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NCQA To Update Plan Quality Indicators
By Staff WriterNU Online News Service, Feb. 27, 2004, 12:24 p.m. EST -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance, Washington, is updating its set of plan ...
February 26, 2004
House Panel May Fast-Track Incremental Regulatory Reform BillByWashingtonA House Financial Services Subcommittee may be moving more aggressively on insurance regulatory reform than previously thought and could have an incremental reform bill drafted ...
February 26, 2004
Agents Need To Penetrate The Fog Of DI DesignAgents Need To Penetrate The Fog Of DI DesignByIn Errol Morris acclaimed film documentary "The Fog of War," former defense secretary Robert McNamara talks about ...
February 26, 2004
Oklahoma Commissioner IndictedByA court hearing scheduled for March 5 will determine whether embezzlement charges against Carroll Fisher, Oklahoma insurance commissioner, and Opal Ellis, a special assistant to ...
February 26, 2004
Guaranty Acquires TCT InsuranceNU Online News Service, Feb. 26, 2004, 2:43 p.m. EST -- Guaranty Insurance Services Inc. has acquired TCT Insurance Services Inc., Dallas.[@@]Guaranty, a unit ...
February 26, 2004
DI Agents Need Training In The Basics DI Agents Find Training Has Dried UpDI Agents Find Training Has Dried UpByOver the last 10 years, the disability income insurance business has been shifting away from what was once a ...
February 26, 2004
The Best Time To Get Disability InsuranceByThe best time to get an income protection policy (or any other form of coverage) is to get it immediately just prior to a disability!Seriously, ...
February 26, 2004
The Cost-Shifting Going On In LTCByHouston, TexasIn the long term care insurance community, a cost-shifting is going on that hasnt gotten much press.This entails shifting the costs for LTC-related technology ...