Archive for November, 2010
Nearly 500 people in Colorado have applied for the new high-risk health-insurance pool since the program started in the state 10 weeks ago.
Read StoryThe Medicare open enrollment period has begun, giving beneficiaries a chance to determine the best coverage options to meet their health care needs for 2011. The annual open enrollment period runs from today (Nov. 15) through Dec. 31. Read Story
MetLife says it will stop selling new individual long-term care insurance policies in December, while its other LTC new product sales will be halted next year. Read Story
Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) — Prudential Financial Inc., the second-biggest U.S. life insurer, plans to sell $1 billion of debt as soon as today to help pay for two ... Read → Read Story
More effective use of online media and lead generation technologies can help locate middle-market customers who want and need specific policies. Read Story
Joel Ario, former insurance commissioner of Pennsylvania, has compared the federal health reform law that President Barack Obama signed in March to Republican Mitt Romney’s plan in Massachusetts. Read Story
Insurers’ computer models deeply flawedProperty insurers today are largely dependent on the secret algorithms of just a few simulation programs to determine who qualifies for home insurance and how much ... Read → Read Story
A pastor was arrested for the murder of an insurance agent in South Carolina who had been an attendee at the suspect's church. Read Story
California Commissioner Steve Poizner filed a lawsuit challenging the state Office of Administrative Law’s (OAL) ruling that his efforts to stop insurers from investing in Iran constituted an underground regulation. Read Story
Aetna entered contract agreements with two health care systems to receive their in-network benefits. Read Story


Regional news: 






