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.
Principal Adds E-ESOP Communications Tool
By Staff WriterA retirement plan services company has developed a Web-based administration service for privately held employee stock ownership plans.Principal Financial Group Inc., Des Moines, Iowa, says ...
June 08, 2007
Sunshine State Suspends LTC CarrierFlorida regulators want to shut an insurer out of the state's long term care insurance market for 12 months because of concerns about a financial ...
June 07, 2007
ING Makes VA Guarantee Feature More FlexibleAn insurer is letting purchasers of a variable annuity income rider put more of their contract value in stock funds.ING U.S. Financial Services, West Chester, ...
June 07, 2007
Marketer Rolls Out Temporary Health ProductMultiNational Underwriters L.L.C. has started selling the Amigo Short Term Medical Plan.MultiNational, Indianapolis, is in charge of marketing, and Companion Life Insurance Company, Columbia, S.C., ...
June 07, 2007
Company Stitches Together Provider QuiltsVIIAD Systems L.L.C. says it has come up with a new way to help insurers and other payers hold down health care costs.VIAAD, Newtown, Pa., ...
June 07, 2007
Health Insurer Updates Web ToolsWellPoint Inc. has introduced new Internet services for health plan members and in-network physicians.WellPoint, Indianapolis, has replaced its own personal health assessment system with a ...
June 07, 2007
Guardian Forms Dental AllianceA large insurer hopes to expand in the Mid-Atlantic oral health market.Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, New York, will be teaming with Dominion Dental ...
June 07, 2007
Aetna Adds Small Business POP And FSA OptionsA managed care company is marketing more benefits administration services to employers with 2 to 299 employees.Aetna Inc., Hartford, says it is marketing a premium-only ...