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.
Five ways to get the most from your affluent clientele
By Chelsey EmmelhainzSelling long term care to rich people is actually quite easy -- it's finding them that's tough.
April 18, 2010
Straws In The WindSometimes you can tell more about the future by examining related issues, so-called "straws in the wind," than by the direct extrapolation of an issue.
April 18, 2010
Tax Provisions In Health Reform Act Are Starting To Become ClearerHealth care reform legislation contains a number of provisions that will impact insurance agents and the products they sell.
April 18, 2010
Disability Insurance Community Combs Through New Health ActsWhen President Obama signed the two big health bills into law in March, he may have changed the U.S. disability insurance market in ways that providers, producers and customers cannot yet start to imagine.
April 18, 2010
Prudential Taking Another Bite Of The Dental MarketOne of the largest insurers in the world is returning to the group dental insurance market.
April 16, 2010
Texas Carrier To Stop Selling Individual Health InsuranceTwo subsidiaries of American National Insurance Company, Galveston, Texas, say they will be discontinuing sales of individual medical expense insurance plans effective June 30.
April 16, 2010
Congress Lengthens COBRA SubsidyCongress finally approved legislation extending the 65% percent subsidy the unemployed can use to pay for health insurance under the Consolidate Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act program.
April 16, 2010
Congress Lengthens COBRA SubsidyCongress finally approved legislation extending the 65% percent subsidy the unemployed can use to pay for health insurance under the Consolidate Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act program.