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Industry: Healthcare

Gene P. Siegal, MD, PhD, FASCP, Installed as 2019-2020 President of the American Society for Clinical Pathology

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“Being surrounded by a large cadre of highly dedicated volunteers and staff ensures the ongoing success of ASCP as we prepare ourselves to enter the next century of service to our colleagues and our patients.”Gene P. Siegal, MD, PhD, FASCPASCP President


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Gene P. Siegal, MD, PhD, FASCP, was installed today as the 2019-2020 President of the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) during the Society’s Annual Meeting held September 11-13 in Phoenix.    

A distinguished educator, Dr. Siegal is the Robert W. Mowry Endowed Professor of Pathology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Executive Vice-Chair of Pathology at UAB Medicine, in Birmingham, Alabama. Since January 2018, he has also served as the Interim Chair of the Department of Genetics at UAB. He is an experimental and diagnostic pathologist whose research interest, for over three decades, has been focused on cancer biology. His clinical research interests have centered on studies of bone tumors and related conditions, a field in which he is a recognized world authority.

Among multiple honor societies, Dr. Siegal is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, London and Phi Beta Delta, Honor Society for International Scholars. He has just completed a six-year term on the Mayo Clinic Alumni Association Board of Directors and currently serves on the Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society and Educational Foundation Board of Trustees. He has published more than 700 peer-reviewed manuscripts, book chapters, abstracts and other professional writings, along with nine books. He is the former Senior Associate Editor of The American Journal of Pathology and is one of the Section Editors for Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology for the Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, in addition to being the current Editor-in-Chief of Laboratory Investigation.

Dr. Siegal notes, “Being surrounded by a large cadre of highly dedicated volunteers and staff ensures the ongoing success of ASCP as we prepare ourselves to enter the next century of service to our colleagues and our patients.”

A longtime volunteer with ASCP, he most recently served as Chair of the Commission on Science, Technology and Policy, and served on the Finance Committee and the ASCP Board of Directors. Among his many other volunteer activities with ASCP, Dr. Siegal is a former member of the ASCP Annual Meeting Education Committee, the Commission on Membership and former Chair of the Fellow Council. A frequent contributor to the educational activities of the Society, Dr. Siegal previously presented the Arthur Purdy Stout Lecture for Pathologists and the Anatomic Pathology Slide Seminar on bone tumors at the Annual Meeting.

Dr. Siegal completed medical school at the University of Louisville, in Louisville, Kentucky, his residency at the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, and a PhD at the University of Minnesota, in Minneapolis. He completed fellowships at Mayo, the University of Minnesota and at the National Cancer Institute, the National Institutes of Health, in Bethesda, MD.

About ASCP

Founded in 1922 in Chicago, ASCP is the world’s largest professional membership organization for pathologists and laboratory professionals. ASCP provides excellence in education, certification, and advocacy on behalf of patients, anatomic and clinical pathologists, and medical laboratory professionals. To learn more, visit http://www.ascp.org. Follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ascp_chicago and connect with us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ASCP.Chicago.

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Doris Gantos joins Gilbane Development Company as Vice President/Regional Director of Multifamily

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Doris Gantos joins Gilbane Development Company

“As we continue to grow our development and operations in the Mid-Atlantic region, Doris’ long-term, deep experience in multifamily and mixed-use will be of tremendous value to our team, our clients, and the communities we create,” said Ed Broderick, President and CEO of Gilbane Development Company.


ARLINGTON, Va. (PRWEB)

Gilbane Development Company (“GDCo”), the real estate development, financing, and ownership arm of Gilbane, Inc., is pleased to welcome Doris Gantos as Vice President/Regional Director of Multifamily for the Mid-Atlantic region. With over 25 years of experience, Ms. Gantos will be based in Gilbane’s Arlington, VA office and will be responsible for strategic growth of the Company’s market rate and mixed-use development in the region.

Prior to joining Gilbane Development Company, Ms. Gantos held leadership roles with Oculus Development and Advisory Services and The Bozzuto Group, and has extensive experience in multifamily, including affordable housing, as well as direct property management oversight experience for a portfolio of over 22,000 units. She is a member of District of Columbia Building Industry Association (DCBIA), Leadership Arlington, and Urban Land Institute (ULI).

