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Business: Insurance

Best Car Insurance 2020 Tips

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“Car insurance is an important investment made by any driver. On the other hand, car insurance is also expensive. To get lower car insurance premiums, drivers resort to various methods.”, said Russell Rabichev, Marketing Director of Internet Marketing Company.


LOS ANGELES (PRWEB)

Compare-autoinsurance.org has launched a new blog post that presents several popular methods used to lower the price of car insurance premiums.

For more info and free quotes, visit https://compare-autoinsurance.org/top-methods-that-you-can-use-in-order-to-pay-cheaper-car-insurance/

The price of car insurance can rise to as much as several thousand dollars per year. To no one’s surprise, drivers want to pay less on their insurance. Fortunately, there are some clever ways that can help anyone save money on car insurance.

In order to pay lower premiums, drivers should follow these tips:


  •     Set higher deductible levels for collision and comprehensive coverage. Drivers who are willing to pay more from their own pockets, before the coverage begins, can pay less on their insurance premiums. Drivers who are taking this approach are advised to save some money, just in case, they will need to complete a claim.

  •     Avoid committing traffic violations or accidents. Some of the largest discounts in the auto insurance industry are offered to drivers that keep their driving records clean.

  •     Combine multiple policies under the same contract. Bundling all the insurance policies of the vehicles from a household is rewarded with a large discount by the insurance providers. Also, drivers can save money if they bundle their car insurance policies with other types of insurance like homeowner’s insurance or life insurance.

  •     Analyze what coverage is redundant or useless. For owners of newer vehicles, paying for collision and comprehensive coverage is worth it. However, for old vehicles that reached a certain age, dropping full coverage might be the right choice. In some cases, the price of a one-year full coverage policy is higher than the market value of the older vehicle.

  •     Consider the insurance costs before purchasing a vehicle. It is recommended to check which types of vehicles are the most and the least expensive to insure. Vehicles like sports cars, limousines, muscle cars, exotic cars are expensive to insure. Some of the cheapest cars to insure are family vans or mid-size SUV’s that have high safety ratings.

  •     Improve the car’s safety rating. Drivers can obtain an important discount if they are installing safety devices and anti-theft devices that are approved by their insurance companies.

  •     Good drivers should enroll in a UBI program. Usage-based insurance is getting more popular than ever. Drivers are now more open to the idea of installing a telematics device that monitors their driving behavior. Also, this is the fastest method that can help drivers with good driving habits obtain a large discount.

For additional info, money-saving tips and free car insurance quotes, visit https://compare-autoinsurance.org/

Compare-autoinsurance.org is an online provider of life, home, health, and auto insurance quotes. This website is unique because it does not simply stick to one kind of insurance provider, but brings the clients the best deals from many different online insurance carriers. In this way, clients have access to offers from multiple carriers all in one place: this website. On this site, customers have access to quotes for insurance plans from various agencies, such as local or nationwide agencies, brand names insurance companies, etc.

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Crowley’s Marine Services Group Realigned with New Leadership

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We are pleased to have these three, talented individuals leading our commercial marine services. They bring a lot of experience and customer focus to each business line.


SEATTLE (PRWEB)

To better support the diverse needs of customers in the maritime industry, Crowley Maritime Corp. announced today that it has realigned its marine services organization and introduced new leadership.

Crowley Marine Services, part of the company’s Shipping group, will now be comprised of three distinct, yet interrelated business segments: offshore services, ship assist and tanker escort, and engineering services – those provided by Crowley and subsidiary Jensen Maritime Consultants. Jeff Andreini, Porter Sesnon and Coulston “Cole” van Gundy have been appointed to top leadership positions in each of these units respectively.

Andreini has rejoined Crowley after serving four years as the chief financial officer for Ardent Holdings, a global marine salvage business in which Crowley previously had a 50 percent ownership position. With Crowley, he now has profit and loss responsibilities for the company’s offshore division, which includes Crowley’s ocean-class tugboat and flat-deck barge fleets. This unit provides specialized cargo transportation to the offshore energy sector and the emerging U.S. offshore wind market. He will be based in Houston and report to Johan Sperling, vice president of marine services.

