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.
Why You Must Talk With Every Client You Have
By Kathy Pabst RobshawReduced commissions, competition from similar businesses and the Internet, new-technology overload, and changing products and regulations -- all these things and more can keep you from achieving your larger goals.
December 31, 2009
Senior group backs Senate health care billProvisions in the Senate health care bill which would make Medicare more sustainable by ensuring seniors access to high quality
December 30, 2009
COBRA Subsidy Boosts Enrollments: HewittAverage monthly enrollment rates in COBRA health care plans among subsidy-eligible employees have increased by 20% since COBRA financial assistance began in March 2009, a new analysis from Hewitt Associates Inc. finds.
December 30, 2009
CBO Revises Tort Reform SavingsA new study by the Congressional Budget Office almost doubles its estimate--from 6% to 10%--of the reduction in costs of medical liability insurance through a proposed package of tort reforms.
December 30, 2009
Health Insurers See Income DeclineThe health insurance industry reported a decline of 12.4% in net income, to $8.2 billion as of Sept. 30, compared to the same period in 2008, according to a new analysis by Highline Data.
December 30, 2009
Group Seeks To Grow LTC Insurance ProductionA long term care insurance group has opened an effort to recruit and train up to 2,000 unemployed Americans to sell LTC insurance.
December 30, 2009
Louisiana Department Appoints 2Al Ater has been named chief deputy commissioner of insurance for the Louisiana Insurance Department, effective Jan. 11, 2010.
December 30, 2009
CBO Revises Tort Reform SavingsA new study by the Congressional Budget Office almost doubles its estimate--from 6% to 10%--of the reduction in costs of medical liability insurance through a proposed package of tort reforms.