American Community Mutual Insurance Company, a leading provider of Individual and Group health insurance, announced today the following appointments:
- Farooq N. Khan, Director of Accounting
- Marjorie S. Pedigo, Director, Individual Underwriting and Medical Services
- Ellen M. Simonds, Director, Applications Support
Khan joins American Community from Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina where he spent seven years as Manager of Statutory Financial Reporting. During his tenure, he was selected as a
member of the Statutory Accounting Advisory Group (SAAG) by the BCBS Association, Chicago, where he helped shape various National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) statutory
accounting rules. In Khan's new position, he is responsible for the oversight of the finance team, which includes financial reporting, accounts payable and receivable, claims recovery and
policy enforce reporting.
Pedigo was promoted from Manager, Individual Underwriting and Medical Services to Director, Individual Underwriting and Medical Services. Pedigo has been with American Community for over
four years and in her new role she is responsible for overseeing operations in individual health underwriting, medical review of claims, medical referral process, as well as post-issue
review.
Simonds was named Director, Applications Support, responsible for the application development and support areas, which includes the web, agent and architecture teams, as well as the
Service Orientated Architecture (SOA) team, which is a new team designed to focus on software component re-use, platform independence for business logic, avoidance of redundant programs
and redundant data. She recently served as Manager, Applications Support.
About American Community
With beginnings dating back to 1938, American Community Mutual Insurance Company is one of the oldest health insurance companies in the nation. Based in Livonia, Michigan, American
Community is currently licensed in 40 states. The company markets individual and group health insurance products in eight states through an agency force of 10,000. For more information,
visit www.HRmarketer.com) on behalf of the company listed above.