June 17, 2009
President Barack Obama warned doctors Monday the U.S. healthcare system was a ticking time bomb and urged them to support his overhaul, which includes a public insurance plan that many of them view with skepticism. Obama took his healthcare campaign …
June 11, 2007
Privacy groups are sounding alarms as the nation’s largest insurance companies finalize plans to allow millions more customers to post their health records on the Internet. Insurers like Hartford-based Aetna Inc. say Web-based tools help patients and physicians keep track …
May 21, 2007
Connecticut’s venerable insurance industry was celebrated at the state Capitol this month, though its lackluster job growth also was noted. “The industry is as significant a part of Connecticut as it has been in earlier years,” Ronald A. Williams, chief …
May 21, 2007
Connecticut’s venerable insurance industry was celebrated at the state Capitol this month, though its lackluster job growth also was noted. “The industry is as significant a part of Connecticut as it has been in earlier years,” Ronald A. Williams, chief …
May 4, 2007
Connecticut’s venerable insurance industry was celebrated at the state Capitol this week, though its lackluster job growth also was noted. “The industry is as significant a part of Connecticut as it has been in earlier years,” Ronald A. Williams, chief …
October 23, 2006
Hartford-based health benefits giant Aetna said that it would cut about two percent of its 30,000 workforce or 650 positions as part of a new streamlining effort. The layoffs will include nearly 200 employees in management positions. “These actions are …
October 23, 2006
Hartford-based health benefits giant Aetna said that it would cut about two percent of its 30,000 workforce or 650 positions as part of a new streamlining effort. The layoffs will include nearly 200 employees in management positions. “These actions are …
October 13, 2006
Hartford-based health benefits giant Aetna said that it would cut about two percent of its 30,000 workforce or 650 positions as part of a new streamlining effort. The layoffs will include nearly 200 employees in management positions. “These actions are …
June 19, 2006
Shopping for information about the cost and quality of medical care is becoming easier for patients as health insurers compete to become more consumer-friendly. Insurers are coming up with new ways to provide price and service information to customers who …
February 27, 2006
Aetna has agreed to acquire the disability business of Broadspire, a privately-held provider of disability and casualty claim management services, for approximately $160 million. Broadspire’s disability business operates as a third party administrator offering absence management services, including short-term and …