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.
Feds: Parity Regs To Raise Premiums 0.4%
By Allison BellFederal agencies have issued interim final rules for implementing a new mental health benefits parity law, but they acknowledge that they are still working out some of the details.
January 27, 2010
Feds Put Benefit Plan Report Data On WebThe Employee Benefits Security Administration has posted Form 5500 data on the Web.
January 27, 2010
Feds Put Benefit Plan Report Data On WebThe Employee Benefits Security Administration has posted Form 5500 data on the Web.
January 27, 2010
Employers: Health Reform Would Increase Access - And ExpensesEmployers say adopting the kinds of health system changes now under consideration in Congress would increase access to coverage but drive up their own benefits costs.
January 27, 2010
Connecticut Drafts Professional Designation RegulationThe Connecticut Insurance Department is proposing new regulations governing use of "senior-specific certifications and professional designations" in the sale of life insurance and annuities.
January 27, 2010
Hales: Freeze Chills Brokerage M&A MarketThe Great Recession, a soft insurance market and uncertainty about health reform contributed to a 40% drop in insurance brokerage mergers and acquisitions between 2008 and 2009, according to Hales & Company.
January 27, 2010
Lincoln National Updates STD ProductsLincoln National Corp. (NYSE:LNC) has rolled out new versions of its group short-term disability insurance policies.
January 27, 2010
ABIA: Bank Agencies Struggled In 2009Average total returns on the value of bank-owned insurance agencies were 10.2% lower during the first half of 2009 than they were in the first half of 2008.