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.
NCOIL Panel Eyes Discontinued Health Blocks
By staff WriterA committee at the National Conference of Insurance Legislators is asking for comments about how insurers are handling closed blocks of health insurance business.
August 09, 2011
PPACA: CO-OP Starters Might, or Might Not, Get Planning AidWould-be CO-OP plan starters may be able to get help with paying for the actuarial studies and business plan development efforts needed to start the plans - but only if they win federal approval for their CO-OP applications.
August 09, 2011
PPACA: State Legislators Ask for Say on LTC ProgramLeaders of a National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) panel are asking the federal government for a chance to help shape the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act(CLASS Act) long term care insurance program.
August 09, 2011
Top 7 Cheap, Easy Foreign Cities to RetireWith the recent turmoil over the debt ceiling debacle and U.S. debt downgrade, the idea of finding a cheap and easy country to retire, some might say hide, is a somewhat comforting notion.
August 08, 2011
Unum Exec: Tough Underwriting Has Been Good for UsAn executive at Unum Group Corp. says the company is glad it has tried to take a disciplined approach to selling group disability insurance in the past few years.
August 08, 2011
MWA: Bank Holding Company Insurance Brokerage Income RisesU.S. bank holding companies increased insurance brokerage income to about $4 billion in the first quarter, up 20% from the total for the first quarter of 2010.
August 08, 2011
Researchers: Billing, Preauthorization Devour U.S. Physician Practice TimeDealing with billing, care preauthorization requests and other health plan communications costs the typical U.S. physician about 4 times as much as it costs a typical physician in Ontario.
August 08, 2011
U.S. Rating Downgrade: Analysts ShrugA rating agency's decision to downgrade U.S. government debt could increase life insurers' investment returns, securities analysts say.