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.
Washington State Benefits From PacifiCare Deal
By Staff WriterCalifornia is not the only state that has used UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s recent acquisition of PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. as a fundraising vehicle.California regulators persuaded ...
February 20, 2006
Pennsylvania Stops Using Fingerprint RepositoryThe Keystone State is pulling out of an insurance producer identification program sponsored by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.Effective Feb. 17, the Pennsylvania insurance ...
February 19, 2006
New York Regulators Propose LTC ChangesEmpire State officials have come up with a long list of suggestions about ways to encourage affluent and middle-income consumers to prepare for long term ...
February 19, 2006
Bill Pushes Flexible LTC FinancingInsurance industry trade groups are voicing strong support for legislation introduced in the Senate that will provide employees with greater flexibility in paying for long ...
February 19, 2006
Spouses Who Stay Home Also Need DI ProtectionUnfortunately, our industry appears to be overlooking the disability income protection needs of millions of people.Most Americans readily can tell you the approximate value of ...
February 19, 2006
Combating Women's Unawareness Of Heart Disease And DisabilityA little more than two weeks ago, on Feb. 3, you might have noticed that women in your office, at your children's schools and in ...
February 19, 2006
LTC Insurance: Critical Safety Net For Women Execs, Business OwnersIt's now been more than 30 years since women entered the U.S. work force in significant numbers (which had happened before) and with long-term, professional ...
February 19, 2006
LTC Adds Muscle To Exec BenefitsLong term care insurance producers are finding a strong and growing market in executive long-term care plans for small- and medium-sized businesses.Smaller firms are responding ...