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Unum Reports On 2007 Group LTC Results
By Staff WriterUnum Group Corp. sold group long term care insurance policies to 1,186 new groups in 2007 and added about 83,000 group LTC plan participants.Total in-force ...
May 05, 2008
AmWins Acquires Medical Stop-Loss MGUAn insurance wholesaler has scooped up a company that protects health plans against catastrophic risk.AmWins Group Inc., Charlotte, N.C., has acquired Beacon Risk Strategies Inc., ...
May 05, 2008
WellPoint Wins Medicare ContractThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has awarded an administrative contract for the jurisdiction that includes Connecticut and New York.The CMS has picked a ...
May 05, 2008
Administration Tech Firm Chooses PartnerHigh-Tech Health Inc. has agreed to use cost management tools from Premier Healthcare Exchange Inc.High-Tech Health, Hackettstown, N.J., sells benefit plan administration systems.PHX, Bedminster, N.J., ...
May 05, 2008
Health Net Adds Tools For TravelersA managed care company is trying to increase its appeal to globetrotters.Health Net Inc., Woodland Hills, N.J., says it has added toll-free telephone access to ...
May 04, 2008
LTC Insurance On The Tarmac, Awaiting Take-OffThe horizon for the long term care insurance industry looks brighter now, with sales showing modest growth in 2007 after four years of discouraging results (see chart). However, its future is still uncertain.
May 04, 2008
JHA Finds Disability Sales Rising As Group Life Sales FlattenInsurers seemed to have an easier time increasing U.S. disability insurance sales in 2007 than they had growing group life sales.The difference shows up 2007 ...
May 04, 2008
HSA Enrollment Up 35% In Last YearHealth Savings Account enrollment grew 35% to 6.1 million between January 2007 and the present, according to a survey commissioned by America's Health Insurance Plans.At ...