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.
No Income? No Income Protection
By Allison BellHigh unemployment continued to hurt publicly traded U.S. group disability insurers' results in the fourth quarter of 2010.
February 21, 2011
New York Quantifies Effect of Federal Health Law ChangesFederal health insurance changes may have played a significant role in increasing health insurance costs in New York state, according to a chart compiled by state regulators.
February 21, 2011
Colorado Regulators: Health Rate Hikes Averaged 12.9%Colorado's 10 largest sellers of individual health insurance raised rates an average of 12.9% in 2010, officials say.
February 21, 2011
CII: Ready to Grow?Critical illness insurance (CII) has significant prospects for growth, says Jesse Slome, executive director of the American Association for Critical Illness Insurance (AACIII), Westlake Village, Calif.
February 21, 2011
Government Shutdown 2012: Reid's Guy Calls Boehner's PeopleSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid has asked his chief of staff, David Krone, to spend the "state work period" off week talking to staffers in the office of House Speaker John Boehner about developing a long-term funding bill.
February 20, 2011
Credit Insurance Rules Build More MomentumThe decision of the Federal Reserve Board to defer any changes to disclosure rules regarding credit insurance to the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is likely to delay the process.