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SOA: Women Spend Far More on Long Term Care
By Staff WriterThe Society of Actuaries has found a large gap between what average men and average women spend on long term care after age 65.
March 18, 2011
PPACA: Utah Lawmaker Calls for Flexible Exchange RulesA legislator in a state that already has a health insurance exchange said any federal exchange rules should be as loose as possible.
March 18, 2011
Systemic Risk: Lawyers Wonder About Non-Insulated Separate AccountsState insurance commissioners are thinking more about ways to track products, such as corporate-owned life insurance and bank-owned life insurance, with assets held in non-insulated separate accounts.
March 18, 2011
FIO Pick: Everybody Loves MikeRegulators, interest groups and insurance policy watchers are praising Illinois Insurance Director Michael McRaith as he prepares to take up a post as the first director of the new Federal Insurance Office.
March 17, 2011
GAO: Some Carriers Say "Yes" More Often Than OthersOfficials at the U.S. Government Accountability Office have found wide variations in health insurance application denial rates.
March 17, 2011
Rivlin: Let's Get Serious About MedicareA former Clinton administration official went to Capitol Hill to drum up support for a proposal for saving Medicare.
March 17, 2011
NAIC Panel Posts Exchanges Adverse Selection DraftRegulators are starting to grapple with ideas about how to keep the new health insurance exchange distribution system from causing big new antiselection problems.
March 17, 2011
CLASS: Can It Survive?Critics of the new Community Living Assistance Services and Supports program say the voluntary worksite long term care plan is doomed; supporters say the government has the flexibility to make it work.