Deals Speed Health Insurer Consolidation
By Allison BellByFour big managed care companies took two giant steps last week toward consolidating the U.S. health finance system.Anthem Inc., Indianapolis, agreed to acquire a slightly ...
October 30, 2003
Pickens Reflects On The Call By Some For Federal RegulationTo The Editor: For the last three years as a National Association of Insurance Commissioners officer and now president, I have sought to understand why ...
October 30, 2003
Adjust Your Assumptions For Impaired Risk DI CasesAdjust Your Assumptions For Impaired Risk DI CasesByThere is an old folk saying that implies that making assumptions is not good. However, insurance professionals know ...
October 29, 2003
Aon: Many Employers Are Freezing DB Pension BenefitsNU Online News Service, Oct. 29, 2003, 3:52 p.m. EST -- More than 20% of sponsors of defined benefit pension plans either have frozen ...
October 29, 2003
Sun Life Increases 3Q Net Income Despite Weak Dollar, Low RatesNU Online News Service, Oct. 29, 2003, 5:29 p.m. EST -- Sun Life Financial Inc., Toronto, says it increased net income 9.1% in the ...
October 29, 2003
T. Rowe Price To Offer Definity DC Health PlanNU Online News Service, Oct. 29, 2003, 4:19 p.m. EST -- T. Rowe Price Group Inc., Baltimore, has agreed to offer a defined contribution ...
October 29, 2003
Circular Letter: N.Y. Examiners May Use IMSA DocumentationNU Online News Service, Oct. 29, 2003, 5:33 p.m. EST -- The New York State Insurance Department says its examiners often take membership in ...
October 29, 2003
Life Settlements Company Announces Financing ArrangementNU Online News Service, Oct. 29, 2003, 4:09 p.m. EST -- HVBFonds Finance, Munich, has agreed to provide financing for Peachtree Life Settlements, Boca ...