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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.
Conseco Plans To Consolidate Units
By Staff WriterConseco Inc. announced a plan to consolidate 3 insurance companies within its Conseco Insurance Group segment.
September 01, 2009
Managing LTCI objectionsLTCI prospects aren't shy to say they're afraid they'll never use their coverage, or that they're better off self-insuring. It's your job to logically and passionately explain that this is not always the case.
September 01, 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
September 01, 2009
Mass. In $17 Million Settlement With InsurersMassachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley says her office has settled a lawsuit against a health insurance company and several subsidiaries.
September 01, 2009
Historical Research: A Century of Healthcare BattlesA pivotal moment in the health care debate came when the president went before Congress and said this: "Millions of our citizens do not now...
September 01, 2009
Danger & Opportunity: Stitching Together Healthcare ReformThe healthcare debate moved outside the beltway in August, as members of Congress headed back home to face, in many cases, angry mobs of constituents...
August 31, 2009
Florida Acts Against 3 Health Insurance FirmsFlorida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty says he has ordered 3 brokers to stop selling health insurance policies in the state.
August 31, 2009
Boomers wrong on health costsAccording to a new survey, Americans are dramatically underestimating their retirement health care costs and insufficiently planning as a result. The July survey of something called...