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.
GAO Eyes Health Competition
By Allison BellStudies suggest that intensity of health maintenance organization competition may have some effect on HMO coverage prices and provider reimbursement rates, according to officials at the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
September 03, 2009
Pru Boosts Disability UnitPrudential Financial Inc.'s Group Insurance Business announced today it is opening a disability management services office in Scottsdale, Ariz.
September 03, 2009
Report Eyes Global AgingEmployers will play a critical role in shaping public policy and addressing concerns about global aging.
September 03, 2009
Time For A Life Insurance Stress Test: Assess Your Business Clients' COLIWith the intersection of recent stock-market declines and volatility, the 2006 PPA, the implementation of the 2001 mortality table, and the prolonged recession, it is an important time to proactively review your client's corporate life insurance programs
September 02, 2009
Plan Enrolls HSA, Health PlanA new program enables employees to enroll in a health savings account and a HSA-compatible health plan at the same time.
September 02, 2009
Plan Enrolls HSA, Health PlanA new program enables employees to enroll in a health savings account and a HSA-compatible health plan at the same time.
September 02, 2009
N.Y. Names Liquidation ChiefActing New York State Insurance Superintendent James J. Wrynn has appointed Dennis J. Hayes as special deputy superintendent of the New York Liquidation Bureau.
September 02, 2009
Changing Your Non-Qualified Plan May Be Harder Than You ThinkThe primary purpose of Internal Revenue Code ?409A was to curb perceived abuses in non-qualified deferred compensation agreements or supplemental executive compensation plans (SERP) for executives of large corporations