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By Staff WriterAn insurer has introduced an information service for buyers of international coverage.CIGNA International, Claymont, Del., a unit of CIGNA Corp., Philadelphia, has set up an ...
December 05, 2007
Stark Blasts Bush Stand On Medicare Advantage OversightRep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., has criticized Bush administration opposition to efforts to give states authority over Medicare Advantage plan marketing practices.Stark, chairman of the House ...
December 05, 2007
Stark Blasts Bush Stand On Medicare Advantage OversightRep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., has criticized Bush administration opposition to efforts to give states authority over Medicare Advantage plan marketing practices.Stark, chairman of the House ...
December 04, 2007
NAIC Official Weighs In On NCOIL Oversight StudyRegulators here say they wish they had had a chance to contribute to a National Conference of Insurance Legislators analysis on state regulation of insurance.Researchers ...
December 04, 2007
Empire State Protests Hospital Admission Notice RuleThe New York State Insurance Department says a carrier wants to require hospitals to alert it within 24 hours after member patients have been admitted.The ...
December 04, 2007
Bank Agency Scoops Up Benefits BrokerFrost Insurance has acquired Prime Benefits Inc.Frost Insurance, Austin, Texas, is the insurance agency of Frost, a bank holding company owned by Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc., ...
December 04, 2007
Humana Closes on KMGA large managed care company has scooped up a company that sells employee-paid insurance products through the worksite.Humana Inc., Louisville, Ky., has paid about $188 ...
December 04, 2007
Kansas Seeks Risk Pool VendorThe Kansas Health Insurance Association is seeking bids from health carriers and benefit plan administrators that want to run the Kansas Uninsurable Health Insurance Plan.The ...