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.
Birnbaum: Commissions No Reason To Blur PPACA Cost Rules
By Allison BellThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners should not think about producer compensation when implementing the new federal minimum loss ratio requirements, according to Birny Birnbaum.
June 03, 2010
Tech Bits: ByAllAccounts, Ebix, Intelimedix, TC3, GTESS, VeriskEbix Inc. will be working with ByAllAccounts Inc. to offer customers account aggregation features.
June 03, 2010
Consumer-Driven Health Plan Assets Show 3-Year GainAssets in health savings accounts (HSAs) and health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs), two relatively new health plan options, have grown in recent years
June 02, 2010
PPACA: Which Loss Ratios Should Be THE Loss Ratios?Aetna Inc. is asking insurance regulators to let insurers use companywide medical loss ratio (MLR) statistics, rather than single-state statistics, when complying with the new Affordable Care Act MLR standards.
June 02, 2010
Vermont Finds Carrier Overpaid Former ExecVermont insurance regulators have concluded an executive compensation investigation by ordering a nonprofit health insurer to give $3 million in refunds to subscribers.
June 02, 2010
Independence Blue Updates Medigap LineA Mid-Atlantic insurer has updated its Medicare supplement insurance product menu to reflect changes in Medicare program rules.
June 02, 2010
Life Expectancy Player Acquires Granite GlobalA U.S. middle-market private equity firm with interests in life expectancy services has acquired a Canadian insurance services provider.
June 02, 2010
Federal Agencies To Offer Same-Sex Partner BenefitsPresident Obama has issued a memorandum that directs federal agencies to do what they can to offer same-sex domestic partners the same benefits they offer opposite-sex spouses.