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Good Works: UnitedHealth, StanCorp, Aetna
By Staff WriterUnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE:UNH) has invested about $14 million in tax-exempt revenue bonds issued by Children's Institute Inc.
February 05, 2010
Good Works: UnitedHealth, StanCorp, AetnaUnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE:UNH) has invested about $14 million in tax-exempt revenue bonds issued by Children's Institute Inc.
February 05, 2010
Earnings: Ameriprise, Aflac, Assurant, CIGNA, Health NetFor the second week in a row, most life and health insurers that released their latest quarterly financial results reported profits.
February 04, 2010
Antitrust Bill To Drop FridayLawmakers plan to introduce a bill Friday that would repeal the protection that the McCarran-Ferguson Act now gives health insurers and medical malpractice insurers against federal antitrust laws.
February 04, 2010
Pennsylvania To Double Basic Coverage CostsPennsylvania is having a hard time making the numbers work at a subsidized health insurance program for the previously uninsured.
February 04, 2010
Jury Issues $37 Million In Damages In Rescission CaseA Colorado jury has awarded $37 million in punitive damages and other damages in an individual health insurance rescission case.
February 04, 2010
A case study in political fecklessnessDavid Wessel's piece in today's Wall Street Journal is a case study in political fecklessness. Wishing something were true is a job for my...
February 04, 2010
Labor Weighs In On Schedule C Comp ReportingThe Employee Benefits Security Administration has issued a new batch of advice that will affect how insurers, benefit plan administrators and benefit plan sponsors go about calculating 2009 "reportable compensation."