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Advisor Spotlight: Fighting LTCI client denial
By Senior Market AdvisorPhil Grossman, CLTC, LTCP Long Term Care Options, Inc., Peoria, Ariz.
October 23, 2009
Web Bits: Benefitfocus.com, Transcend, OthersA technology company is offering a new system aimed at health insurers that want to sell individual products through the Web.
October 23, 2009
EBSA: New Form 5500 Rules Apply To Health PlansThe Employee Benefits Security Administration has published a new batch of advice aimed at insurers, benefit plan administrators and other organizations that are trying to comply with new reporting requirements.
October 23, 2009
White House Spokesman: Remember September 2008If Congress fails to revamp the financial regulatory system, it runs the risk that the kind of crisis that occurred a year ago will happen again, according an official who speaks for President Obama.
October 23, 2009
McRaith: OFC Just A WraithInsurance regulation is likely to remain a state function, Illinois Insurance Director Michael McRaith said Thursday at a conference.
October 23, 2009
Administration Takes On Insurance GiantThe White House has accused WellPoint Inc. of "cherry picking certain policies and ignoring major aspects of reform" in a collection of analyses of how health reform might affect some of the states it serves.
October 23, 2009
Bernanke: All Banks Should Review Comp PoliciesIn a move that could affect insurers that are also bank holding companies, the Federal Reserve is asking all banking organizations to take a close look at how they pay executives.
October 22, 2009
Out-Of-State Plans Told: Don't Give Your NumberIf an insurer that is not authorized to do business in New York sells a group plan that happens to cover New York residents, it can communicate with those insureds only through mail and electronic mail.