To help companies that are reducing or eliminating benefits for their retired workers, Renaissance Life & Health Insurance Company of America introduced Renaissance Dental Extend for Retirees.

The plan, available nationwide, …  Read →

If health reform includes a public health insurance plan whose payments mirrored Medicare payment levels, premiums for comparable private insurance would cost 30% more and siphon off about 32 million …  Read →

The so-called “doughnut hole” is real for many seniors who enroll in Medicare Part D coverage, leaving them struggling to pay for prescription drugs at the end of the year, …  Read →

New York legislators and Gov. David Paterson have agreed to preserve the state’s Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage program, which had been in jeopardy of losing more than $50 million in …  Read →

The rates of more than 35 health insurers writing Medicare supplement insurance in Virginia are featured in a new premium comparison guide issued by the state’s bureau of insurance.

The State …  Read →

A Bahama, N.C., insurance agent is accused of stealing the identities of more than 100 people, some of whom were deceased, and signing them up for Medicare Advantage plans to …  Read →

Health insurers will alter pricing in the wake of “serious earnings shortfalls” last year, a key insurance ratings service predicts.

“As a result of last year’s reduced profitability, we expect that …  Read →

Optima Health is hoping to make consumers more cost conscious as a means of reducing costs for them and employers.

The Virginia Beach, Va.-based health insurer’s new Educational Initiative is designed …  Read →

State regulation of insurance works. From a consumer standpoint, Americans can contact their local insurance department, and resolve issues from the “Main Street” level.

But there are some — including the …  Read →