CEO's Letter
2009 was a year of great change for Delta Dental of Kentucky. We’re all smiling as we embark on a new chapter in the company’s history.
Affiliation with Delta Dental companies in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, and New Mexico has made us smile as we go from being an island in the middle of the country, to a region that stretches from the Canadian border to the top of the deep South to the Rocky Mountains. We’ve started the process of bringing parts together to create a stronger whole which benefits our stakeholders in many ways that you’ll read about in these pages.
Strength, stability and a sense of humor have helped us bring together business, science and strong leadership on the part of all the affiliated boards while allowing each of us to remain independent, as well as true to our core stakeholders. As a group of companies, we will work towards a similar view of the future and develop together, the mix of skills, products and “must haves” necessary to be successful in a post health care reformed world.
Even with the changes that the federal government is making to our industry, we have a lot to smile about. We are bigger, stronger, more stable, more protective of our policy holders, and continue to enjoy an unparalleled reputation with the profession of dentistry.
One thing we continue to do is smile a lot. We hope we bring you a smile as you read this report and find out where some of those smiles come from. Read on. Enjoy. Just remember that Delta Dental helped build and maintain some of those smiles (maybe with a little help from a whoopee cushion).
Clifford T. Maesaka - President & Chief Executive Officer