Blue Cross chief Richard Hannon takes Arizona Chamber top post (BizJournals)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Senior Vice President Richard Hannon will take over next month as chairman of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia launches new individual products (Insurance Business Review)
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia has introduced two suites of preferred provider organization products called SmartSense and Premier that will provide Georgians with options for individual insurance.

Horizon Blue Cross/Blue Shield looks to go for-profit (The Record)
Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey is looking into a conversion to a for-profit insurance company. The move would create a state health care foundation worth more than a billion dollars, while transforming the non-profit insurer company owned by stockholders.

Compromise nearing on Blue Cross Accident Fund bills (Crain's Detroit Business)
Senate Majority Leader Michael Bishop, R-Rochester, has asked officials from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and competing insurers to work out their differences on a compromise bill that could allow the Accident Fund Insurance Co.