxes, and asbestos claims all took a bite out of 2009 earnings at Utica National Insurance Group, which reported a net loss from operations of $48.2 million.

SYRACUSE — DB&B Financial Services, the financial-services arm of Dermody, Burke & Brown CPAs, LLC, has spun off into a separate company.

DeWITT — The DeWitt–based Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York (IIABNY) announced Feb. 10 it is prepared to proceed with a lawsuit against the New York State Insurance Department to stop a new producer-compensation regulation from taking effect.
IIABNY, headquartered at 5784 Widewaters Parkway in DeWitt, is a not-for-profit trade association that represents 1,800 independent insurance agents in New York.

CAMILLUS — Mang Insurance Agency prevents unruly and inebriated wedding guests, whose overzealous Macarena performance causes them to trip over speaker wires, from cashing in on their idiocy.

According to a Dalbar Financial Services study that tracks investor returns, from 1989 to 2008 the S&P 500 yielded an 8.35-percent return annually. But the average investor only earned 1.87 percent over the same period. This fact deserves restatement