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.
Aetna Reports Growth In Health Plan Membership
By Staff WriterNU Online News Service, April 29, 2004, 6:12 p.m. EDT -- Increased health plan membership got some of the credit for higher first-quarter earnings ...
April 29, 2004
UnitedHealth Bids For OxfordByJust 4 days after WellChoice Inc. said it was giving up on its effort to acquire Oxford Health Plans, UnitedHealth Group stepped up with a ...
April 28, 2004
Guardian-Destiny Alliance Hits Mid-Atlantic MarketNU Online News Service, April 28, 2004, 5:16 p.m. EDT -- The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, New York, is helping a defined ...
April 26, 2004
UnitedHealth Offers $4.9 Billion For OxfordNU Online News Service, April 26, 2004, 6:12 p.m. EDT -- UnitedHealth Group Inc., Minnetonka, Minn., has offered $4.9 billion, or more than $3,500 ...
April 23, 2004
EEOC OKs Retiree Plan Medicare Coordination RuleNU Online News Service, April 23, 2004, 1:13 p.m. EDT -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted Thursday to let employers end retiree ...
April 22, 2004
NAIC Announces SVO RestructuringThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Kansas City, Mo., recently announced changes to the Securities Valuation Office.Among the changes to the unit, based in New ...
April 22, 2004
Growth In Core Markets Boosts WellPoint Net IncomeNU Online News Service, April 22, 2004, 1:15 p.m. EDT -- Strong sales in California, Georgia and Missouri contributed to another quarter of earnings ...
April 22, 2004
Limited Benefit Health Sales Help Torchmark ProfitsNU Online News Service, April 22, 2004, 1:06 p.m. EDT -- The deterioration of traditional health benefits helped Torchmark Corp., Birmingham, Ala., expand first-quarter ...