Health Insurance
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By Steve TuckeyA helpful tax ruling and strong overall growth helped Prudential Financial Inc. double its profits in the third quarter.[@@]Prudential, Newark, N.J., is reporting $1.3 ...
November 03, 2005
New York Carrier Adds Medigap PlansEmpire Blue Cross Blue Shield has started selling Medicare supplemental insurance plans C and F in the New York area.[@@]Empire, New York, says Plan ...
November 03, 2005
Fidelity Quadruples Enrollment in Health Account PlansA large money manager says health plans that incorporate personal health accounts seem to be popular with its corporate customers' employees.[@@]Researchers at Fidelity Employer ...
November 02, 2005
Earnings RoundupLincoln National Corp. overcame the unusual-charge blues plaguing many other insurers during the third quarter and turned in a solid increase in profits.[@@]Lincoln National, ...
November 02, 2005
Worksite Firm Chooses Eldorado SystemWorksiteRx L.L.C. has decided to use the Healthpac system from Eldorado Computing Inc. to administer health benefit plans.[@@]WorksiteRx, Tifton, Ga., a benefit plan administrator, ...
November 02, 2005
Garamendi Pans PacifiCare Deal Eecutive Comp PackageThe top California insurance regulator already is attacking one element of efforts by UnitedHealth Group Inc. to scoop up PacifiCare Health Systems Inc.[@@]California Insurance ...
November 02, 2005
Swiss Res Deputy CEO: GE Deal Good For Many ReasonsFollowing Swiss Re's announcement of its $6.8 billion planned acquisition of GE Insurance Solutions from General Electric Company, Swiss Re's deputy CEO, Jacques Aigrain, ...
November 02, 2005
Trying To Connect Boomers With Critical Illness InsuranceCould critical illness insurance be as useful to baby boomer executives and professionals as it is to the blue-collar workers on the shop floor?Advisors ...