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By staff WriterEarly in his career, before he started his own agency, MDRT life and qualifying member Gerry Impelman attended a three-day weekend retreat featuring Dr. Mark Victor Hansen.
January 14, 2011
Kaiser: Emergency Aid Protected CHIP BenefitsTemporary federal support created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 helped most states maintain or improve Children's Health Insurance Program benefits in 2010, researchers say.
January 14, 2011
Calif. Blue Shield Agrees to Independent Rate ReviewsBlue Shield of California says it will send its rate increase requests out for independent actuarial rate review.
January 14, 2011
Fitch: PPACA Effects Should Be ManageableFitch Ratings worries about the effects of the Affordable Care Act medical loss ratio rules on individual health insurance sales, but it is feeling better about the overall state of the U.S. health insurance market.
January 14, 2011
Groups Pan Target Date Fund Illustration ProvisionRetirement plan vendors and retirement plan advisors are asking the Employee Benefits Security Administration to clarify a target date fund disclosure proposal.
January 14, 2011
PPACA: Risk Pool Program Starts SlowlyOnly 8,011 U.S. residents had health coverage through the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan program in early November 2010.
January 14, 2011
New York Seeks Fraud InvestigatorsThe New York State Insurance Department wants to hire fraud investigators for permanent, full-time positions based in New York City.
January 13, 2011
Calif. Asks Health Insurers to Slow Increase RequestsDave Jones, the new California insurance commissioners, is asking big carriers to refrain from increasing premiums for at least 60 days after the effective dates of their most recent rate filings.