Five years after investors filed suit over loses they say were linked to the company failure to disclose illegal practices, Marsh & McLennan Co. has reached a settlement.

Citing billions of dollars in costs from fraud against private and public health plans, a Delaware senator is seeking to strengthen the government’s role in investigating and prosecuting individuals abusing the system.

A Maryland Circuit Court is expected to rule soon on whether the state’s insurance department was justified in reducing the severance package of former CareFirst CEO William Jews.

A health care reform measure passed by three committees of the U.S. House of Representatives would “destroy” the self-insurance system in the country, according to the Self-Insurance Institute of America.

Chiropractor groups in New Jersey and New York filed a class-action suit against Aetna Inc. over alleged abusive practices, including pre- and post-payment auditing they say violates federal laws.

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