Nationally, Gilbane Development Company has developed more than $7 billion in real estate and has more than 10,000 units of housing completed/underway. Select projects recently completed or currently underway in the Mid-Atlantic by Gilbane Development Company include The Grove at Parkside, affordable housing in NE Washington, DC; Atworth College Park, a 451-unit transit-oriented, mixed-use apartment community adjacent to College Park Metro stop; Fortitude at Delta Towers, 179 units of affordable housing for seniors in NE Washington; 306 Southern Avenue, 152 units of affordable assisted living; and Altus Towson Row, 214 units of student housing in Towson, MD.

“As we continue to grow our development and operations in the Mid-Atlantic region, Doris’ long-term, deep experience in multifamily and mixed-use development will be of tremendous value to our team, our clients, and the communities we create,” said Ed Broderick, President and CEO of Gilbane Development Company. “We are excited to have Doris on the team and look forward to her contributions.”

About Gilbane Development Company

Gilbane Development Company is the project development, financing and ownership arm of Gilbane, Inc., a private holding company in its fifth generation of family ownership and management. Gilbane Development Company provides a full slate of real estate development and project management services. Completed projects incorporate every aspect of real estate including: student housing, multifamily, residential communities, mixed-used developments, corporate headquarters, healthcare facilities, operational | data | distribution centers, R&D | manufacturing facilities, and many types of facilities delivered through public-private partnerships. Through its trademarked “Next Level of Student Housing®” program, Gilbane Development Company has completed or currently has in development over 13,000 beds of student housing. To learn more, visit http://www.gilbaneco.com/development or call 1-800-GILBANE.

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Operations Leader Rob Ossian Named Codero VP and Chief Operating Officer

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Rob Ossian — Codero VP and COO

This is a very exciting time to be part of Codero, and I am thrilled to help bring into focus a strategy representing nearly 18 months of data-driven research, customer dialogue, strategy planning, and end-to-end process improvements.


AUSTIN, Texas (PRWEB)

Rob Ossian, a hosting and managed services industry leader with over 20 years of experience with such companies as Dell and National Instruments, has been named Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Codero, a hosted solutions provider of IT infrastructure and cloud integration services. Rob is responsible for leading Codero’s world-class operations, platforms, support, and data center teams.

In his prior role as Director of Technical Support at Codero, Rob was integral to the conversion of Codero’s service delivery teams into world-class centers of excellence, providing industry-leading managed services through data-driven and predictive support strategies, and architect of Codero’s innovative Proactive Monitoring platform.

“I’m excited to have Rob join the Codero leadership team,” said Bill King, Codero’s president and chief executive officer. “Rob provides a seasoned perspective to our digital transformation, growth and product development initiatives. He is driven by a passion for delivering exceptional customer-centric experiences through business Intelligence, process simplification, and omnichannel engagement.”

“This is a very exciting time to be part of Codero, and I am thrilled to help bring into focus a strategy representing nearly 18 months of data-driven research, customer dialogue, strategy planning, and end-to-end process improvements,” said Rob Ossian. “I am deeply committed to ensuring Codero remains the type of environment that helps our employees to grow, both personally and professionally, while making sure we don’t forget to have fun along the way.”

Rob’s experience includes successfully managing software product planning, service delivery, and strategy across a range of technology areas and verticals, including Software as a Service (SaaS), high-performance computing, Content Delivery Networks (CDN), and business intelligence reporting. He holds a Business degree in Information Technology Management and is a certified Project Manager.

About Codero

Codero delivers IT infrastructure and cloud integration services to over 3,000 customers worldwide. Our mission is straightforward — provide the infrastructure, integration and support needed to enable our customers and partners to grow and thrive. We offer our services through a growing network of advanced, enterprise-grade data centers that avails our customers access to a comprehensive set of dedicated and virtualized cloud solutions. Codero’s Serious SupportTM is an organizational commitment to provide our customers with unrelenting, proactive and comprehensive support. Visit http://www.codero.com for more information about Codero and its services.

