Highmark has launched a new web tool that allows members to compare the costs different medical facilities charge for 17 elective surgical procedures.

A former insurance agent from Pasco, Wash., was charged with first-degree theft for allegedly using a friend’s insurance premium payment to pay for off her husband’s car.

Kelly Anne Winebarger, 40, …  Read →

The evolving health insurance marketplace is so tumultuous that a key ratings service has withdrawn a series of ratings for more than 125 health insurers, including HMOs and Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans across the country.

Five people, including a former investment banker at Goldman Sachs & Co., were charged with tipping or trading on confidential information with respect to the sale last year of Safeco …  Read →

Missouri has become the 36th member state of the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact, a central point, created by state insurance regulators, for electronic filing for certain insurance products, including …  Read →

Symetra Life Insurance Co. has enhanced its Symetra Freedom Income Annuity so clients who want to use qualified or tax deferred money, including rollovers from a 401(k) or IRA, can …  Read →

Four people, including married business owners, were recently in court to face 144 felony charges stemming from what officials allege was a more than $12 million tax and workers’ compensation …  Read →

A coalition of 14 major U.S.-based insurance groups is touting the benefits of proposed legislation to close a loophole allowing foreign-based insurers to strip income into tax havens.

The Coalition For …  Read →

New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram is leading a coalition of 19 states seeking answers concerning the millions of dollars in retention bonuses recently awarded by American International Group.

Anne …  Read →