The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) granted a second round of awards totaling $109 million to 28 states and Washington, D.C., to further implement federal health reform.

President Obama signed a patent reform bill with a provision that will help prevent “frivolous” lawsuits that increase costs for consumers, a national insurance association says.

California’s state controller says a multi-state settlement with John Hancock over its handling of state unclaimed property laws with its life insurance and annuity policies “will not be the last” for life insurers.

President Barack Obama took aim at the Republicans’ budget proposal for next year, saying their planned cuts to Medicaid and Medicare paint a “deeply pessimistic” view of the nation.

A Racine, Wis., judge ruled that a Milwaukee-based insurance company breached contracts when it changed how dividends were paid on certain annuities.

Seven states will receive a total of about $241 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to design and implement online health care exchanges.

The recent judicial trend seems to be that the signature legislation of President Obama and congressional Democrats is that their effort to seize one-fifth of the U.S. economy from the private sector and empower the federal government to dictate that Americans purchase health insurance violates what our nation’s founders deemed, “The Supreme Law of the Land.”

Six more states have joined the multi-state challenge, asking a federal judge in Florida to deem the health reform law passed last year unconstitutional.

The Maryland Insurance Administration recently reported the following cases, which are summarized based on information obtained from the agency.

Premiums and deductibles have risen “sharply” since 2003 and are outpacing workers’ payroll increases, although the new health reform law may “reverse” the rate increases, according to a new report.