All the headlines from our Health Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 19 2005 // Seven North Carolina Better Business Bureaus and 148 Chambers of Commerce are receiving letters of caution from Insurance Commissioner Jim Long urging them to warn their members and citizens about the differences between...
Sep 19 2005 // The first health insurance cooperative in Wisconsin is set to be introduced this month to help small businesses, nonprofits and individuals negotiate affordable insurance plans.According to Associated Press, Co-op Care of...
Sep 8 2005 // A draft order released by Louisiana’s insurance commissioner Wednesday would significantly restrict the ability of property and health insurance companies to cancel the policies of Hurricane Katrina victims in that...
Sep 6 2005 // The first health insurance cooperative in the state of Wisconsin is set to be introduced this month to help small businesses, nonprofits and individuals negotiate affordable insurance plans.Its mission is to organize the...
Sep 5 2005 // Senior citizens should be aware of aggressive marketing of Medicare Advantage plans by insurance companies according to North Carolina’s Insurance Commissioner Jim Long. He said some seniors are being advised to make...
Sep 5 2005 // Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle signed a bill designed to allow farmers and others who lack health insurance to join a cooperative that will negotiate health insurance plans on their behalf. A.B. 5 expands access to health care...
Sep 5 2005 // IllinoisCCC Settles Class-Action Suit on Total Loss Vehicle Valuation: Chicago-based claims software-maker CCC Information Services Inc. and 15 of its customers signed a settlement agreement with plaintiffs in various...
Sep 5 2005 // Senior citizens should be aware of aggressive marketing of Medicare Advantage plans by insurance companies according to North Carolina’s Insurance Commissioner Jim Long. He said some seniors are being advised to make...
Aug 30 2005 // A Tampa lawyer and the owner of a medical center have been arrested and charged in an insurance scam after authorities said the lawyer altered his marriage certificate to fraudulently include the center’s owner and...
Aug 30 2005 // Seven North Carolina Better Business Bureaus and 148 Chambers of Commerce are receiving letters of caution from Insurance Commissioner Jim Long urging them to warn their members and citizens about the differences between...
Aug 23 2005 // The American Insurance Association urged Colorado legislators to consider several viable non-auto insurance options for providing additional funding for trauma care, as needed, to address the shortfalls that arise for...
Aug 22 2005 // MASSACHUSETTSHealth Insurance Rates Rising: The state’s largest health insurers say most Massachusetts companies and their workers will see increases of 10 percent or more in their health insurance premiums beginning...
Aug 22 2005 // An insurance agent who targeted victims between the ages of 72 and 86 and fed on their fears about aging has been arrested for allegedly defrauding at least nine South Florida senior citizens by offering them a quote for...
Aug 16 2005 // Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle yesterday signed a bill designed to allow farmers and others who lack health insurance to join a cooperative that will negotiate health insurance plans on their behalf.A.B. 5 expands access to...
Aug 4 2005 // Warning that California’s health care system is in a “death spiral,” Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi unveiled a comprehensive report outlining his plan to begin reforming the system and bring...
Jul 26 2005 // Las Vegas-based Sierra Health Services Inc. reported that net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 was $33.8 million or $1.01 per diluted share, compared to $38.2 million or $1.10 per diluted share for the same...
Jul 25 2005 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long wants senior citizens to be aware of the aggressive marketing of Medicare Advantage plans by insurance companies and for seniors to be aware of what is legal and what...
Jul 25 2005 // Gov. Joe Manchin III has announced a new program that offers health insurance coverage to West Virginians who have pre-existing, severe or chronic medical conditions as well as for those who have lost their insurance...
Jul 25 2005 // In an effort to help small business owners get the latest information on health insurance options, the Texas Department of Insurance is sponsoring health insurance fairs in seven cities across the state.Health insurance...
Jul 25 2005 // Self-employed Floridians in need of health insurance can obtain it through an open-enrollment period during the month of August. The open enrollment period requires insurance companies and Health Maintenance Organizations...