Sesnon is taking the lead role for the group’s ship assist and tanker escort services, which are provided in all major West Coast ports from north Puget Sound, Wash., to San Diego, Calif. Utilizing one of the most advanced fleets of ship assist and tanker escort tugs in North America, Crowley safely assists the ships through some of the tightest, most environmentally-sensitive waterways in the world. Crowley entered the ship assist business at the start of the 20th century, operating steam-powered tugs in San Francisco Bay in 1906. Sesnon, who will have profit and loss responsibilities for the division, will be based in Seattle and report to Sperling.

Within Crowley’s engineering group, van Gundy is taking the leadership role in business development to grow the company’s third-party project and construction management services, as well as engineering and design-related offerings provided by both Crowley and Seattle-based Jensen Maritime. Van Gundy will be based in Seattle and report to Jay Edgar, vice president of Jensen.

“We are pleased to have these three, talented individuals leading our commercial marine services,” said Sperling. “They bring a lot of experience and customer focus to each business line.”

“With their leadership and our business structure, we’re not only going to provide routine, daily marine services, but we’ll be able to collaborate to provide custom solutions to maritime-related challenges – whether that’s designing, building and operating vessels, installing an offshore wind farm, or towing and positioning a TLP for installation,” Sperling added.

Prior to joining Ardent, Andreini served at Crowley for 35 years beginning as a dispatcher/administration assistant in San Francisco and Long Beach for Crowley’s tug and barge services. He spent 20 years in Crowley’s Seattle office in numerous roles including director of finance for harbor services, manager of West Coast tug dispatch, and manager of business development. In 2013, Andreini relocated to Jacksonville to become the director of finance and strategic planning for the company’s solutions business unit before taking the position at Ardent. He earned a bachelor’s degree in finance and a master’s degree in business administration.

Prior to joining Crowley, Sesnon worked for five years as a corporate lawyer at K&L Gates LLP in Seattle where he represented private and public companies in a variety of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financing, corporate restructurings, joint ventures, and public offerings. Sesnon joined Crowley in August 2018 as a director of business development for the company’s marine services group and has been responsible for growing Crowley’s ship assist and escort services for tankers, container ships and other vessels on the U.S. West Coast.

Van Gundy joined Crowley in 2006 as an engineer supporting vessels managed from the Pacific Northwest. His first assignment was to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, supporting Crowley’s North Slope operations, and he later began supporting harbor and ocean tugs as a chief engineer. Moving ashore, van Gundy supported both Crowley and third-party vessel repair and new construction management programs. Most recently he managed Crowley’s offshore energy business development. Van Gundy holds his project management professional credential and is a graduate from the California Maritime Academy, where he earned a bachelor’s of science degree and master of science degree in transportation and engineering management, as well as his U.S. Coast Guard engineering license.

About Crowley

Jacksonville-based Crowley Holdings Inc., a holding company of the 128-year-old Crowley Maritime Corporation, is a privately held family- and employee-owned company that provides government, marine, energy and logistics services in domestic and international markets. Crowley operates under four business units: Crowley Logistics, a logistics supply chain division that includes ocean liner services; Crowley Shipping, which encompasses ownership, operations and management of conventional and dual fuel (LNG) vessels, including tankers, container ships, multipurpose, tugboats and barges; engineering; project management; and naval architecture through its subsidiary Jensen Maritime; Crowley Fuels, a fuel transportation, distribution and sales division that also provides liquefied natural gas (LNG) and related services; and Crowley Solutions, which focuses on global government services and program management, government ship management, expeditionary logistics and government-oriented freight transportation services. Additional information about Crowley, its subsidiaries and business units may be found at http://www.crowley.com.

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Health

Salt Athletics Announces Partnership With Mito Red Light

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PENSACOLA, Fla. (PRWEB)

Salt Athletics is pleased to announce that Mito Red Light is the exclsuive provider of red light therapy equipment for all Salt Athletics location in North America. Salt Athletics features a patent-pending scientific wellness program that delivers a “stack” of advanced wellness protocols into a single 30-minute session, including the delivery of near infrared light 850nm and far infrared light 660nm therapy and salt inhalation therapy during each Salt Athletics session. Salt Athletics patent pending scientific wellness systems are based in part to a NASA study that researched how light waves interact with airborne salt particles from both a refractory and an absorbtion manner.

