A federal program allowing people who lose their jobs to keep the employer-provided insurance expired Aug. 31 after three extensions, leaving millions of beneficiaries and their dependents uninsured.

Two new federal reports appear to justify keeping self-insured health plans from greater regulation, according to a self-insurance plan trade group.

The definition of “fiduciary” being proposed by the U.S. Labor Department could do more harm than good for workers and employers, according to two industry experts.

A former Ward 7 advisory neighborhood commissioner in Washington, D.C., was convicted by a jury of six felony counts in connection with his receiving of nearly $33,000 in false insurance benefits.

A life insurance trade group is telling federal officials the vital role that guaranteed lifetime income options can have in workplace retirement plans.

A Schenectady, N.Y., man recently pleaded guilty to a felony charge of making false statements to obtain nearly $22,000 in federal workers’ compensation payments by failing to reveal he was working at an auto repair shop.

MetLife has agreed to a settlement with the federal government regarding allegations it paid millions of dollars in improper contingent commissions to a San Diego-based insurance brokerage.

Civil suits over wages and hours have surpassed employee discrimination suits, a new report indicates, and because most insurers have shifted away from covering these actions, companies could face the possibility of a substantial loss.

North Dakota’s attorney general announced he will join 14 of his colleagues across the nation in challenging the constitutionality of recently enacted federal health reform.

The U.S. Labor Department has refused requests for exceptions to its rule requiring all businesses with a pension plan and/or a 401(k) to file certain forms electronically, according to a pension consultant, who warns that plan sponsors may choose to terminate their existing plans.