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.
Earnings: Ameriprise, Aflac, Assurant, CIGNA, Health Net
By staff WriterFor the second week in a row, most life and health insurers that released their latest quarterly financial results reported profits.
February 04, 2010
Jury Issues $37 Million In Damages In Rescission CaseA Colorado jury has awarded $37 million in punitive damages and other damages in an individual health insurance rescission case.
February 04, 2010
A case study in political fecklessnessDavid Wessel's piece in today's Wall Street Journal is a case study in political fecklessness. Wishing something were true is a job for my...
February 04, 2010
Labor Weighs In On Schedule C Comp ReportingThe Employee Benefits Security Administration has issued a new batch of advice that will affect how insurers, benefit plan administrators and benefit plan sponsors go about calculating 2009 "reportable compensation."
February 04, 2010
How Paid Long Term Care Insurance Plans Can Help Small-Business Owners Attract and Retain Top EmployeesSmall business owners have to be creative these days to attract and retain quality people, and thinking outside the box is a must when devising innovative benefits that would appeal to key employees -- especially those in their 40s, 50s, and 60s.
February 04, 2010
Feds Explain How To Comply With Year-Old Law (CLARIFIED)About 12 months after the federal government imposed children's health program eligibility notice rules on employers, it is telling employers how to implement the rules they already were supposed to be implementing.
February 04, 2010
Labor Weighs In On Schedule C Comp ReportingThe Employee Benefits Security Administration has issued a new batch of advice that will affect how insurers, benefit plan administrators and benefit plan sponsors go about calculating 2009 "reportable compensation."
February 04, 2010
Health Care Reform Effort Switches Gears to Targeted BillsAlthough the health care reform debate may be quieter now that Scott Brown has been elected, causing Democrats to lose their majority, it's definitely not over.