Consumer-owned cooperative, or mutual, health insurers couldincrease consumer control and choice in health insurance.Member-owned mutual health insurers would return any profits orsurplus to their policyholder-owners in the form of lower premiumsor enhanced coverage benefits. Hundreds of existing philanthropichealth care foundations with billions of dollars in assets couldprovide any start-up funding needed for new cooperative healthinsurers.
The businesses in the next four weeks will take part in a bootcamp hosted by JumpStart Inc., the Council of Smaller Enterprises said. Business experts and mentors will help the small companies prepare to pitch a panel of judges at showcase days scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 8, and Friday, Dec. 9.
The businesses in the next four weeks will take part in a bootcamp hosted by JumpStart Inc., the Council of Smaller Enterprises said. Business experts and mentors will help the small companies prepare to pitch a panel of judges at showcase days scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 8, and Friday, Dec. 9.
The deadline to apply for the small business pitch competition is Oct. 14. The program 'connects entrepreneurs to capital and mentors and places new businesses in Cleveland neighborhoods to create jobs and prosperity,' according to the Greater Cleveland Partnership's Council of Smaller Enterprises.
The former CEO of the Small Business Association of Michigan has a new role.Rob Fowler, who left SBAM at the end of last year after more than two decades with the organization, will later this year take over as CEO of Public Policy Associates Inc. The Lansing-based public policy consultancy focuses…