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.
Uncle Sam Posts HealthCare.Gov
By Staff WriterThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has set up a health care and health insurance website that it recently promised to create.
July 02, 2010
Building a Disability Insurance Practice: One Producer's ViewWhen I first started in the insurance business, I was young, hungry, and searching for prospects.
July 01, 2010
Securian To Court Government Plan BusinessSecurian Financial Group is acquiring Ochs Inc., a benefits brokerage firm that caters mainly to public-sector employers.
July 01, 2010
Benefits Firm Scoops Up AdministratorMercer has acquired Innovative Process Administration L.L.C.
July 01, 2010
California Posts Health Rate FilingsGolden State insurance regulators are giving the public a look at insurers' explanations about why health coverage prices are going up.
July 01, 2010
EBSA: Parity Lets Plans Set Office Visits ApartThe Employee Benefits Security Administration and other federal agencies have put out guidance on how to interpret part of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA).
July 01, 2010
PCIP Comes to LifeThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has unveiled the new, national temporary health insurance risk pool program, the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan.
July 01, 2010
Producers Ask Commissioners to Join Loss Ratio FrayGroups that represent benefits advisors want insurance department chiefs to get more involved with National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) efforts to implement the new federal health system change laws.