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.
Delta Dental Absorbs Daughter
By Staff WriterA large dental carrier has simplified its corporate structure.Delta Dental of California, San Francisco, has merged with a major subsidiary, PMI Dental Health Plan, Cerritos, ...
January 01, 2007
A Healthy New YearGrowth of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and pricing pressure on brand name pharmaceutical manufacturers are among the top seven healthcare industry issues identified in The...
December 31, 2006
NAIC Consumer Rep: Agents Are Critical To LTCI SalesThe importance of the agent in selling long term care and the "critical" importance of producer training were two points raised during discussions of long ...
December 29, 2006
Feds May Try To Cut Employee LTC Profit LevelsA voluntary long term care insurance program is having a hard time mailing promotional letters to federal employees, but the insureds appear to be good ...
December 29, 2006
Highmark Unit To Beef Up Implant BenefitsUnited Concordia Companies says it will chip in for part of the cost when some insureds with standard crown coverage get implant crowns.United Concordia now ...
December 29, 2006
Highmark Unit To Beef Up Implant BenefitsUnited Concordia Companies says it will chip in for part of the cost when some insureds with standard crown coverage get implant crowns.United Concordia now ...
December 29, 2006
GAO Official Moves To Think TankThe Center for Studying Health Systems Change has hired Ann Tynan to be a health researcher.Tynan previously was a senior health policy analyst at the ...
December 28, 2006
MetLife To Move Key Operations Back To ManhattanMetLife Inc. has signed a 21-year lease at 1095 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan.The deal means that MetLife, New York, will be pulling ...