“After researching and testing the various red light therapy equipment available it became clear Mito Red Light was the best partner for Salt Athletics,” said John Brier, Managing Partner of HaloTherapy Center, LLC, the parent company of Salt Athletics. “Mito Red Light panels are the most powerful and reliable red light therapy panels on the market. Our partnership with Mito Red Light allows us to offer our Salt Athletics establishments the highest quality and lowest cost red light therapy panels in the world,” added Brier.

Red light therapy (near infrared-850nm / deep red-660nm) is known to benefit the following conditions:


  • Inflammation

  • Improved mitochondria function in cells

  • Reduced pain

  • Improved injury healing time

  • Reduced training recovery time

  • Liver function

  • Combats lethargy

  • Bone density

  • Improved fertility and testosterone increases

  • Healthier, plumper skin due to collagen production

  • Wound healing

  • Metabolic boost

  • Reduced scaring

  • muscle and tendon strain healing

  • Reduction of fine wrinkles

  • Improved skin texture

  • Improved circulation

  • Stimulation of hair growth

“We are very excited to partner with Salt Athletics in offering this unique and innovative wellness platform. Mito Red’s mission is to make red light therapy affordable and accessible to everyone – and this partnership is another big step in that direction”. Scott Chaverri, Founder & CEO Mito Red Light.

Each Salt Athletics room has complete coverage Mito Red Light systems installed, as well as Salt Titan Halo Generators (dry salt therapy). During each session users recieve a unique combination of near and far infrared light therapy and salt inhalation therapy. Additional components of each Salt Athletics session include oxygen concentrators and negative ion generators. Salt Athletics members recieve a glass of ionized water prior to each Salt Athletics session, and at the completion of each Salt Athletics session each member recieves a fresh glass of carrot, apple and celery juice made on-demand in an extraction juice machine.

Salt Athletics is currently being licensed to fitness and wellness centers across North America, with their flag ship location operating inside a new 13,000 square foot World Gym facility in Pensacola, Florida. Additional locations are opening now in Tampa, Florida, Cantonment, Florida, and in the Atlanta, Georgia region. For Salt Athletic licensing inquiries email Info@HaloTherapyCenter.com

Salt Athletics is a division of HaloTherapy Center, LLC, and currently has 3 separate patents pending with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. For more information visit http://www.SaltAthletics.com. For more information on Mito Red Light visit http://www.MitoRedLight.com

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Technology: Electronics

Kessler launches novel power solution using common household battery

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PLYMOUTH, Ind. (PRWEB)

Mag Max 3A is a 3 amp battery adapter that powers DSLRs, mirrorless cameras, audio recorders, LED lights, monitors and other accessories (including your cellphone and other USB-powered devices) via one of the most common batteries on the market— the rugged DeWalt MAX /FlexVolt Lithium-Ion battery line.

Kessler believes this product will fill a huge void in the market by providing a new use for a widely available product. “Throughout the globe, everyone has these batteries sitting around in their garage,” says Mike Sutton, Kessler’s Director of Product Development. “You can go to almost any hardware store in any country and buy these batteries.”

Mike Sutton says the whole idea began with a question. “What if you took these universal batteries and opened them up to other markets outside of power tools?” the team wondered.

The Kessler team set out to design a product that could power a wide variety of products and accessories for budget-conscious filmmakers, photographers, audio mixers, hobbyists and travelers in a pinch for a little extra power.

“There is peace of mind in knowing you can travel and find a power solution in almost every town and city around the world,” says Sutton.

With an introductory price of $199.99, the Mag Max 3A works with DeWalt 20v Max and 20v/60v FlexVolt batteries (which are labeled in their nominal voltages of 18v Max and 18v/54v FlexVolt batteries in countries outside North and South America.)

The Mag Max 3A boasts a variety of features including multiple ¼”-20, and 3/8”-16 tapped and passthrough holes, strong neodymium magnets embedded in the bottom plate, industry-standard power connections (5V USB, and regulated 14.4v 3A P-Tap, LEMO 2 pin, and 5.5mm x 2.1mm power jack,) as well as optional accessories such as a belt clip, Gold Mount stud kit and v-mount wedge lock kit.

Crafted from high-grade aluminum, the Mag Max 3A is designed, manufactured, assembled and supported in the USA by Kessler in Plymouth, Indiana.

