Latest Health Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
EBRI Study Explores Employers’ Views on Health Insurance
Oct 3 2002 // America’s 6 million employers largely determine the number of insured – and uninsured – Americans, and new research by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) examines how and why employers make...
Calif. Health Insurer to Be Terminated Dec. 31
Sep 26 2002 // Some 165,000 patients of a Silicon Valley health insurer will be searching for new medical insurance in the coming months as the company is being shut down Dec. 31, according to an Associated Press report. Lifeguard Inc.,...
N.Y. Gov. Pataki Signs Sole Proprietor Health Bill into Law
Sep 23 2002 // New York Governor George Pataki signed into law a bill that will make more affordable health insurance available to small businesses run across New York State that are owned and operated by single-person businesses. The...
Expanding the Pie
Sep 16 2002 // We have all heard the old adage that to succeed we need to do one thing and do it well. That might be one formula for success, but it is not the only one. There are two main types of growth—vertical and horizontal....
Expanding the Pie
Sep 16 2002 // We have all heard the old adage that to succeed we need to do one thing and do it well. That might be one formula for success, but it is not the only one. There are two main types of growth—vertical and horizontal....
Conning Study Reveals Hidden Crisis in Health Insurance
Aug 22 2002 // A new study from Conning Research & Consulting, Inc. of state health insurance regulation has revealed a hidden crisis adding to the cost of health insurance and increasing the number of uninsured...
Reynolds Urges Insurers to Get Active in Workers’ Comp Litigation Issues
Aug 5 2002 // Calling the medical fee guideline the most important element of the workers’ compensation legislation passed by the 77th Texas Legislature—House Bill 2600—Richard F. (Dick) Reynolds, executive director of the...
External Review of Medical Claims by P/C Insurers Could Raise Premiums
Oct 16 2001 // Requiring property/casualty insurers to have medical treatment claims reviewed by third party examiners is unnecessary, counterproductive and could raise the cost of insurance for Iowa consumers, according to the...
Colorado Workers Protest Rates
Oct 8 2001 // Waving signs such as “My family can’t afford $800 health insurance” and “Will work “4′ health insurance: state employee, five children,” Colorado state workers expressed outrage...
Kansans Weigh In on Medical Coverage
Apr 27 2001 // Residents of Kansas who receive health insurance generally pay more for premiums than in border states, and employees in the Jayhawk State typically pay much less out of pocket for their health coverage, following the...
EHEALTHINSURANCE SUES INSWEB
Mar 5 2001 // Online health insurance marketplace eHealthInsurance is suing InsWeb, claiming the Sacramento, Calif.-based insurance aggregator was furnishing “illegitimate” referrals for health insurance. Meanwhile, InsWeb...
EHealthInsurance Sues InsWeb
Feb 23 2001 // Online health insurance marketplace eHealthInsurance is suing InsWeb, claiming the Sacramento, Calif.-based insurance aggregator was furnishing “illegitimate” referrals for health insurance. Meanwhile, InsWeb...
Ohio DOI Unveils Redesigned Consumer Website
Nov 17 2000 // Lee Covington, Director of the Ohio Department of Insurance (ODI), announced today that the Department has redesigned its website, www.ins.state.oh.us, to be even more user friendly for Ohio citizens and has expanded the...
Life, Health Insurers’ Operating Profits Drop; Capital Gains Rise
Aug 22 2000 // The nation’s life and health insurers experienced a $203 million, or 1.6 percent, decline in operating profits during the first three months of 2000, as compared to the year-earlier period, according to a study by...
Illinois Health Insurance Complaints Up; Auto & Homeowners Down in ’99
Jul 13 2000 // Consumer complaints to the Illinois Department of Insurance increased by nearly 8 percent in 1999, according to complaint information released today by Director Nathaniel S. Shapo. The Department investigated 14,867 cases...