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35% Food Grade Hydrogen Peroxide For USA Labs, Homes And Farms

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AUSTIN, Texas (PRWEB)

Lab Alley (http://www.laballey.com) recently added 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide to it’s chemical line. It is diluted by Lab Alley to 34% before being shipped to customers. Hydrogen peroxide is a natural solution and commonly used for organic chemistry applications. In contrast to “Non-Food Grade Hydrogen Peroxide”, 35% hydrogen peroxide does not have toxic stabilizers added to the prepared aqueous solution. This is the reason it is considered “food grade”. Packaging sizes available from the Texas chemical supplier are 1 gallon, 4×1 gallon cases and bulk 55 gallon drums. The rapidly growing firm also sells other concentrations of H2O2 solutions such as 3%, 6%, 10%, 30% and 32%. These solutions are available in various volumes and grades for household and commercial use. The Austin, Texas based bulk chemical supplier quickly transports 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide to laboratories, factories, workshops, homes, schools, medical and wellness clinics, individual consumers and farms all across America. Caution must be exercised when handling this high concentration chemical because it can cause skin damage. Therefore, for safety reasons, consumers usually dilute 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide to weaker solutions such as 12% or lower, before they use it.

Discovered by French chemist Louis Jacques in 1818, hydrogen peroxide is now one of the most frequently used chemicals in the United States. It has numerous cosmetic uses and treats acne. You can make toothpaste with baking soda, salt and hydrogen peroxide. It has a controversial role in alternative medicine. It is an eco-friendly fruit and vegetable wash. Hydrogen peroxide solutions, such as 3%, are commonly used for cleaning around the house. Hydrogen peroxide solutions, such as 6% are used for lightening hair. Hydrogen peroxide is a great substitute for chlorine in swimming pools and hot tubs. The pale blue liquid is used to bleach wheat flour, sterilize food packages and germinate seeds. Certified 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide is used for bacterial and fungal control, and for plant/ garden/ botanical cultivation. Hydrogen Peroxide is classified as a mild disinfectant, deodorizing agent, oxidizing agent and bleaching agent and bactericidal. Ethanol and hydrogen peroxide are used extensively in botanical extraction processes. Lab Alley’s line of 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide is used by farmers, industrial agriculture companies and gardeners all over North America. It is purchased for pest control, treating root rot, pre-treating seeds and to boost plant growth.

Lab Alley is a bulk hydrogen peroxide e-commerce retailer, supplier, wholesaler, and distributor. Lab Alley’s online chemical shop sells solvents, acids, reagents, organic chemicals, buffers, caustics, bases, prepared solutions, inorganic chemicals and laboratory supplies to business and individuals online in the USA. Because many buyers in the United States require fast shipping times, Lab Alley ships 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide the same day or next day.

“It took our team some time and planning to roll out the product offering of 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide in several sizes but we are glad we did. We are happy with the sales numbers. Additionally, we are very pleased that we are solving a problem by having a high demand product with limited supply available to customers in the marketplace”, says Fred Elabed, Partner of Lab Alley LLC.

For more information about Lab Alley’s line of hydrogen peroxide products, visit https://www.laballey.com/collections/hydrogen-peroxide.

About Lab Alley

Lab Alley LLC is a woman-owned small business enterprise that distributes laboratory chemicals and reagents, laboratory chemical solvents, and laboratory consumables to Biotech, Life Science, Pharmaceutical, R&D, Industrial, Academia/Education, Cannabis/Hemp, and Government Agencies. We actively market our product portfolio to customers within our targeted market segments. Our chemicals and reagents categories include Ethanol, Solvents, Acids, Bases and Caustics, Buffers, Salts and Inorganic Chemicals, and Solutions.

Located in the heart of the Austin, Texas, Lab Alley was established with the express goal of offering a cohesive buying experience for laboratories throughout the country and around the world. Our extensive product line and diverse branding are uniquely fitted to meet the needs of our customers. Our comprehensive product website and trained staff are adept at finding the perfect solution for each customer.

For a complete listing of our product portfolio please visit our website at http://www.laballey.com.

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Technology: Computer

Software Licensing Advisors Joins Directions on Microsoft Advisory Team

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Directions on Microsoft

The combined advisory skillset now available through Directions on Microsoft is unmatched anywhere in the world.


KIRKLAND, Wash. (PRWEB)

Software Licensing Advisors’ (SLA) team of Microsoft licensing and contract negotiation experts is now part of Directions on Microsoft (DOM).

Software Licensing Advisors began in 2012 offering impartial advice to Microsoft enterprise customers of all sizes, independent of resellers or partners.