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Industry: Healthcare

Health Care M&A Volume Slipped 3% in Q4:2019, According to HealthCareMandA.com

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“Fourth-quarter deal volume was strong, thanks to a busy December,” said Lisa E. Phillips, editor of HealthCareMandA.com. “Heading into 2020, we expect another strong year in the healthcare market—at least until the November elections.”


NORWALK, Conn. (PRWEB)

Health care merger and acquisition activity essentially held steady in the fourth quarter of 2019, compared with the third quarter. The number of deals announced fell 3%, to 442, compared with the previous quarter’s 456 transactions, and was 12% lower than the 504 deals announced in the same quarter in 2018. Combined spending in the fourth quarter totaled $63.4 billion, up 22% compared with the previous quarter’s $52.1 billion. It was 47% greater than the approximately $43.1 billion reported in the same quarter in 2018, according to HealthCareMandA.com

Healthcare services transactions made up 69% of the fourth quarter’s deal volume, similar to the previous four quarters. The Long-Term Care sector once again ranked the busiest, with 110 deals and a 25% share of the quarter’s transaction total. Year-over-year, two of the services sectors posted impressive gains—Home Health & Hospice (+40%) and Managed Care (+200%). Combined spending on the services side accounted for only 38% of the quarter’s total, approximately $24 billion, based on disclosed prices.

Healthcare technology deals accounted for 31% of the fourth quarter’s deal volume. The eHealth sector was the busiest, posting 63 deals to make up 14% of the quarter’s total. Year-over-year, eHealth was the only technology sector to post an increase in deal volume, up 9% compared with the fourth quarter of 2018. Combined spending among the technology sectors was $39.4 billion.

“Fourth-quarter deal volume was strong, thanks to a busy December,” said Lisa E. Phillips, editor of HealthCareMandA.com. “Heading into 2020, we expect another strong year in the healthcare market—at least until the November elections.”

As healthcare mergers and acquisitions go, 2019 was another good year. Preliminary data show a total of 1,774 deals announced, the second-highest on record. The total is just 7% lower than 2018’s record of 1,908 transactions.

Last year’s spending total is another story, and one for the record books. Preliminary data show $401.7 billion went to finance healthcare deals in 2019, and that’s just disclosed spending. Not only is that a record, it beat the previous record ($333.3 billion, set in 2018) by 21%.

All quarterly results are published in The Health Care M&A, which is part of the HealthCareMandA.com investment research source. Sector-specific research and analysis can be found at Levin Associates 2019 Sector Reports. For information, or to order the report, call 800-248-1668. Irving Levin Associates is celebrating more than 70 years of delivering exclusive M&A intelligence to its sophisticated audience of seniors housing and healthcare investors. The company was established in 1948 and has headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut.

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Business: Insurance

Car Insurance 2020 Guide – Why ZIP Code Is Used To Determine Auto Insurance Rates

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“For any insurance company, the neighborhood where a customer lives is very important. Customers living in good and safe neighborhoods pay less on their premiums, while drivers living in dangerous neighborhoods will pay more on their insurance rates.”, said Russell Rabichev, Marketing Director


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Compare-autoinsurance.org has launched a new blog post that explains how the zip code can affect the price of car insurance premiums.

For more info and free quotes, visit https://compare-autoinsurance.org/why-car-insurance-varies-by-zip-code/

Car insurance can help drivers overcome some delicate situations that involve the paying of medical bills, damage claims, and legal expenses. Some drivers get confused when they start comparing their insurance policies with their relatives or friends and they notice the huge differences between them. One of the most important reasons for these differences is the ZIP code.

The ZIP code can help the insurers find out more about the following factors that determine the insurance premiums:


  •     The number of claims in a certain area directly impacts the rates. Drivers that live in areas where the number of claims is high, will have to pay more money on their insurance rates.

  •     Population density. Living in an urban area is usually more expensive. The car insurance premiums paid by those living in high-density urban areas are higher when compared with the premiums paid by drivers that are living in the suburbs.

  •     Environmental and geographical factors. Those who live in areas where the winters are longer and more severe are likely to pay more money on car insurance. Also, higher rates will be paid by drivers that live in areas known to be affected by floods, earthquakes, or tornadoes.

  •     The number of accidents and crimes. In some areas, cars are stolen more often or they are vandalized. Especially in large port cities, where specialized gangs are known to steal vehicles in order to send them to foreign countries. Also, drivers have higher chances of getting their cars vandalized if they happen to live in large cities.

