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.
Grant educates long-term caregivers on Medicare, Medicaid benefits
By Staff WriterFor family members and caregivers of those requiring specialized, long-term medical care, such as seniors or the disabled, navigating the nation's complex health care system can be daunting.
October 07, 2010
Q&A with a Successful Health Insurance Agent: Cindy HoltzmanCindy Holtzman has been selling health insurance for almost 20 years. In that time, she's learned a lot about the business - including seeing some of the uglier side of things.
October 07, 2010
Health Care Reform: How Disability Insurance Will Reach its New AudienceHealth care reform is changing how, when, and which benefits are sold. While this is true for all insurance markets, it is particularly true for such voluntary products as disability insurance.
October 07, 2010
PPACA: LHATF Approves MLR Rebate ModelMembers of the Life and Health Actuarial Task Force have approved a draft model that could be used to implement the new Affordable Care Act minimum medical loss ratio provisions.
October 07, 2010
What's Going on With Agents and the Exchanges?When the PPACA was first announced, the state health insurance exchanges created a slight panic to some agents. The calls came into our office, emails ...
October 07, 2010
What's Going on With Agents and the Exchanges?When the PPACA was first announced, the state health insurance exchanges created a slight panic to some agents. The calls came into our office, emails ...
October 06, 2010
Brown & Brown Acquires Benefits BusinessesAn insurance distributor has bought the benefits brokerage assets of Martin Benefits Consulting L.L.C. and the human resources consulting firm assets of Martin Human Resources L.L.
October 06, 2010
PPACA: Will Exchanges Be Producers?Some states could apply insurance producer or consultant licensing rules to the new state health insurance exchange entities, according to a National Association of Insurance Commissioners panel.