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Editor's Blog: The Eleventh Hour
By staff WriterUnless you've been busy following the death of Amy Winehouse, the fallout from the Caylee verdict, or News Corp.'s blowback from the phone hacking scandal, you might have noticed that there is a bit of a financial debate going on in Washington.
July 26, 2011
Hartford Patent Death Benefit SystemHartford Financial Services Group Inc. has received a patent on a system for advancing a life insurance policy death benefit to provide income for insureds who become chronically ill.
July 26, 2011
PPACA Repeal Measure Reaches Ohio BallotOhio Secretary of State Jon Husted says advocates of a Health Care Freedom Amendment have met the requirements to put the proposed state constitutional amendment on the November 2011 ballot.
July 26, 2011
PPACA: NAIC Shares Data on Association Rate Review EffortsOfficials at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners say details about association and out-of-state trust health plan rate review programs are hard to get.
July 26, 2011
Vanguard Study Breaks Down Savings, Fund Investments by IndustryThe finance industry beat the nation as a whole when it came to retirement savings and employees of larger finance and insurance companies had higher average…
July 26, 2011
Humana to Add 200 Medicare Service Jobs in TampaHumana Inc. is expanding a national Medicare service operations center in Florida.
July 26, 2011
Pre-clinical Alzheimer's sufferers more likely to fallSeniors in the earliest stages Alzheimer's disease are more likely to suffer a fall, according to new research presented at this year's Alzheimer's Association International Conference.
July 26, 2011
Earnings: Disability Claims Raise EyebrowsDisability insurance claim headaches have drawn securities analysts' attention during the early days of the second-quarter earnings release season.