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.
Change And Challenge--Without The Neon
By Jim ConnollyOn the evening of Nov. 4 as I stood in the heart of Times Square watching our new President-elect Barack Obama deliver his acceptance speech ...
November 16, 2008
Trying To Keep The Recession Blues From Creating LTD Red InkBack in the 1980s and early 1990s, increases in disability claims seemed to go hand in hand with increases in unemployment rates. Disability insurers responded ...
November 16, 2008
Selling Consumer Directed Health Plans? You Need To Get The Buy-InWith open enrollment underway, customized consumer directed health plans are a way to increase your business and stay ahead of the competition.I've been in the ...
November 14, 2008
Personnel: Aflac, Nordyke, OthersAflac Inc. has hired M. Jeffrey Charney to be senior vice president and chief marketing officer for Aflac U.S.Ronald Kirkland, a senior vice president who ...
November 14, 2008
Nationwide Previews 2009 ReleasesAn insurer says it is preparing to launch several new health-related products.Nationwide Better Health, an arm of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, Columbus, Ohio, says it ...
November 14, 2008
Farrah: Self-Funded Plans Increase ShareMost of the recent enrollment growth at large health carriers came from plan administration arrangements.Researchers at Mark Farrah Associates, Kennebunk, Maine, have published that finding ...
November 14, 2008
Farrah: Self-Funded Plans Increase ShareMost of the recent enrollment growth at large health carriers came from plan administration arrangements.Researchers at Mark Farrah Associates, Kennebunk, Maine, have published that finding ...
November 13, 2008
Unum Revamps SiteA benefits insurer has spruced up its home on the Web.Unum Group Corp., Chattanooga, Tenn., says its focuses on ways to offer and get better ...