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.
DI Web Seminar and realLIFEstories make for busy week
By Brian AndersonWe're right smack in the middle of a particularly busy week here at Life Insurance Selling.
May 19, 2010
How to Protect Clients Against the Financial and Emotional Effects of DisabilityDespite signs of an economic recovery, many Americans are still not feeling financially secure.
May 19, 2010
Watchdogs Weigh In On Reviewer IndependenceOfficials who keep tabs on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have come out with a list of actions that might compromise the independence of claim decision review organizations.
May 19, 2010
The Goose and the Golden EggIn Aesop's fable, a farmer and his wife own a goose that lays a golden egg every day. For a while, they revel in their good fortune but soon their baser instincts take over.
May 19, 2010
Cadillac Plan Tax: It Might Be A Big DealA looming tax on relatively expensive health benefits packages could end up affecting 60% of large employers in 2018, according to Towers Watson & Company, New York (NYSE:TW).
May 19, 2010
NAIC Comments On Limited Benefit MarketThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners refers directly to various types of limited-benefit health insurance products in its comments on the new federal health insurance rate review law.
May 19, 2010
Half of All Americans Mistrust Statements by Health InsurersIt's no surprise that very few Americans (between 2 and 5 percent) say they find statements made by a spokesperson for one of these types of companies completely believable, according to a new Harris Poll survey by Harris Interactive.
May 18, 2010
North Dakota Sponsors LTC EducationThe North Dakota Insurance Department will be offering a consumer long term care education seminar this summer.