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Hewitt: Health Costs To Rise 6%
By Staff WriterEmployer health care costs will increase about 6% in 2010, Hewitt Associates Inc. predicts.
September 30, 2009
Health Exchange Might Serve Lawmakers, TooThe Senate Finance Committee has agreed that members of Congress and their staffers ought to use any health insurance purchasing "exchange" system created by the panel's health reform bill.
September 30, 2009
AAA Reacts To ACLI Illustration ProposalAn American Academy of Actuaries panel says insurers should make sure annuity performance projections include warnings of the possible tax consequences of early withdrawals.
September 30, 2009
Pan-American To Enter Costa Rican MarketA New Orleans life insurer hopes to expand in Central America.
September 30, 2009
Rating Agencies Come Under FireA House Financial Services subcommittee chairman today charged that the rating agencies betrayed "their special status under our laws" through a "ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies" approach to grading mortgage-backed securities.
September 30, 2009
Medicare Mandate Suit Survives Summary Judgment MotionA federal court judge is letting plaintiffs who want to collect Social Security benefits without enrolling in Medicare Part A proceed with a suit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary.
September 30, 2009
Using surveys to generate LTCI referralsI need to generate more referrals but feel uncomfortable asking for them. Can you suggest a method to encourage my clients to provide them?
September 30, 2009
NIA Makes DealsA Garden State insurance brokerage firm has bought the assets of J. Lindsay Fuller CLU Inc. and of USC Administrative Services L.L.C.