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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.
Top 5 regulatory issues for insurers in 2015
By Emily HolbrookThe regulatory landscape for insurance will continue to be challenging and uncertain this year. Here are the top 5 reasons why.
March 06, 2015
Advocate wants NAIC to study life-LTC hybrid disclosuresBonnie Burns says the existing rules may not say enough about life product costs and charges.
March 05, 2015
H&R Block earnings: Where are the PPACA tax claims?The company says consumers with exchange coverage may come in later than expected.
March 05, 2015
HealthCare.gov managers post agent countParticipation is higher than it was last year, but lower than originally estimated.
March 05, 2015
Managing the Risks While Renovating the HouseExposure for high-net-worth clients renovating their homes comes before, during and after the actual work. Risk #1: the general contractor.
March 05, 2015
Risk corridors battleground emergesCCIIO will use data from a new form to run one of the PPACA risk-management programs.
March 05, 2015
View: Court may make a big mistake in Obamacare CaseBasing a ruling on federalism could give the court a lot more power, the author says.
March 05, 2015
View: The odds against PPACA just got a lot weakerThe author thinks the Obama administration has four possible paths to winning King vs. Burwell.