“Software Licensing Advisors has generated over half a billion dollars in cost avoidance of unnecessary Microsoft licenses and negotiated substantial discounts on Enterprise Agreements and other Volume Licensing Vehicles. We’re pleased to join the ranks of Directions on Microsoft to complement their deep product and technology knowledge,” states Steven Kelley, President of the firm. “The combined advisory skillset now available through Directions on Microsoft is unmatched anywhere in the world.”

Founded in 1992, DOM is an IT planning information and advisory service focused exclusively on Microsoft technologies, roadmaps, and licensing policies.

DOM information services include a continuously updated library of Microsoft licensing guides, new Microsoft technology evaluation reports, Microsoft product and cloud services roadmaps, and best-in-class Microsoft licensing training for technology and procurement roles.

DOM advisory services include Microsoft EA negotiation support, Microsoft self-audit and audit defense, and services to help organizations build their internal Microsoft IT roadmap.

“SLA has helped scores of Microsoft’s largest customers extract maximum value from their Volume Licensing Agreements.” says DOM president Jeff Parker. “They are a tremendous addition to our advisory team and we’re thrilled to put their understanding of how Microsoft thinks and negotiates to work for our clients.”

More information about DOM advisory services can be found at http://www.directionsonmicrosoft.com/get-advice.

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3dcart announces new Mega Menu Builder application to make site navigation more effective for merchants

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“We know how important effective visual navigation is for the sales flow of an online store, so we wanted to make Mega Menus accessible to store owners and easy to implement through this new application.” —Gonzalo Gil, 3dcart CEO


Tamarac, FL (PRWEB)

3dcart, a leading eCommerce platform, recently announced a new application that merchants can add to their online stores called the “Mega Menu Builder.” This application will allow store owners to customize and add larger and more advanced menus to their online store’s navigation with the purpose of making site navigation an easier and more attractive experience for customers. 3dcart has said that the new application will cost $14.99 per month to enable, or $249 as a one-time purchase.

“Many merchants have requested custom coding for Mega Menus on their online stores in the past, so we’ve decided to create a builder application that all of our merchants can customize and enable effortlessly,” said Gonzalo Gil, CEO of 3dcart. “We know how important effective visual navigation is for the sales flow of an online store, so we wanted to make Mega Menus accessible to store owners and easy to implement through this new application.”

Merchants using the Mega Menu Builder can fully customize their menu’s background color, font color, theme and width to make integration into their online store’s overall design seamless. The Mega Menu Builder offers three expanding menu types to choose from and customize, each with their own unique features: the tree menu, column menu and tabbed menu. This navigation application will be available with the newest updated version of 3dcart.

For more information about 3dcart’s Mega Menu Builder app, visit https://apps.3dcart.com/website-mega-menu-builder.html.

About 3dcart

3dcart (https://www.3dcart.com), located in Tamarac, Florida, is the most SEO-friendly eCommerce platform for retailers and internet marketers to grow their online stores’ traffic and sales. 3dcart includes 24×7 Technical Support, 100+ Mobile-Ready Themes, order management software, built-in blog, email marketing tools and more. Since 1997, the company has been a leader in the eCommerce market, building online stores for businesses of all sizes. Today, 3dcart is Visa PCI Certified and a Google Partner.

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Compulife Introduces Table Ratings to its Life Insurance Quote Software

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Compulife quotes hundreds of different life insurance products for more than 125 life insurance companies.


HARRODSBURG, Ky. (PRWEB)

Compulife Software, Inc. has introduced an important new quoting feature allowing users to automatically obtain quotes for table rated life insurance premiums. The user specifies the Table Rating value that they believe the client can qualify for and the Compulife program automatically produces the corresponding premiums, for that table, for all life insurance products in Compulife’s table rating database.

Table rated premiums are higher than normal premiums that life insurance companies offer to consumers who cannot otherwise qualify for standard premiums. For example, if an individual has diabetes they will likely have to pay a higher premium for a new life insurance policy. The industry calls such cases “substandard” and uses tables based upon the severity of the problem. The additonal premium added to a standard life insurance premium is called a table premium and that is determined from up to 16 different tables that a life insurance company may or may not offer. The company’s underwriting department ultimately decides which table may be available.

Compulife President Bob Barney emphasized that consumers who have existing life insurance policies at standard rates are not impacted by table ratings. Table rating only impact the purchase of a new insurance policy. For the vast majority of life insurance products, once a consumer owns a life insurance policy a change in their individual health does not change the premiums for that life insurance policy.

