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Advocacy Access Expands
By Staff WriterAssurant Health is giving all permanent policyholders access to health care advocacy services from Patient Care.
July 15, 2009
Grandparents GiveAbout two-thirds of U.S. grandparents have helped support their grandchildren financially during the past 5 years, researchers report.
July 15, 2009
Survey: Retirees Worry MoreThe percentage of retirees who are nervous about financial security has doubled in the past year, and many more retirees are seeking professional financial advice.
July 15, 2009
Trades Want CFPA CertaintyInsurance groups are asking Congress to change and clarify the Consumer Financial Protection Agency proposal, to ensure that no insurance product comes under the agency's authority.
July 15, 2009
N.Y. Rejects Annuity ConceptThe New York Department of Insurance has disapproved a proposed contingent annuity contract.
July 15, 2009
Texas To Review LTC RatesTexas insurance regulators are working out rules to require long term care carriers to get the state insurance commissioner's approval for rates on policies sold in the state.
July 15, 2009
HELP Votes; Agents Fly InMembers of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today voted 13-10 to pass a health system bill after amending it to protect the ability of health agents to act as consumer advisors.
July 15, 2009
MetLife Combines UnitsMetLife Inc. is putting its institutional operations, its individual operations and its auto and home unit in a single U.S. business.