Eliminating controversial "checkbook" accounts used to pay beneficiaries of life-insurance policies would have only a modest effect on life-insurer profits.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health insurers accused the U.S. Medicare agency on Tuesday of political interference in a battle over whether the industry can lobby its customers directly over healthcare legislation.
AP - Health insurers get some big presents in the Senate's health overhaul bill — about 20 million new customers and no competition from a new government plan.
GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama reignited his criticism of health insurance companies on Saturday, promising reforms that would prevent firms from capping coverage or charging "outrageous" fees.
NEW YORK, April 6 (Reuters) - Private equity firm Carlyle
[CYL.UL] said on Tuesday it has raised $1.1 billion for its
first financial services fund to invest in banks, insurance
companies and asset managers.
The insurance industry occupies a difficult position in the realm of climate change. They, after all, are responsible for pricing risk into their policies, and according to many scientists the risks of climate change to health and property, however uncertain,...
GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama reignited his criticism of health insurance companies on Saturday, promising reforms that would prevent firms from capping coverage or charging "outrageous" fees.
FRANKFURT, May 15 (Reuters) - Private equity company Augur
Capital is set to snap up life insurance contracts from German
insurers looking to offload the highly competitive business,
according to weekly magazine Wirtschafts Woche.
According to a recent study published by the American Journal of Public Health, health insurers are among the top investors in major fast food chains. Ironically, these companies invest nearly 2 billion dollars per year in companies closely linked with heart and vasculary diseases.
“The insurance industry, so far as it seeks to make a profit, it does so in an amoral way,” Boyd said.
Delaware's insurance commissioner and a Senate committee are investigating claims that Blue Cross Blue Shield is inappropriately denying coverage of cardiac nuclide stress imaging. Heartwire
Delaware's insurance commissioner and a Senate committee are investigating claims that Blue Cross Blue Shield is inappropriately denying coverage of cardiac nuclide stress imaging. Heartwire
INDIANAPOLIS -- Health insurers get some big presents in the Senate's health overhaul bill -- about 20 million new customers and no competition from a new government plan.
An ongoing showdown between Massachusetts regulators and the insurance industry resulted in insurers temporarily closing plans to new enrollees Tuesday. The Boston Globe: "The standoff between Massachusetts regulators and health insurance companies intensified yesterday, as most insurers stopped offering new coverage to small businesses and individuals, and state officials demanded that the insurers post updated rates online and resume offering policies by Friday...
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) today approved a groundbreaking mandatory requirement that insurance companies disclose to regulators and investors the financial risks they face from climate change, as well as actions the companies are taking to respond to those risks.
The insurance industry should do more to address the growing impact of climate change-induced damages, according to a new report released today. This is the first time that a major insurance company has publicly released a study of this kind in the U.S.
Cigna has become a player in the insurance industry's lobbying on what should count as medical care under new rules governing health care spending, Kaiser Health News and McClatchy report.
After being labeled as "villains" and enemies of reform by Democrats, health insurers are shifting their cash to the coffers of Republican candidates, giving GOP campaigns eight times as much money, Bloomberg reports. "WellPoint, along with Coventry Health Care Inc. and Humana Inc., gave Republican candidates $315,000 from May through July, according to U.S. Federal Election Commission records.
August 17, 2010, Greencastle, Ind.