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.
Stranger-Originated Annuities: It's About More Than Annuities
By Allison BellThe battle over stranger-originated annuities is part of a larger battle over the insurance product resale market, representatives from an insurer group and a life settlement group agree.
May 20, 2010
Web Exclusive: Annuities With LTCKim O'Brien answers questions about a new approach to protecting boomers against the possibility that they might not be as independent as they'd like to be in their later years.
May 20, 2010
Unum Announces Stock Repurchase ProgramThe board of Unum Group Corp. (NYSE:UNM) has agreed to spend up to $500 million more on buying back the company's common stock over the next 12 months.
May 20, 2010
Voluntary Term Life: Sales JumpSales of voluntary term life insurance increased 21% in 2009, to $940 million, according to Eastbridge Consulting Group Inc.
May 20, 2010
Michigan Eyes Health Termination NoticesMichigan insurance regulators are asking an insurer to take a different approach to dropping a health insurance product line that the insurer has been selling there.
May 20, 2010
Aetna Foundation Backs Brookings Institution ProjectImproving the way Americans buy health care will be the focus of a new think tank research study.
May 20, 2010
Officials: Many Children In Medicaid Go Without ScreeningsMedicaid programs in 9 states failed to verify whether 41% of the children in the programs had received any of the required health screenings during a 1-year study period.
May 20, 2010
Disability News: IDIS Meeting; Checkoway Claims BookAllan Checkoway has published "Getting Paid," an electronic book about U.S. private and public disability claim determination programs.