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.
Teas Carrier Completes Life Deal
By Staff WriterHCC Insurance Holdings Inc. says it has closed on a previously announced acquisition of MIC Life Insurance Corp. from a unit of GMAC Insurance ...
December 13, 2005
Pennsylvania Studies Universal Health OptionsKeystone state officials are assembling a panel that will try to come up with a stategy for providing health coverage for all state residents.[@@]Pennsylvania ...
December 13, 2005
Carrier To Add Vanguard HSA OptionsArkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield has agreed to offer 20 no-load mutual funds to health savings account customers starting in 2006.[@@]Arkansas Blue, Little ...
December 13, 2005
Insurer Sends Treats To Our Kids OverseasMedical Mutual of Ohio is mailing 8,000 packages of pecan almond caramel corn to members of the U.S. armed forces serving outside the United ...
December 13, 2005
UnumProvident Unit Relaes Cancer Coverage RulesColonial Supplemental Insurance has eased underwriting requirements for one type of employee-paid insurance.[@@]Colonial, Columbia, S.C., a unit of UnumProvident Corp., Chattanooga, Tenn., says it ...
December 13, 2005
Health Carrier Epands In NorthwestThe Oregon arm of Health Net Inc. will be offering group health coverage in more counties in Oregon and Washington state starting Jan. 1, ...
December 13, 2005
Bill Would Adjust HSA RulesA lawmaker wants to coordinate health savings accounts with flexible spending accounts and health reimbursement arrangements.[@@]The lawmaker, Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., has introduced the ...
December 12, 2005
Nonprofit Maps Out Mental Health StrategiesThe National Business Group on Health has published "An Employer's Guide to Behavioral Health Services."[@@]The NBGH, Washington, says the guide, developed with funding from ...