Cost challenges, health reform lead to ‘bold’ health plan redesign

Employers are implementing bolder health care program changes in preparation for health care reform and cost challenges, a new survey says.  Read Story

N.Y. accountant tied to workers’ comp. case involving dead cab driver

A New York accountant was arrested for allegedly falsifying payroll records of a Syracuse cab driver killed in a robbery by listing him as an employee for a cab company with workers’ compensation insurance.  Read Story

Murray Risk Management and Insurance, headquartered in Lancaster, Pa., announced two promotions. They include Matthew N. Olphin as vice president, and Thomas A. Martone as assistant vice president and account executive in the program services division.  Read Story

Single parents need life insurance most, are least likely to have it

Unmarried parents, especially men, with children living at home represent the largest group of people without life insurance, according to a new study.  Read Story

Supreme Court urged to face health reform law’s ‘crippling uncertainty’

Virginia's solicitor general filed court papers arguing that the U.S. Supreme Court should review the federal health reform law immediately because of the “crippling uncertainty faced by the country.”  Read Story

Off-book expenses spur overall 14.7% health care spending increase

People are spending 14.7% more – a total of $363 billion – on their health care than “traditionally reported in government accounts,” according to a new Deloitte report.  Read Story

Maryland I Day planned for April 5 in Linthicum

Maryland I Day will be held April 5 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Conference Center at the Maritime Institute in Linthicum Heights, Md. The event is sponsored by the Independent Insurance Agents of Maryland, Insurance Women of Baltimore, and Maryland Chapter CPCU.  Read Story

The one-year anniversary of the sleight-of-hand passage of President Obama's signature health reform law is upon us, as March 23, 2010, may go down as an embarrassing example of not only abuse of presidential power, but the danger of partisan politics and a Congressional majority drunk on its own illusion of authoritarianism and righteousness.  Read Story

Higher premiums, smaller commissions mark health reform anniversary

One year after the passage of a historic overhaul of the health insurance industry in the U.S. much of the health care landscape is the same, while a great deal of what is different isn’t what was intended.  Read Story

N.C., Okla. congressmen trying to defend against Tricare fee hike

A bill that would exempt military retirees from paying the proposed fee increases for Tricare, the military health care program, was introduced in Congress by a North Carolina congressman.  Read Story