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Trustmark Acquires Health Contact Partners
LAKE FOREST, Ill., June 24, 2008 – Trustmark Mutual Holding Company (Trustmark) has acquired Health Contact Partners, a privately held company in Wheeling, Ill., specializing in contact and call center services to the healthcare industry. Health Contact Partners will operate as a stand-alone subsidiary of Trustmark.

Healthy Monroe Delivers Comprehensive Community-Based Healthcare To Michigan’s Monroe County

Lake Forest, Ill., St. Clair Shores, Mich., and Monroe, Mich. – May 28, 2008 – Starmark, NGS American and the Mercy Memorial Hospital System (MMHS) have launched Healthy Monroe, a community-based network of healthcare providers that can be combined with an array of powerful benefit solutions to deliver affordable, comprehensive healthcare to Monroe County, Mich., businesses with two or more employees. When health benefit solutions from Starmark and NGS are paired with Healthy Monroe, employers will enjoy a strong focus on health management programs and self-help tools to promote wellness and better manage chronic diseases. Healthy Monroe is also committed to controlling healthcare costs through better discounts on in-network healthcare services and improvements in lifestyle and disease management.

Trustmark Enters Into Agreement to Assume Destiny Health’s Group Health Insurance Business
Lake Forest, Ill. – May 1, 2008 – Trustmark Life Insurance Company, headquartered in Lake Forest, Ill., has agreed to, on June 1, assume the transfer of employer group health insurance business from Chicago-based Destiny Health Insurance Company.

Spring 2008 Starmark Sales Compass
The Starmark Sales Compass is published by Starmark to provide producers with important industry news and helpful information relative to small business healthcare benefits.

Starmark Delivers Solution for Brokers Seeking More Time for Sales Activities and for Employers Looking for Greater Convenience
Lake Forest, Ill., March 6, 2008 – Starmark has delivered a solution to brokers wanting to spend more time selling health plans to small groups and less time enrolling them: secure online enrollment through Express Connect. The solution also provides employers and employees more convenience than ever during health plan enrollment.

Starmark Waives HRA Administration Fee
Lake Forest, Ill., Nov. 30, 2007 - Thanks to Starmark, providing health insurance to employees just became more affordable for small businesses.

Fall 2007 Starmark Sales Compass
The Starmark Sales Compass, is published by Starmark to provide producers with important industry news and helpful information relative to small business healthcare benefits.

Starmark Enters New Market: Alabama
Lake Forest, Ill., July 10, 2007 - Star Marketing and Administration Inc. (Starmark) recently entered the Alabama small group healthcare benefits market, increasing the number of states Starmark markets in to 40 nationwide.

Starmark Enters New Market: South Dakota
LAKE FOREST, Ill., March 28, 2007 — Star Marketing and Administration Inc. (Starmark) recently entered the South Dakota small group healthcare benefits market, increasing the number of states Starmark markets in to 39 nationwide.

New Critical Illness Plan From Starmark Offers Security, Financial Protection and Peace of Mind
LAKE FOREST, Ill., March 27, 2007 — Star Marketing and Administration Inc. (Starmark) introduces its new Critical Illness plan. This new ancillary offering enables employers to complement their Starmark health plan with this added protection for their employees.

Redesigned Starmark Website Makes It Easy to Quickly Access Tools and Information
LAKE FOREST, Ill., Feb. 26, 2007 — Star Marketing and Administration Inc. (Starmark) announces the launch of its redesigned website to help clients quickly and easily access the tools and information they seek. The new site features several enhancements, including easy-to-use navigation, with tabs for each audience segment and topic-specific sections that group information into logical categories to help users quickly locate information.

New Starmark HRA Bottom-Line Friendly for Employers, Easy for Employees
LAKE FOREST, Ill., Nov. 27, 2006 — Star Marketing and Administration Inc. (Starmark) introduces the Starmark HRA. This new offering enables employers to pair a health reimbursement arrangement, or HRA, with their health plan as an innovative approach to managing their overall health-insurance expenses. And, when combined with a higher-deductible health plan, employers can save money with lower health plan premiums.

Starmark Now Offers Convenient Access to HSA Balance Through Healthy Foundations
LAKE FOREST, Ill., Sep. 27, 2006 — As part of the Healthy Foundations suite of Web-based tools launched earlier this year, Star Marketing and Administration Inc. (Starmark) introduces online HSA balance access. This new feature enables insureds with a health savings account through one of Starmark’s preferred custodians, HSA Bank^TM or Charles Schwab Trust Company, to log on to the Healthy Foundations section of www.starmarkinc.com to access their HSA balances without ever leaving the Starmark website.

Starmark Introduces Express Connect, Telephone Enrollment for Small Business
LAKE FOREST, Ill., Sep. 25, 2006 — Star Marketing and Administration Inc. (Starmark) now offers Express Connect to its small business clients with two to 50 employees. This industry-first telephone enrollment process is paperless for the applicant, eliminates incomplete applications and minimizes agent follow-up – all while providing the most accurate rates possible.

Starmark Launches Drug Program: Waives Initial Copay With Switch to Generic
LAKE FOREST, Ill., Sep. 1, 2006 — Star Marketing and Administration, Inc. (Starmark) recently launched a new drug program to help members save as much as $110,000. Through the Generics, on the ‘Mark,’ program, Starmark will waive an member's initial out-of-pocket cost, whether copay or discount based, when they switch to an eligible generic drug from a brand-name one.

Trustmark to Sell Equity Stake in Private Healthcare Systems to MultiPlan

LAKE FOREST, Ill., Aug. 31, 2006 — Trustmark Mutual Holding Co. (Trustmark), a national provider of group medical plans, voluntary benefits and health plan administration services, today announced its decision to sell its equity interest in Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. (PHCS) to MultiPlan, Inc., a leading medical network leasing company. The transaction supports Trustmark’s commitment to providing competitive group medical products to its fully insured and self-funded clients. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Starmark Offers Solution to Demand for Decision Support Tools Through Healthy Foundations
LAKE FOREST, Ill., Aug. 21, 2006 — Health plan sponsors are ready to help workers make sound medical and financial choices, according to a recent employer survey. The problem is that many of these clients do not have the healthcare decision support tools to do so.

Starmark Launches Online Healthcare Decision Support Tools for Consumers
LAKE FOREST, Ill., Jan. 11, 2006 — Star Marketing and Administration, Inc. (Starmark), along with Trustmark Life Insurance Company, recently launched Healthy Foundations, an integrated online portal available through the Starmark website to help consumers make smart, informed choices about their healthcare. The goal is to actively engage consumers in their healthcare decisions, which may in turn lower their medical costs and create a “healthier” bottom line for Starmark’s small group clients.