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SYRACUSE — The Syracuse University (SU) Kauffman Entrepreneurship Engagement Fellows program has continued growing since its beginning three years ago. This year’s group totals 16 students, up from 10 a year earlier and just two in the program’s first year in 2009-2010. The students receive one year of tuition at the university and make a […]

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield will remain a regional company with work forces in various areas of New York, according to the CEO-elect of the health plan and its parent company. “We believe the local employment is good for our company,” says Christopher Booth, who is currently the president of Excellus, Central New York’s largest health insurer.

Different types of employer-provided health-insurance plans will increase in cost at virtually identical rates in 2012, according to a recent national survey from Buck Consultants, LLC.  The National Health Care Trend Survey 2012, which the human-resources and benefits consulting firm Buck Consultants released April 5, projected that preferred-provider organization plans (PPO), point-of-service plans (POS), health-maintenance

ITHACA — Performance Systems Development, an Ithaca–based provider of building performance software and services, has joined the White House-led Green Button Initiative. The White House last year called on industry to provide electricity consumers with easier access to their energy usage data via a green button on utility websites. Access to the information can help

More employers are launching wellness programs, and the majority of organizations currently offering wellness initiatives are looking to invest in and expand them.  That’s according to the 2011 Willis Health and Productivity Survey by Willis North America’s Human Capital Practice in Atlanta, a unit of global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, plc (NYSE: WSH). The national survey found 60

People enrolled in “consumer-driven” health plans tend to have higher incomes, higher educational levels, and report better health behavior than do those enrolled in traditional health plans. But they are not younger. Those are just a few of the findings of a new report by the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) that examines trends

SYRACUSE — A new branch of an optometric business has opened at 85 Walton St. in the Armory Square district. Lou Enzerillo, owner of New York Optometric, opened his second location in Syracuse on April 16. Enzerillo’s first store is at 116 E. Washginton St. He is calling the stores New York Optometric Downtown and