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Open enrollment: Not just about group health-plan selection anymore
Remember how open enrollment used to go? Your agent would come to your business location, review the goals of your company and how they related to the health-insurance plans you offered to employees. You would review benefit levels, deductibles, claims experience (for larger companies), how many plan choices to provide, and what funding levels you […]

NBT’s Wiles named to Risk Management Association board
NORWICH — NBT Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: NBTB) announced that Amy Wiles — its executive VP and chief credit officer and chief risk officer — was elected to the Risk Management Association’s (RMA) board of directors. The RMA is a not-for-profit, professional association that advances the use of sound risk-management principles in the financial-services industry, NBT

MVCC Trustee Mathis named to lead national organization of community college trustees
UTICA — Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) Trustee David Mathis is one step away from leading the nation’s largest organization of community college trustees, the college recently announced. Mathis, of Utica, was recently named chair-elect of the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT), which represents more than 6,500 trustees at over 1,200 community colleges across
MVP Health Care outlines new health-benefit options
SCHENECTADY — MVP Health Care on Nov. 1 announced a lineup of new health-insurance benefits beginning Jan. 1, 2020. At the start of the new year, MVP’s members will have access to a no-cost health-savings account, on-demand telemedicine visits, a national network of providers, and the chance to earn up to a $600 through its

Latest SBA Syracuse Emerging Leaders class graduates
SYRACUSE — The owners of 20 participating companies in the 2019 Emerging Leaders class have completed the program. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on Oct. 29 honored the group at the annual graduation ceremony, which was held this year at Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management. “Our graduates have just spent months

M&T Bank nearing selection of site for its new Syracuse office
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — M&T Bank is getting close to selecting the new site of its Central New York regional headquarters office and main local branch

BHG paid $3M for 6 acres for its new financial HQ building
SYRACUSE — Bankers Healthcare Group (BHG) paid $3 million to buy about six acres near Syracuse’s Inner Harbor, where it will construct its new $35 million financial headquarters. Bart Feinberg of Sutton Real Estate Company brokered the sale, according to a Sutton news release. Spencer Street LLC will construct and furnish a five-story, 100,000-square-foot facility

People news: AmeriCU names Rizzo-Spilka VP of membership development
ROME, N.Y. — AmeriCU announced it has appointed Gail Rizzo-Spilka as assistant VP of membership development. Rizzo-Spilka will be responsible for growing and cultivating relationships

Cadaret, Grant to move headquarters from One Lincoln Center to Axa Tower I in 2020
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Cadaret, Grant — an independent wealth management firm — plans to move its headquarters to Axa Tower I at 100 Madison St.

Gioia Capital acquires Home Power Systems, Commercial Power Systems
FARMINGTON, N.Y. — Buffalo–based Gioia Capital has purchased Home Power Systems and Commercial Power Systems (HPS/CPS), which specializes in the sale, installation and service of
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