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.
Standard Life Adds Specified Disease Policy
By Staff WriterAn insurer that has focused on selling health insurance to older Americans has started marketing a cancer insurance policy designed for people of all ages.
May 04, 2010
EHealth To Distribute Humana Medicare ProductsEHealth Inc. (NASDAQ:EHTH) will be selling Medicare supplement, Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage from Humana Inc. through the Web.
May 04, 2010
Group Products: MetLife, AetnaA unit of MetLife Inc. has introduced a dual-option dental plan aimed at businesses with 25 to 499 employees.
May 04, 2010
ACA: Commenters Parse "Medical Cost"Insurance regulators are wrestling with questions about the definitions they should use when implementing the new Affordable Care Act minimum medical loss ratio rules.
May 04, 2010
12 Questions for 1 Successful LTCI Agent: Curt HorowitzCurt Horowitz's LTCI agency is in Mill Creek, WA, 20 miles northeast of Seattle.
May 03, 2010
DI Awareness Month: Ignorance, Denial PersistTens of millions of U.S. workers are still one serious illness or injury away from financial disaster.
May 03, 2010
Senate Republicans: Do More To Keep Tabs On Large InsurersS. 3217, the financial services bill now on the floor of the Senate, does too little to increase federal oversight over large insurance companies, Senate Republicans contend.
May 03, 2010
Actuary: Act Fast, Or Individual Health Insurers Will FleeIf regulators do not come up with a realistic medical loss ratio rule transition plan for individual heath insurance, insurers may start to abandon the market in June.