The new Table Rating quote option is a free and automatic upgrade for all Compulife subscribers.

A typical life insurance agent that purchases Compulife can get an annual subscription for as little as $96 per year. That $96 gives them access to quotes from hundred of policies from over 100 life insurance companies. The $96 option is called “Compulife Basic” and it is web based application that will run on computers, smart phones, tablets or any device with a browser and web access. Most Compulife customers upgrade and subscribe to the Windows PC version of the software which is $180 per year (includes Compulife Basic). The Windows PC version is Compulife’s most sophisticated quoting tool.

Both versions of Compulife now offer automatic table rating quotes.

Compulife President Bob Barney said, “Compulife has a 37 year long tradition of continuing to improve our software products. As we move forward we add new features and capabilities to the software and most of those are included in the annual cost of the subscription.”

Prior to the release of the new Table Ratings option Compulife subscribers could do a table rating but they needed to manually enter the additional percentage information to produce the individual quote. The new option is fully automated and simply asks the agent which table they want to quote. From there the software instantly produces a comparison for all the products for that table rated premium.

Barney explained, “We did not do this previously because of the complexity of some table rating calculations. In some cases the additional cost of a table rating is a relatively simple calculation, in other cases it is so complicated that the only way to quote the various tables for a product is to actually store the rates for all those different tables for just that one product. That can be a lot of additional work.”

The updating of rates for existing products, and the addition of new products and rates, are key elements of the subscription service that Compulife provides its customers. When life insurance companies introduce new products or change rates for existing products Compulife makes those changes and automatically updates its customers. That is included in the annual subscription fee that Compulife charges for its service.

Barney explained that this can be a lot of work on Compulife’s part, especially if a number of companies all make changes at the same time. With the addition of the new table ratings quote feature it means even more work. Barney said, “In the case of some products for which we have added table ratings, the data entry for just one product can take as much as a couple of days whereas with an average product the data entry time can be less. While that may not sound like a big job, you have to keep in mind that between the U.S. and Canada, Compulife quotes hundreds of different life insurance products for more than 125 life insurance companies. It’s a big job.”

Barney went on to emphasize that Compulife’s objective is simple, quote as many life insurance products for as many companies as possible and do so accurately. He added, “Our customers do not care if our software was accurate last month, last week or even yesterday. What they want are accurate quotes for products right now and they have little patience when they encounter a premium that is not accurate. Knowing this we have to be certain that whatever new quoting features we add that we can keep them as up-to-date and accurate as we do for the products that we already quote. Compulife has a longstanding reputation for being accurate and we need to be cautious that we do nothing to undermine that reputation.”

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AVIOS Conference Helps Businesses Make a Tighter Connection to Customers and Employees

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SAN JOSE, Calif. (PRWEB)

The fourth Conversational Interaction Conference will be held in San Jose, California, February 10-11, 2020. The conference explores the major AI trend of conversing with computers in human language through text or voice and analyzing unstructured voice or text databases.

Put it on your calendar! Consider sponsoring now to get the full benefits of continuing conference publicity, as well as high visibility on the conference web site and at the conference.

The major personal assistants–Apple’s Siri, Google Assistant, Amazon’s Alexa, Microsoft’s Cortana, and Samsung’s Bixby–illustrate the growing maturity of conversing with computers–“natural-language” interaction. You can communicate with customers through either speech or text through multiple channels. Employees can interact with company software more efficiently. Companies can analyze unstructured speech, video, and data files to understand what the data is telling them.

The Conversational Interaction Conference focuses on this key trend. Today, there are many tools and vendors that allow companies to exploit these innovations without a research project. Eventually, every company will find having a company digital assistant as necessary as a web site.

Sign up for the early registration discount or contact AVIOS about sponsoring.

About the Applied Voice Input Output Society:

The Conference is organized by AVIOS (the Applied Voice Input Output Society) and William Meisel’s TMA Associates. The Applied Voice Input Output Society (AVIOS) is a not-for-profit foundation created in 1981 with the goals of informing, educating, and providing resources for developers and designers of new and changing speech and natural language technologies. AVIOS endeavors to create linkages between users, developers, and researchers to advance speech and multimodal technology with a long tradition of conferences, varied workshops around the US, and an annual student speech application contest.

