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How Individual Health Plans Can Use Adverse Selection To Their Advantage
By Mary Van Der HeijdeWithout underwriting, individual coverage applicants on average cost 40% more than applicants for small group coverage. While the individual market provides insurers more opportunities to ...
September 05, 2008
Former Insurer Exec To Lead Ala. DepartmentAlabama Gov. Bob Riley, R, has appointed Jim Ridling to succeed Walter Bell as insurance commissioner.Bell recently left to become chairman of Swiss Re America ...
September 05, 2008
Former Insurer Exec To Lead Ala. DepartmentAlabama Gov. Bob Riley, R, has appointed Jim Ridling to succeed Walter Bell as insurance commissioner.Bell recently left to become chairman of Swiss Re America ...
September 05, 2008
Agency: CMS Weak At Watching MarketingFederal watchdogs say the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services should do a better job of overseeing Medicare Part D prescription drug program marketing efforts.Officials ...
September 05, 2008
Agency: CMS Weak At Watching MarketingFederal watchdogs say the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services should do a better job of overseeing Medicare Part D prescription drug program marketing efforts.Officials ...
September 05, 2008
Penn Treaty May Sell AgencyA long term care insurer says it has found a possible buyer for a LTC insurance distribution subsidiary.Penn Treaty American Corp., Allentown, Pa., says has ...
September 05, 2008
Penn Treaty May Sell AgencyA long term care insurer says it has found a possible buyer for a LTC insurance distribution subsidiary.Penn Treaty American Corp., Allentown, Pa., says has ...
September 05, 2008
Dental Carrier Adds Cancer Screening CoverageAlwaysCare Benefits is expanding access to oral wellness benefits.AlwaysCare, a unit of Starmount Life Insurance Company, Baton Rouge, La., says it will pay for one ...