OVERLAND PARK, Kan., April 3, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- William Short has joined First Horizon Msaver Inc. as Senior Vice President of Business Development.
Short, who has conducted extensive research in the field of consumer-driven health care, has developed financial models and products to help control health care costs for individuals and large groups. Prior to joining First Horizon Msaver, Short was the director of healthcare services at UMB. He had also been involved in the establishment of Virtual Technologies, a disease management information system.
E. Craig Keohan, President of First Horizon Msaver, said, "I am excited to have William join the growing team of consumer-driven health care experts at First Horizon Msaver. His knowledge of the healthcare and financial services industries will help us stay on the cutting edge of the emerging consumer-driven health care market place."
Established in 1997, First Horizon Msaver is a national leader in the administration of health savings accounts. First Horizon Msaver is part of the First Horizon National Corp. (NYSE:FHN) family of companies. The parent company is one of the top 30 financial services companies in the U.S.
About First Horizon
The 13,000 employees of First Horizon National Corp. provide financial services to individuals and business customers through hundreds of offices located in more than 40 states. The corporation's three major brands -- FTN Financial, First Horizon and First Tennessee -- provide customers with a broad range of products and services including:
-- Capital markets, one of the nation's top underwriters
of U.S. government agency securities
-- Mortgage banking, one of the nation's top 20 mortgage
originators and top 15 servicers, which earned a top-10
ranking in customer satisfaction from J.D. Power
and Associates
-- Retail/commercial banking, with the largest market share
in Tennessee and one of the highest customer retention
rates of any bank in the country
FHN companies have been recognized as some of the nation's best employers by AARP, Working Mother and Fortune magazines. FHN also was named one of the nation's 100 best corporate citizens by Business Ethics magazine. More information can be found at www.fhnc.com.