  •     Unemployment rate. In areas where the number of unemployed persons is high, there is also a high number of persons that are driving without insurance. Uninsured drivers who are causing an accident are responsible for large losses suffered by insurance providers. Insurance companies will compensate for that losses by increasing the premiums of their paying customers.

  •     Road conditions. Living in an area where the roads are filled with potholes will make the insurance costs go up. The same happens if there are any dangerous intersections nearby.

For additional info, money-saving tips and free car insurance quotes, visit https://compare-autoinsurance.org/

Compare-autoinsurance.org is an online provider of life, home, health, and auto insurance quotes. This website is unique because it does not simply stick to one kind of insurance provider, but brings the clients the best deals from many different online insurance carriers. In this way, clients have access to offers from multiple carriers all in one place: this website. On this site, customers have access to quotes for insurance plans from various agencies, such as local or nationwide agencies, brand names insurance companies, etc.

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Business: Executives

Wise Public Relations and Zimmerman Strategic Communications Announce Merger to Start New and Ambitious Growth Chapter

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“The merger enabled us to deliver an even greater breadth of expertise and capabilities to achieve those goals by bringing enhanced value to clients, particularly those in high-touch and highly-regulated industries such as Sports, Entertainment, Cannabis, Alcohol/Beverage and FinTech.”


NEW YORK (PRWEB)

Wise Public Relations, Inc. (Wise PR), the integrated marketing agency, announced today that it has joined forces with industry veteran Robert Zimmerman and his boutique consultancy, Zimmerman Strategic Communications. Zimmerman will serve as Global Managing Director and Chief of Staff, responsible for overseeing Wise staff, operations, and client relations while expanding and strengthening Wise PR’s Sports, Media, Entertainment and Crisis/Reputation Management capabilities.

Both Wise and Zimmerman possess deep experience across the Cannabis, Technology, Sports, Media, Entertainment, FinTech, Crisis, and Consumer Lifestyle industries. The successful collaboration between the two companies on a number of clients over the past several years led naturally to this merger. As part of the merger, Zimmerman brings with him his client base that includes FIA Formula E and others.

“After laying a more than 12-year foundation of persistent, organic and measured growth delivering world-class marketing communications to some of the best clients, we’ve reached an inflection point,” said Harrison Wise, Founder and President of Wise Public Relations. “We are an ambitious team with our sights set on achieving market and category leadership. The merger enabled us to deliver an even greater breadth of expertise and capabilities to achieve those goals by bringing enhanced value to clients, particularly those in high-touch and highly-regulated industries such as Sports, Entertainment, Cannabis, Alcohol/Beverage and FinTech.”

“With Robert now an integral part of our senior leadership team our collective focus will be on bringing together the best strategy, tools and processes to enable our employees to deliver peak performance across, client, business & leadership goals both now and in the future,” added Wise.

“Harrison has done a fantastic job establishing Wise PR whose entrepreneurial values, creative spirit, and commitment to achieving client goals have made the company into a leading agency in key growth sectors, first with ad/marketing technology, FinTech and now in the Cannabis vertical,” said Zimmerman. “As Wise is at a new inflection point in its growth, I look forward to further building the agency’s brand, capabilities, and talent, offering clients a full-breadth of best-in-class branding, content, experiential and other integrated marketing services that will transform their businesses for the future.”

Zimmerman, who launched his consultancy in 2012, has represented such marquis clients as FIA Formula E Racing, Tough Mudder, Omnigon, Benjamin Restaurant Group, USGA, Jeff Jenkins Productions, You On Demand, Driver Digital and ACES Inc. He is also a partner in PR, Marketing and Media Czars, the online PR and Marketing community. From 2008-2012, Zimmerman served as the Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, PR and Public Affairs for WWE. In that role, he ran the sports entertainment giant’s global communications, public affairs, and crisis management operations, where he conceived and launched WWE’s anti-bullying initiative – “Be a S.T.A.R” – which was praised in the Congressional Record; received numerous local and state accolades, as well as recognized by PR News as one of the “Best Cause Branding Campaigns.” Prior to WWE, he held senior executive roles at leading PR agencies serving as a trusted advisor to C-level executives and has helped guide some of the world’s best-known brands, products and personalities including Howard Stern, The Wall Street Journal Weekend Edition, FOX News, Donatella and Allegra Versace, House of Blues, Jay Leno, Bacardi, HGTV, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Martin Guitars, Ziff-Davis, Foxwoods Resort and Casino, Wenner Media, Michael Eisner, and Sirius XM. Zimmerman holds a BA in Communications from the University of Pennsylvania.

