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.
Reform Would Raise Employer Costs: Poll
By Staff WriterMost employers expect that health care reform would increase their health care costs if enacted and weaken their role in providing coverage to workers, according to a new poll.
September 28, 2009
Group Life and DI Results ReportedCompanies participating in the latest JHA survey report total earned premium on group term life policies reached just over $8.5 billion at mid-year 2009, up 3% over mid-year 2008.
September 28, 2009
Reform Would Raise Employer Costs: PollMost employers expect that health care reform would increase their health care costs if enacted and weaken their role in providing coverage to workers, according to a new poll.
September 28, 2009
Benefits Plans Hit Hard: PruLess than half of employers increased their employee benefits budgets this year from 2008, compared with increases reported by two-thirds of those surveyed the previous 2 years by Prudential Financial Inc., Newark, N.J.
September 28, 2009
Marketing Voluntary Guaranteed Standard Issue vs. Employer-Paid GSIThere is a common and often fatal mistake producers make when attempting to sell supplemental guaranteed standard issue (GSI) disability income insurance programs.
September 28, 2009
Health Reform: Public Option Nixed, Agents WelcomedThe Senate Finance Committee has rejected amendments that could have created a government-run health insurance system, and it has accepted an amendment that could let agents participate in a proposed health "exchange" system.
September 26, 2009
Health Age Band May NarrowMembers of the Senate Finance Committee might move to further limit the difference between the rates health insurers could charge the youngest insureds and the oldest if current health proposals are implemented.
September 26, 2009
Health Age Band May NarrowMembers of the Senate Finance Committee might move to further limit the difference between the rates health insurers could charge the youngest insureds and the oldest if current health proposals are implemented.