UnitedHealthcare to fill 42 jobs in Honolulu
UnitedHealthcare, a national health insurance company, said it is looking to hire 42 people to fill new jobs in Honolulu and will hold a job fair Monday and Tuesday.
The new positions include plan participant and care provider service representatives responsible for supporting UnitedHealthcare’s Medicaid and Medicare members.
The job fair will be 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the DoubleTree by Hilton Alana Waikiki Hotel, 1956 Ala Moana Blvd.
Job fair attendees will learn about the available positions and UnitedHealthcare, and meet with hiring managers who can answer questions about the application process. Free valet parking at the hotel will be available to job fair attendees.
People interested in applying also can do so online at careers.unitedhealthgroup.com.
$443,000 grant aids low-income residents
State and county agencies in Hawaii have been awarded $443,648 from the federal government to employ eight coordinators helping low-income residents access education, job training and employment with a goal of earning more and reducing or eliminating rental assistance and welfare.
The grants were made by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as part of a $57 million award distributed nationally to hire or retain 1,081 service coordinators benefiting residents who receive housing assistance through HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher Program commonly known as Section 8.
In Hawaii the biggest share went to the City and County of Honolulu with a $156,331 grant that will fund three coordinator positions.
More than 300 loan agents on expired list
A state regulator Thursday released a list of more than 300 Hawaii mortgage loan originators that failed to renew their licenses and are unable to lawfully process new mortgages.
Commissioner of Financial Institutions Iris Ikeda-Catalani warned that consumers should check that their mortgage agent renewed his or her license with the state’s Division of Financial Institutions. A mortgage processed by a mortgage loan originator or mortgage loan origination company without renewal will be considered unlicensed activity, according to a news release from the division.
The mortgage loan originators who did not renew their licenses can do so until Feb. 28 and would become legal again once the license is renewed. A list of the mortgage loan originators that did not renew as of Thursday is posted on the division’s website at cca.hawaii.gov/dfi.
Cambodian worker protests turn fatal
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia » At least four people were killed Friday when police outside Cambodia’s capital opened fire to break up a protest by striking garment workers demanding a doubling of the minimum wage, police and human rights workers said. Police said the four were killed and about 20 others wounded in a southern suburb of the capital after several hundred workers blocking a road began burning tires and throwing objects at police officers.
Workers at most of Cambodia’s more than 500 garment factories are on strike, demanding an increase in the minimum wage to $160 a month, double the current rate.
ON THE MOVE
Hawaii Insurance Commissioner Gordon Ito has been re-elected to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Western Zone chair. The Western Zone is the largest division of the four zones in the U.S., geographically and in membership.
Hawaii Cord Blood Bank has elected new members to its board of directors: James "Jimmy" Bennett, Morgan Stanley Wealth management; Dr. Jannet Jieyun Lee-Jayaram, Kapiolani Medical Specialists; and Newton Wong, Apria Healthcare.
