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InFocus Advisors begins operating Patricia D Spencer Agency
CLAY — InFocus Advisors, Inc. brought the operations of Patricia D Spencer Agency under its roof at the beginning of November. “To the best of my knowledge this is pretty unique,” says Dave Lavelle, president of InFocus Advisors and one of the insurance, investment, and group-benefit firm’s five partners. “You used to have a small, […]
Upstate health-benefit costs rose 3.5 percent in 2012
Health-benefit costs increased less in upstate New York than they did nationally in 2012, according to recently released results of a survey from the human-resources consulting firm Mercer. Costs rose 3.5 percent in upstate New York to an average of $9,364 per employee, Mercer found in its National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans 2012, which
Excellus repays $3.1 million following claim-denial glitch
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield has repaid plan members and providers after a fall 2011 computer error caused it to deny claims made by individuals who had
Low-interest loan program launched for businesses rebuilding from Sandy
The New York Bankers Association (NYBA) and New York Business Development Corp. are setting up a $10 million emergency loan fund for small businesses recovering
ESD OKs CNY, Mohawk Valley, North Country funding
Projects in Central New York, the Mohawk Valley, and the North Country received funding yesterday from Empire State Development (ESD). The board of the state’s
Editor’s note: The Investment Q&A feature appears regularly in our Financial Quarterly publication, spotlighting area investment professionals and their views on the markets and investments. In this issue, Jim Burns, president of J.W. Burns & Company in DeWitt, chatted with Adam Rombel, editor-in-chief, via phone on Nov. 2, several days before the presidential and Congressional
Delmonico turns to small, family businesses for growth
SYRACUSE — A focus on the family has helped Delmonico Insurance Agency grow — a focus on family-owned businesses that is. “It’s client acquisition, picking
MVP starting private health-insurance exchange
MVP Health Care, Inc. is dipping its toe into the health insurance exchange movement a year before New York’s state-operated exchange will be up and
NORWICH — Mang Insurance Agency, LLC, promoted Richard Campagna to the position of chief operating officer at the Norwich–based insurance firm. Campagna joined the agency
NEW HARTFORD — The accounting firms Barone, Howard & Co. CPAs of New Hartford and Stephen F. Schink, CPA, of Rome will merge effective Jan.
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