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Great-West Healthcare Names Neil Waldron Senior Vice President, Group Health
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. – March 7, 2007 – Great-West Healthcare, a national employee benefits provider, has named Neil Waldron senior vice president of group health. Waldron is responsible for the group health business unit that includes select, mid-market and national account sales and underwriting. He reports to Rick Rivers, the health plan’s executive vice president.
With more than 30 years of group insurance and managed care experience, Waldron most recently was based in Hartford, Conn., where he served as the head of sales and marketing for Aetna’s small and middle markets. He also was accountable for the sales and marketing and general management of Aetna’s Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, North Central, Southeast, Southwest and West regions.
Before that, Waldron served as president and chief executive officer of Colorado’s Sloans Lake Managed Care. His role included directing the operations, strategy, and financial performance of the company. Waldron also held a range of sales and management positions with Wellpoint, Mass Mutual Life and Health and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history, magna cum laude, from Eisenhower College.
“Neil brings more than three decades of group insurance and managed care expertise to Great-West Healthcare, having served in a broad range of sales and management positions,” said Rivers. “He will bring valuable contributions to Great-West Healthcare’s business and is a talented addition to our senior management team. Under his leadership, we expect to capitalize on market opportunities.”
About Great-West Healthcare
Great-West Healthcare, a division of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, is a national employee benefits provider with expertise in self-funding and health care management solutions. Nationally, the division operates a health care network that includes more than 4,275 hospitals and 578,000 providers and provides health care services to 2.2 million people. Visit www.greatwesthealthcare.com for more information.
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, headquartered in metro-Denver, serves its customers through a full range of health care plans, life and disability insurance, annuities, and retirement savings products and services. It is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Great-West Lifeco Inc. and a member of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies.
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