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Aflac Japan Finds Low Level Of Claim Problems
By Staff WriterA U.S. company says it has done a reasonably good job of handling claims in Japan over the past 5 years.Japan's Financial Services Agency has ...
April 13, 2007
Insurer Cuts Copayments For CFC-Free InhalersThe managed care division of UnitedHealth Group Inc. is trying to reduce out-of-pocket expenses for people with asthma who shift to medication delivery systems that ...
April 13, 2007
Senior Healthcare To Market Great American ProductsAn insurer has tapped an outside distribution firm to help it sell supplemental health insurance products.Great American Financial Resources Inc., Cincinnati, has hired the Senior ...
April 13, 2007
New York Widens Online LTC Policy ComparisonsNew York state has expanded a Web service that helps consumers compare long term care insurance policies.When the New York State Insurance Department introduced the ...
April 13, 2007
Group Sales Rise At Mutual InsurerGuardian Life Insurance Company of America says variable annuity sales, worksite sales and long term care insurance sales were particularly strong in 2006.Guardian, New York, ...
April 13, 2007
Group Sales Rise At Mutual InsurerGuardian Life Insurance Company of America says variable annuity sales, worksite sales and long term care insurance sales were particularly strong in 2006.Guardian, New York, ...
April 12, 2007
NBGH Calls For Simpler Health Savings SystemSome big benefits buyers would like to see Congress combine all tax-advantaged health savings arrangements into a single "401-H" system that would give employees incentives ...
April 12, 2007
Hospital Sues Carrier Over Utilization ReviewA New York hospital is clashing with a health insurer over the standards used to decide whether the care provided to patients was medically necessary.Lawyers ...