UnumProvident Unit Relaes Cancer Coverage Rules
By Staff WriterColonial Supplemental Insurance has eased underwriting requirements for one type of employee-paid insurance.[@@]Colonial, Columbia, S.C., a unit of UnumProvident Corp., Chattanooga, Tenn., says it ...
December 13, 2005
Bill Would Adjust HSA RulesA lawmaker wants to coordinate health savings accounts with flexible spending accounts and health reimbursement arrangements.[@@]The lawmaker, Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., has introduced the ...
December 13, 2005
Union To Support Defined Benefit Plan ProposalSponsors of a major pension reform bill have reached an agreement with the United Auto Workers. [@@]U.S. House Education & the Workforce Committee Chairman ...
December 13, 2005
Lawmakers Sculpt TRIA Deal %28Updated%29Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have agreed to drop efforts to get group life insurance into an extension of the Terrorism Risk ...
December 12, 2005
Nonprofit Maps Out Mental Health StrategiesThe National Business Group on Health has published "An Employer's Guide to Behavioral Health Services."[@@]The NBGH, Washington, says the guide, developed with funding from ...
December 12, 2005
Reinsurer Opens Florida BranchJohn B. Collins Associates Inc. is setting up an office in Tampa, Fla.[@@]Collins, Minneapolis, a reinsurance brokerage firm, says it is setting up the ...
December 12, 2005
New York Life Fills LTC PositionA large insurer has hired an executive to help run long term care insurance sales operations in the Lone Star State.[@@]The insurer, New York ...
December 12, 2005
Feds Issue 409A Reporting GuidanceThe Internal Revenue Service is giving employers and "service providers" more time to comply fully with a new tax law that deals with taxation ...