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.
Swiss Re To Enter China TPA Market
By Staff WriterA reinsurer hopes to take advantage of opportunities to help cover the health of people in China.Swiss Reinsurance Company, Zurich, has received permission from Chinese ...
April 02, 2008
Carriers And Doctors Back Physician Tracking StandardsThe National Business Coalition on Health says it has obtained broad support for physician evaluation program principles.The NBCH, Washington, says its new Patient Charter for ...
April 01, 2008
Can you afford the risk?Note: This column is a continuation of the information I shared in last month?? 1/2 s column. To read that column, please click here. Q. I work with a wealthy clientele and when I mention LTCI insurance to them, many of them reply that they have
April 01, 2008
The long viewFor an established product trading in a mature market, a few percentage points of growth do not a good year make. But in a still-maturing business such as long term care insurance, where the gap between growth potential and actual performance has y
April 01, 2008
Washington Restores Individual Health Rate ControlThe Evergreen State insurance commission has regained oversight over the price of individual medical coverage.Washington state Gov. Christine Gregoire, D, has signed E.S.B. 5261, a ...
April 01, 2008
CIGNA Closes On Great-West HealthcareCIGNA Corp. has completed a previously announced acquisition of Great-West Healthcare.CIGNA, Philadelphia, paid $1.5 billion in cash for the Greenwood Village, Colo., business, which is ...
April 01, 2008
Milliman: Health Account Effects VarySome efforts to make workers better health care shoppers work better than others at controlling health coverage costs, according to Milliman Inc.Milliman, Seattle, worked with ...
April 01, 2008
Milliman: Health Account Effects VarySome efforts to make workers better health care shoppers work better than others at controlling health coverage costs, according to Milliman Inc.Milliman, Seattle, worked with ...