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Accresa Expands Texas Network to Improve Access to Primary Care Services for DFW Employees

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Accresa, a Dallas-based healthcare technology provider, is partnering with health systems in Dallas and select markets across the country to make promising healthcare solutions like direct primary care (DPC) more widely available and more easily scalable within the framework of an employer-sponsored health plan. Direct primary care is an emerging payment and healthcare delivery model that provides patients access to a core set of primary and preventive care services under a fixed, monthly membership rate. Through this approach, a growing number of progressive employers, payers, and healthcare providers have succeeded in driving down costs while offering patients improved access to high-quality primary care.

Most recently, Accresa has teamed up with Baylor Scott & White Health to expand DPC benefit options and offerings for Dallas-based employers and employees. Baylor Scott & White intends to build out a new DPC program to meet growing employer demand with the support of Accresa, whose proprietary software delivers the administrative interface and payments mechanisms required to bridge the gap between employers and health systems. The Accresa technology was designed to help health systems, like Baylor Scott & White, more efficiently manage direct contracts for emerging benefit models like direct primary care, while also offering the flexibility to scale quickly into new markets and customize plan offerings in response to evolving employer needs.

According to William Short, Chief Executive Officer of Accresa and its parent company, Ameriflex, “We are incredibly optimistic at the results we’ve seen, already, as emerging models like direct primary care become more mainstream and accessible to employers. Our role, and what our technology was designed to do, is to help the model scale so that more Americans can benefit from the savings and improved outcomes it has shown to deliver.”

Baylor Scott & White’s DPC program is being rolled out across a select number of clinic locations this year, with further extension planned throughout 2020. Baylor Scott & White joins a growing number of health systems and healthcare providers that are currently leveraging Accresa’s technology to facilitate the adoption of direct primary care offerings for group health plans.

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Technology: Computer

Mercury Insurance Launches Home Cyber Protection Coverage for Californian’s Homeowners and Renters

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Homeowners and renters have enjoyed the added convenience provided by computers, tablets and smartphones, but these devices create new opportunities for cyber criminals to infiltrate your home. Mercury is here to protect its customers from cyber threats.”


LOS ANGELES (PRWEB)

Today, Mercury Insurance announced that it is offering home cyber protection coverage to homeowners and renters in California. This new coverage will provide Mercury policyholders with significant cyber insurance protection that includes payment and security solutions for computer and home system attacks, cyber extortion, online fraud and the breach of personal information involving smartphones, computers and connected home devices.

“Homeowners and renters have enjoyed the added convenience provided by computers, tablets and smartphones, but these devices create new opportunities for cyber criminals to infiltrate your home,” said Jane Li, Mercury’s director of product management. “Mercury is here to protect its customers from cyber threats, and the coverage can be added to an existing homeowners or renters insurance policy and protects families when using such devices both at and away from home.”

Home Cyber Protection Coverage will cost as little as $2.50 each month and includes the following:


  • Payments to recover data and restore systems that have been lost or damaged due to a cyber attack – including ransomware attacks involving malware or unauthorized use of devices.

  • Professional assistance by cyber extortion experts when responding to ransom demands.

  • Protection from online fraud that results in a direct financial loss to a covered policyholder.

Mercury’s Home Cyber Protection Coverage is initiated upon the insured’s discovery of a cyber attack, cyber extortion threat or fraud event. Individuals and families who discover the triggering event during the policy period and report the claim within 60 days will have full coverage from losses caused by cyber attacks. Coverage can be added mid-term, and limit options of $25,000 and $50,000 per year are available.

Li added, “An example of a cyber attack claim is if you receive a ransom demand on a computer after noticing your files are locked. The demand states that you need to pay $2,000. Mercury will review the claim and if credible, cover the insured’s loss.”

Currently, Mercury’s Home Cyber Protection Coverage is available to Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, Nevada, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Texas and Virginia homeowners and renters. Go to https://www.mercuryinsurance.com/insurance-products/homeowners-cyber-protection.html or contact a local Mercury Insurance agent to learn more.

ABOUT MERCURY INSURANCE

Mercury Insurance (MCY) is a multiple-line insurance organization predominantly offering personal automobile, homeowners and commercial insurance through a network of independent agents in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Texas and Virginia. Since 1962, Mercury has specialized in offering quality insurance at affordable prices. For more information visit http://www.mercuryinsurance.com or Facebook.com/MercuryInsurance and follow the company on Twitter.

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