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.
Humana Expands Sleep Medicine Services
By Staff WriterHumana Inc. has signed a deal with Sleepquest Inc. to provide sleep medicine services to its members.
November 12, 2010
How Employee Benefits Specialists Can Redefine "Cross-Selling"Helping clients cope with benefits challenges by offering innovative product solutions could be the key to our success. Cross-selling to existing clients would seem a logical place to start.
November 11, 2010
Medicare update: Suit shows new government scrutinyIn a government lawsuit on behalf of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid, claims resulting after individuals received payments from both CMS and insurers have been dismissed.
November 11, 2010
New York Life: Sales Are Way UpWhile the life insurance industry looks to address the lowest levels of life insurance ownership since WWII, not every carrier in the market is feeling pain.
November 11, 2010
Deficit-Reduction Proposals Start Drawing FireA pension professional group is assailing a proposal from the cochairmen of the federal Deficit Reduction Commission to eliminate the tax incentives provided to employers to fund retirement plans.
November 11, 2010
Health Insurer Execs Say PPACA is InevitableTop officials of Aetna Inc. and Cigna Inc. effectively said they would not support efforts of the new Republican majority in the House to slow implementation of or repeal the new healthcare reform law.
November 11, 2010
Supplier Teamwork Cuts Benefit Costs: ReportThe key to cutting the cost of the benefit programs is to improve cooperation among the employer, its group health and disability insurers and other benefits suppliers, according to a new report.