Illinois Department of Insurance Awarded $1 Million to Enhance Review of Health Insurance Premium Increases
Federal Grant Will Boost Efforts to Improve Performance and Transparency of Health Insurance Marketplace CHICAGO – August 16, 2010. The Illinois Department of Insurance announced today that it will receive $1 million in federal funds to support its efforts to enhance the collection, public disclosure and analysis of health insurer premium increases in Illinois. “Under [...]
Concern about Keeping One`s Insurance and Rising Healthcare Costs Soar According to Healthcare NarrativeTracker
Social Media and Internet Citations More than Double in 90 Days DALLAS & AUSTIN, Texas–(Business Wire)– The Healthcare NarrativeTracker has found a sharply rising national concern about keeping one`s insurance and rising healthcare costs in light of the regulations associated with the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The new results of [...]
Illinois Department of Insurance Awarded $1 Million to Enhance Review of Health Insurance Premium Increases
Federal Grant Will Boost Efforts to Improve Performance and Transparency of Health Insurance Marketplace CHICAGO – August 16, 2010. The Illinois Department of Insurance announced today that it will receive $1 million in federal funds to support its efforts to enhance the collection, public disclosure and analysis of health insurer premium increases in Illinois. “Under [...]
$46 Million in Grants to Help States Crack Down on Unreasonable Health Insurance Premium Hikes
45 States and the District of Columbia to Receive $1 Million Each to Make Health Insurance Markets More Consumer-Friendly and Transparent WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced grant awards of $46 million to 45 states and the District of Columbia. These Affordable Care Act grants will be used to help improve the oversight of [...]
Do You Know What You’re Covered For? MetLife Auto & Home Survey Reveals Confusion about Home Insurance Basics
Opportunities for More Complete Coverage Test your insurance knowledge at www.metlife.com/insurancequiz WARWICK, R.I–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Despite efforts to get their financial houses in order during The Great Recession, many Americans possess a knowledge gap when it comes to what their home insurance actually covers, potentially leaving them financially exposed, according to a survey conducted by Zogby International [...]
BestWeek: Captives Are Not Just for Hard Markets Anymore
OLDWICK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Attendees at this year’s Vermont Captive Insurance Association conference were buzzing about the creative and innovative ways people are using captives, and how new captives are still forming, even in a soft market, according to an article in this week’s BestWeek. Captives, once best known for providing mainstream property/casualty insurance coverages such as [...]
Starting A New Career At 60
The following is a guest post by Marci Alboher, vice president at Civic Ventures, a think tank making it easier for millions to find encore careers with personal meaning and social impact. This is part of the kickoff to a series on social entrepreneurship. The views expressed are the author’s own. Mark Goldsmith created Getting [...]
Personal Finance: The retirement process
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Many workers and financial companies talk about retirement as if it’s a day on which everything changes. The day you retire is the day you need X amount in the bank, an annuity, a Social Security check and an old person’s portfolio, they suggest. It’s the day you’re done: with work, with [...]
