eHealth, Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript (at Seeking Alpha) and Brown & Brown buys part of Conner Strong (at bizjournals.com)

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City of Industry, CA --(www.USEquityNews.com)-- 11/28/2008 - Insurance Brokers industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the third quarter 2008 eHealth earnings conference call. My name is Fab, and I'll be your coordinator for today. (Operator instructions) I would now like to turn the presentation over to Kate Sidorovich, Director of Investor Relations. Please proceed. Good afternoon, and thank you all for joining us today either by phone or by webcast for a discussion about eHealth Inc.'s third quarter 2008 financial results. On the call this afternoon we will have Gary Lauer, eHealths President and Chief Executive Officer, and Stuart Huizinga, eHealths Chief Financial Officer. After management completes its remarks we will open the line for questions. As a reminder, today's conference call is being recorded and webcast from the Investor Relations section of our website. A replay of the call will be available from the Investor Relations section of our website following the call. We will make forward-looking statements on this call. [Read the full article]


Brown & Brown Inc. said it has signed an agreement to acquire the small business insurance unit of Conner Strong Cos. Inc. Conner Strong provides property and casualty insurance and employee benefits products and services. The privately held firm, based in Cherry Hill, N.J., ranks as the 31st largest insurance brokerage in the United States, according to its Web site. The small business insurance unit, with annualized revenues of about $9.3 million, provides commercial insurance and employee benefits to small businesses, Brown & Brown said in its release. As part of the transaction, Joseph P. Morrissey Jr. will join Brown & Brown as leader of the acquired commercial lines operations, the release said. Additionally, Brown & Brown will have two new mid-Atlantic locations as a result of the transaction. Brown & Brown (NYSE: BRO), based in Tampa and in Daytona Beach, offers a range of insurance and reinsurance products and services. [Read the full article]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Nov 19, 2008 -- eHealth, Inc. (Nasdaq: EHTH), parent company of eHealthInsurance Services, Inc., today announced that the IHC Group (NYSE: IHC), has adopted its EPI-III "eApproval" technology for initial deployment with Independence Holding Group, Inc. (IHC) under the brand of Companion Life Insurance Company for individual and family insurance plans in six
states, and with IHC's member company Standard Security Life Insurance Company
of New York for short-term insurance business in 45 states.The technology allows shoppers to complete an application for health insurance online, submit an electronic signature and receive an instant underwriting response from the carrier. [Read the full article]

ITASCA, Ill., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
today announced the acquisition of The HR Group, LLC in Brentwood, Tennessee.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1996, The HR Group is an employee benefits brokerage firm offering employee benefits products and services along with human resource management consulting and outsourced benefits administration services to their clients throughout the United States. Karen Saul and her associates will continue to operate in their current location under the direction of William Ziebell, North Central Regional Executive Vice President of Gallagher's employee benefit consulting and brokerage operations."Over the last decade, The HR Group has built a solid reputation for controlling their clients' employee benefits costs while maintaining a track record of profitable growth," said J. Patrick Gallagher, Jr., Chairman, President and CEO. [Read the full article]

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