About Wise Public Relations, Inc.

Founded in 2007, everything Wise Public Relations, Inc. does is purpose-driven to meet the precise needs of a particular client. And, of course, to resonate with the client’s target audiences.

From brand development and content creation, to social engagement and media relations, every step in the marketing process is executed with an unwavering commitment to a guiding purpose: Why your brand exists. As all these capabilities serve as the connective tissue in the Wise ecosystem, it’s clear to see how each step in the integrated marketing communications process must be done with intent and purpose.

Wise works across the Sports, Media, Entertainment, Technology and Cannabis verticals and was recently named by the Observer for the second year in a row as one of the most powerful PR firms in Cannabis. Wise has offices in NYC and LA. For more information visit http://www.wisepublicrelations.com.

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Health

New Products from ReJuviance® – Topical NAD+

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Topical NAD+ restores cellular energy generation for skin and scalp


SARASOTA, Fla. (PRWEB)

ReJuviance® division of MicroSweep Corp. has introduced a family of new products containing Topical NAD+ to rejuvenate skin and scalp.

NAD+ is the magical coenzyme used by all living matter to create energy in the mitochondria, each cell’s energy engine. The valuable compound is Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (CAS 53-84-9), which accepts and carries electrons to create ATP energy in the cell. NAD+ is also a critical signaling molecule that controls cell function and survival.

Scientists believe that NAD+ starvation may be a principal cause of age-related decline and neurodegenerative disease, because the body‘s ability to make adequate NAD+ declines with age.

Recent discoveries confirm that supplemental NAD+ provided topically goes directly into the cell. ReJuviance Topical NAD+ products contain pure, certified NAD+ in concentrations with transporter ingredients to assist delivery to sub-dermal skin and scalp cells.

These new products are available at http://www.Rejuviance.com and on Amazon.

“Topical NAD+ restores cellular energy generation for skin and scalp ” said John Edwards, President of ReJuviance®.

ReJuviance® products renew skin and scalp. See ReJuviance® products at (http://www.Rejuviance.com).

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Industry: Healthcare

Behavioral Health Care M&A Activity Slowed in Q4:2019, According to Acquisition Data From Healthcaremanda.com

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“This sector has seen years of growth as PE firms have piled in to build national and regional platforms around addiction treatment and autism programs. It’s not surprising to see contraction after years of growth,” said Lisa Phillips, editor of The Health Care M&A Report, which publishes the data.


NORWALK, Conn. (PRWEB)

Activity in the behavioral health care M&A market slowed in the fourth quarter of 2019, down 21% with 15 publicly announced transactions, compared with 19 transactions in the third quarter, according to data from HealthCareMandA.com. The decline in deal volume was even more dramatic compared with the fourth quarter of 2018. Deal volume in Q4:19 was down by 46% versus the 28 deals announced a year earlier. Only one transaction disclosed a price in the quarter, for $415 million.

“This sector has seen years of growth as private equity firms have piled in to build national and regional platforms around addiction treatment and autism programs and services. It’s not surprising to see more contraction after several years of growth,” said Lisa E. Phillips, editor of The Health Care M&A Report, which publishes the data. “Autism is still the hottest commodity in the sector, but investor interest in substance abuse programs and inpatient psychiatric facilities has waned a bit.”

The sole deal to report a price was announced by Thomas H. Lee Partners. The private equity firm paid $415 million to acquire Centria Healthcare from Martis Capital and Lorient Capital. Centria is the largest provider in Michigan and operates in Arizona, California, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. It also provides pediatric nursing and catastrophic injury care.

Discovery Behavioral Health, a portfolio company of Webster Equity Partners, was the most active acquirer in the quarter, announcing three transactions targeting companies specializing in drug and alcohol treatment programs in California (2) and Maryland (1).

All quarterly results are published in The Health Care M&A, which is part of the HealthCareMandA.com investment research source. Sector-specific research and analysis can be found in The Behavioral Health Care Acquisition Report 2019 . For information, or to order the report, call 800-248-1668. Irving Levin Associates is celebrating more than 70 years of delivering exclusive M&A intelligence to its sophisticated audience of seniors housing and healthcare investors. The company was established in 1948 and has headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut.

