March 26, 2018 EditionEdition

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🔒Chambers of commerce eye self-insurance model for small-employer health benefits

Self-insuring employee healthcare claims takes significant capital and a stomach for volatility, which is why it’s long been the domain of large companies with hundreds or even thousands of workers.

Health Care

🔒Fortifying ties between physicians, specialists

There has been an unintended consequence of today's changing healthcare landscape: private care physicians and hospital-based surgeons and specialists throughout the Hartford region just don't know each other anymore.

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🔒How to talk about race, religion, politics at work

“We Can't Talk about That at Work — How to Talk about Race, Religion, Politics and Other...

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🔒SI awards $46K in grants

SI Financial Foundation recently awarded more than $46,400 in grants to 18 Connecticut nonprofit organizations, including the...

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🔒Returning work emails should be a time-management initiative

Back in the days when my freelance career was devoted to magazine journalism, for every one article I was fortunate enough to have assigned or accepted I received more than a dozen rejection notices.

Health Care

🔒CEO Verrastro helps grow Farmington fertility clinic’s mission, reach

Paul Verrastro thought he'd be a government policy wonk in public health, not working in health care, but he found his calling running a facility that helps couples struggling with infertility have babies.

Small Business

🔒SBA rebrands as small biz lending heats up

Q&A talks with Wendell Davis, a Connecticut lawyer who was named in January regional administrator for the Small Business Administration Region I, which covers New England.

Health Care

🔒What is a granny pod?

Granny pods are small, portable garden cottages installed in a home's yard for an elderly person who...

Health Care

🔒Billed as a cheaper senior-care option, ‘granny pods’ see sluggish CT rollout

An estimated 459,000 family members in Connecticut are providing millions of hours of care to adult loved ones every year, according to AARP's Public Policy Institute.

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🔒JDRF to honor Travelers’ Bessette with ‘Star of Hope’ award

Andy Bessette, executive vice president and chief administrative officer of The Travelers Cos. and his wife Cherrie are being honored by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation with the Star of Hope award at the 2018 Promise Ball in May. The Bessettes were chosen for their continued commitment to JDRF's mission, which funds diabetes research.

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🔒Kontomerkos’ mind for numbers

Mario Kontomerkos, 41, married and a father of three children under 7, can pull from a diverse background as he steers the Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment ship.

Health Care

🔒Hospitals add doctors, beds to meet growing demands for geriatric psychiatry

Healthcare providers across Connecticut are trying to position themselves to meet the psychiatric needs of the state's aging population.

Small Business

🔒SBDC connects entrepreneurs with free consulting services

When Jason Bittner, founder and CEO of Triple Helix Corp., first opened his East Hartford software and information management company in 2004, he was not only fully invested in his business dream but equally invested in getting solid business advice as a small-business entrepreneur.

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🔒West Hartford Exchange Club hosts gubernatorial candidates

The West Hartford Exchange Club recently hosted Oz Griebel and Monte Frank, independent candidates for governor/lieutenant governor. Griebel and Frank outlined their economic development to exchange-club members. Pictured (from left) are: Griebel, Frank, and Ryan Olesnevich, Exchange Club president.

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