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.
CI Screening: It's Time To Upgrade The Approach
By Hank GeorgeCardiovascular events, most notably heart attacks, are one of the main causes of critical illness insurance claims.To deal effectively with this risk, CI underwriters inevitably ...
April 23, 2006
Preparing Boomers For Their Oral ExamsU.S. dental insurers are bracing for waves of retirees who will insist on sleeping with their teeth in their mouths.Ted Williams, executive vice president of ...
April 23, 2006
'Cents'ible Disability Product Solutions For Small BusinessesOffering solid disability benefits can help small businesses improve recruiting and retention.The case managers at a well-run disability insurer can even help improve a small ...
April 23, 2006
Finding The Tipping Point For Sharing Group Medical PremiumsAs group medical insurance premiums continue to rise at an alarming rate, employers are generally faced with these four alternatives:1. Find a cheaper carrier;2. Pay ...
April 23, 2006
Branding: The Key To Reaching The ConsumerThe consumer-driven health care revolution is well under way as more and more consumers are opening health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts, and the ...
April 23, 2006
Screen Them At Work-For The Right ThingsThe promise of worksite health screening is compelling.Imagine an employee with unrecognized high blood pressure (slowly developing damage to arteries and major organs) one day ...
April 23, 2006
Why CI Insurance Is ExpandingWith rising health care costs leading to higher health plan premiums and deductibles and reduced coverage, employees are digging deeper into their wallets to pay ...
April 23, 2006
CI Needs To Emerge From The Cloud It's Been UnderCritical illness insurance remains under a cloud, ignored by most carriers. This is despite a silver lining.The silver lining is that there is a small ...