Despite much of the doom and gloom being reported about the insurance industry lately, what with AIG and its ongoing trails and tribulations regularly splashed across headlines everywhere, the industry can hold its head high today after a number of its businesses were named to Inc.
69 Insurance Industry Companies Cited For Fast Growth
Health Care Spending Falls; Drug And Health Care Companies Slow To Advertise Online
Bloomberg Businessweek: “Investors traditionally have viewed shares of health-care companies as havens from economic concerns. Now, many parts of the sector have drawn concern from investors amid worries the U.S. economy will slow in the second half of the year. … So far this year, U.S. patient visits to doctors’ offices fell 7.5 percent to 10 percent in the second quarter from a year ago …
Insurance costs squeeze more workers
For employees at many companies, open-enrollment time for health insurance is just around the corner, and despite the passage of a major health reform bill, as well as stagnating paychecks, observers expect employees to continue picking up higher…
Health reform group aids campaigns
Health Care for America Now is working to re-elect the bill’s supporters — by changing the subject.
Insurance exec chosen chairman of health group
Associated Press – August 30, 2010 4:15 AM ET NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – An executive with BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is the new board chairman for a nonprofit group working to create a…
Scottsdale may stop subsidizing retirees’ insurance
Scottsdale is considering raising health-insurance rates for its retirees by almost 40 percent as city officials look for ways to reduce an expected $28 million budget deficit for 2011-12.
PennSuburban group tackles issues raised by health reform
The PennSuburban Chamber of Commerce has formed a new health care committee to address the various issues raised by health care “reform.”
Health care reform backers plan a national ad offensive
WASHINGTON — After months of being pummeled by Republican attacks on the new health care law, the Obama administration and its allies are striking back with a wide-ranging campaign to stem public disaffection with the health overhaul ahead of the November elections.
Shelter Life Insurance Company again ranked among ‘Top’ 50 in nation
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Shelter Life Insurance Company, which has a branch in Greencastle, has been recognized by Ward Group as a top-performing life insurer for the fourth consecutive year. The “Ward’s 50″…
Michigan set to start high-risk health insurance pool
ASSOCIATED PRESS LANSING, Mich. — Michigan is set to launch a subsidized insurance pool for people who haven’t been able to get coverage because of a pre-existing health condition, but it’s not clear if the program will be big enough to handle everyone who wants to buy in. Enrollment begins this week for a temporary program that will subsidize insurance coverage for an estimated 3,500 people …