Assurant Health News

Wisconsin-Based Assurant Health Exiting Health Insurance Business

The parent company of Milwaukee, Wis.-based Assurant Health says it has reached agreement to sell some business lines and assets to National General Holdings Corp. as it exits the health insurance market. Time Insurance Co. (TIC) and John Alden Life …

Assurant Finds Buyer for Health Insurance Business: National General

Assurant Inc. has officially decided it will exit the health insurance market to focus instead on its housing and lifestyle specialty protection products. The firm has reached an agreement to sell its Assurant Health supplemental and small group health lines …

Missouri Settles with Major Health Insurer over Claim Denials

Missouri insurance regulators announced a million-dollar settlement with a major health insurer over alleged violations that include denying childhood immunization and cancer screening claims. The Missouri Department of Insurance settled with Time Insurance Co., Union Security Insurance Co. and John …

Indiana Finds Assurant Subsidiaries Overcharged Small Businesses

Three subsidiaries of Assurant Health will provide refunds to small group health insurance policyholders that Indiana insurance regulators say the companies overcharged. Indiana Insurance Commissioner Stephen W. Robertson announced in mid-May that the subsidiaries — Time Insurance Co., Union Security …

Idaho Among 9 States Cited For Big Insurance Hikes

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has listed Idaho among nine states where insurance companies are seeking increases in premiums deemed excessive under new federal guidelines. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius singled out those states last week after the …