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Higher Interest Rates Help Anthem
By Allison BellThe health insurer has about $10 billion in variable-rate notes and bonds in its portfolio.
April 14, 2022
UnitedHealth Adds 800,000 Medicare Advantage EnrolleesThe insurer also posted Medicare supplement insurance and Medicare Part D drug plan numbers.
April 14, 2022
Young Retiree Market Grows 3.3%But new Census Bureau estimates show shrinkage in the near-retiree and 85-and-up markets.
April 12, 2022
Workplace Permanent Life Sales DoubleThe number of new term life benefits users climbed 14%.
April 08, 2022
Longtime Centene CEO Dies at 79Michael Neidorff turned a regional health insurer into the 57th-highest-revenue company in the world.
April 05, 2022
Early Death Cuts Smokers' Lifetime Medicare Claims: ResearchersThe analysis could give income planners ideas about how to predict some of clients' other post-retirement costs.
April 05, 2022
Medicare Keeps Bad Marketer Penalty Out of 2023 RulesInsurer groups expect the rules to create a good environment for 2023 Medicare plans.