INSURANCE

Takecare and Delta Dental to Pool Efforts: Takecare Health Plan and Delta Dental Plan of California announced a marketing alliance aimed at the 200,000 Californians eligible for benefits under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. Takecare, a Concord, Calif.-based health maintenance organization, will try to fatten its share of that market--now about 11%--by offering federal workers, at no extra charge, a dental benefits plan from Delta’s HMO subsidiary, PMI. The plan takes effect Jan. 1. San Francisco-based Delta has nearly 10 million enrollees in California and 12 million nationwide.