Health Insurance
Health insurance news and analysis, with coverage of general health insurance trends, major medical insurance, disability insurance, dental insurance, vision plans, telemedicine plans, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, short-term health insurance, the Affordable Care Act public exchange program, and more.
From The Editor-In-Chief
By Staff WriterIt is with a good deal of personal sadness that I have to report to our readers that Mary Jane Fisher, National Underwriter's long-time ...
August 15, 2001
Oregon And Washington Schedule Public Meeting On Ilinois BlueRegence DealNU Online News Service, Aug. 15, 11:46 a.m. -- Oregon and Washington insurance regulators say they will hold a joint public conference in Portland, ...
August 15, 2001
Illinois Blue Parent And Regence Call Off Merger PlansNU Online News Service, Aug. 15, 8:46 p.m. -- Two major Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies have called off plans to combine their ...
August 15, 2001
Report: Retiree Health Benefits Likely To Keep ShrinkingNU Online News Service, Aug. 15, 10:43 a.m. -- The Employee Benefit Research Institute, Washington, has released a report that finds that employment-based retiree ...
August 14, 2001
Troubled Maxicare Agrees To Sell Medicaid HMO For $15 MillionNU Online News Service, Aug. 14, 1:15 p.m. -- Maxicare Health Plans Inc., Los Angeles, says its bankrupt California health maintenance organization subsidiary has ...
August 14, 2001
Booz-Allen Forecasts Trillion-Dollar OpportunityNU Online News Service, Aug. 14, 12:24 p.m. -- Booz-Allen & Hamilton, McLean, Va., a consulting firm, says the shift toward "defined contribution" health ...
August 14, 2001
Ceres Reports Lower Second Quarter Net IncomeNU Online News Service, Aug. 14, 2:45 p.m. -- Ceres Group Inc., Cleveland, is reporting $711,000 in net income for the second quarter on ...
August 13, 2001
Texas Department Imposes $745K In Fines And Restitution RequirementsNU Online News Service, Aug. 13, 8:57 a.m. -- Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor has fined United Wisconsin Life Insurance Company, Green Bay, Wis., ...