SUNNYVALE, Calif. - eHealthInsurance, a marketer of individual, family and small business health insurance online, has partnered with Sovereign Bank to offer consumers a heath insurance marketplace at the bank's Web site. Visitors to the site can compare insurance plan benefits, receive instant quotes from the nation's leading health insurance...

HERNDON, Va. - "We thought maybe we wanted to stay in the loop on this one," said Jim Blaine, president/CEO of State Employees' CU, Raleigh, N.C., about joining Project ACTION, a NACHA-led initiative that NACHA is hoping will change the way e-commerce is conducted over the Web. Membership in Project...

Here's just a glimpse at the variety of dangerous predicaments pets can get themselves into. Veterinary Pet Insurance Founder/CEO and DVM Jack Stephens reminds readers that while some of these claims are humorous in retrospect, they were real emergencies for the pets and their owners. 1- Chilly Dog With guests...

ARLINGTON, Va. - When it comes to the independent study recently released by Prof. Lawrence White and sponsored by Boeing Employees' Credit Union, "Caught in a Regulatory Vise: The Peculiar Problem Faced by Federally Insured State Chartered Credit Unions," NASCUS and NAFCU agree the study was a successful tool to...

Brockton Credit Union, Mass., has awarded $1,000 scholarships to five local high schools: Brockton H.S., Oliver Ames H.S., Randolph H.S., Canton H.S. and Abington H.S. Scholarship recipients were then selected by the schools based on their academic achievement, moral character and enrollment at an accredited four-year college. This year's award...

DALLAS - Dallas Postal Credit Union has been a fixture in this city's neighborhoods for 71 years. Effective July 1, the oldest credit union in Dallas changed its name - to Neighborhood Credit Union - to reflect the importance it places on serving entire communities surrounding its branches. "Because we...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - It's been more than six months since last year's Election Day, and the Florida Credit Union League is continuing the momentum of meeting with elected officials to brief them on credit union issues. On July 10, the FCUL held the first of what it says will be...

I enjoyed reading Mike Welch's publisher's column in the June 6 issue on some of his pet peeves. Very good. I agree with his comments on credit union CEOs referring to the credit union as "my" credit union. But how about credit union CEOs referring to credit union employees as...