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.
Regulators List Top Insurance Gripes
By Staff WriterThe top 3 complaints consumers had about their insurance companies in 2008 were delays, denials of claims and unsatisfactory settlement offers.
March 06, 2009
Clayburn: Vt. Notice Could Push Up Disability RatesA new disability insurance mental health parity mandate could shake up the Vermont disability insurance market.
March 06, 2009
2 N.Y. Health Insurers Agree To Stop Using DatabaseTwo New York State health insurers have agreed to end their use of a claims-processing data base that the state's Attorney General alleged was defective.
March 06, 2009
JHA Attendees Eye Group LifeThe recession probably will hurt group life revenue, but whether the recession will increase the ratio of claims to premium revenue is unclear.
March 06, 2009
JHA Speaker: Stand Firm On Prices"We're in the worst economy in our lifetime, and I don't think it's going to get better in the next year," Reed Holden, president of Holden Advisors Corp., Concord, Mass., said at a conference.
March 06, 2009
Calif. Bill Aims At Health Insurance PricingA bill introduced in the California state legislature would require health insurance companies to provide greater amounts of loss experience information.
March 06, 2009
Personnel Changes: AEGON, Delta Dental, OthersAEGON N.V. has promoted William Tate to executive vice president of AEGON Financial Partners, a U.S. division.
March 05, 2009
Disability Insurance Experts Ponder Recession ImpactThinking beats cowering, a top disability insurance market watcher says.