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Business: Executives

AbstoneLalley, Inc.’s CEO Represents President Of One Of The Largest, Minority-Owned Law Firms In The U.S. In Transition To New Firm

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The hiring of Steve Pugh is an important event in the history of our firm. Not only is he a prestigious attorney and leader in the legal profession, he has also successfully run one of the most notable minority-owned firms in the country.


CHICAGO (PRWEB)

AbstoneLalley, Inc., a national, minority-owned legal and corporate consulting firm, is proud to announce that its Chief Executive Officer, Rodney L. Abstone-Carabajal served as a trusted advisor to Stephen H. Pugh, President of Pugh, Jones & Johnson, P.C., in his transition to Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C. Mr. Pugh, a nationally-recognized, award-winning trial attorney and public finance lawyer, joins Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella as a Shareholder, effective January 16, 2020.

“It was a tremendous honor when Stephen Pugh contacted me to represent him and his firm with their transition to a new firm,” said Rodney L. Abstone-Carabajal, CEO of AbstoneLalley, Inc. “Mr. Pugh is a powerhouse Chicago lawyer and a true trailblazer. Working with him and his firm has been one of the highlights of my career.”

Since its founding in 2012, Mr. Abstone-Carabajal’s firm has developed a reputation for excellence rooted in its unwavering commitment to diversity. As demonstrated by its diverse team of consultants and inclusive work environment throughout North and South America, AbstoneLalley holds true to its mission to advance diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. For these reasons, Mr. Abstone-Carabajal and his team continue to be sought out for their particular expertise in diversity recruitment and retention and lateral partner and practice group transitions and law firm mergers.

“After more than 28 years as a significant, diverse law firm in Chicago and New York, we owe a great deal of gratitude to our clients and to our former attorneys and staff,” said Stephen H. Pugh. “We now look forward to providing outstanding legal services with the dynamic firm of Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella.”

Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella is a full service, mid-sized firm with a well-earned reputation within the Chicago business and legal communities and with capabilities and resources that extend around the globe. “Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella has a sincere commitment to improving the diversity landscape in law firms,” stated Abstone-Carabajal. “This is the primary reason I have very much enjoyed working with two of the firm’s Shareholders, John Stephens and Jeff Warren, on this initiative.” 

“Unlike many firms throughout Chicago that have gone the way of consolidation, Burke, Warren made the decision a number of years ago to remain an independent, mid-sized, full service firm,” said John P. Stephens, Shareholder of Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella. “A key component to the sustainability of our business model is the continual addition of new talent to the firm. For several years now, we have been successful in attracting attorneys who are drawn to our collegial environment, culture of accountability, and full-service platform. However, we had a breakthrough when our firm was introduced to Rodney Abstone-Carabajal and his firm, AbstoneLalley. Not only does Rodney provide top-of-the-line service and connections to first-rate attorneys, he has been instrumental in introducing Burke, Warren, for the first time, to top tier minority attorneys, which aligns with our commitment to become a more diverse firm. The hiring of Steve Pugh is an important event in the history of our firm. Not only is he a prestigious attorney and leader in the legal profession, he has also successfully run one of the most notable minority-owned firms in the country. My colleagues and I are very happy to have him onboard, and look forward to working with him to further enhance the legal services we deliver to our clients.”

For more information about AbstoneLalley, Inc., please visit the company’s website at AbstoneLalley.com.

About AbstoneLalley, Inc.

AbstoneLalley, Inc., a minority-owned legal and corporate consulting firm with offices in Chicago, Washington, D.C., New York City, San Francisco, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, provides exceptional service and expertise to deliver effective leadership solutions for their clients throughout North and South America. Their extensive knowledge in the areas of legal and corporate executive recruiting, diversity recruiting and retention, domestic and international law firm mergers and acquisitions, succession planning, and career counseling, has earned them a reputation of excellence. Their expertise enables them to maintain a sharp focus on key success factors, sound bottom-line management, and innovative quality client service in today’s highly competitive legal market. For more information, please visit AbstoneLalley.com.

Media Contact:

Sara DeNio, Managing Shareholder, (312) 602-2549, sdenio@abstonelalley.com

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