Health Tip: Breast-Feeding Benefits Baby
(HealthDay News) — For the first few months, newborns need sustenance from either breast milk or formula. View full post on Yahoo! Health News
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Today’s Opinions: Health Law’s Benefits For Workers; Dropping Repeal Efforts; The End Of Health Brokers
Will Health Overhaul Provide Better Care For U.S. Workers? The Atlanta Journal-Constitution This legislation will undoubtedly help our workers and our businesses, both large and small, afford health coverage. Politicians of all stripes should recognize the opportunity the health reform law presents to propel our country forward (Rep. Jim McDermott, 8/30)… View full post on [...]
Today’s Opinions And Editorials: The Costs Of Public Employees’ Health Benefits, More On Medicare Advantage, Will Reform Undermine Medical Innovation?
As Reform Improves The Overall Market, Inefficient Insurers Could Take Hits Kaiser Health News We want to spend just a little less, so that we have more money for other purposes. And we want to spend just a little differently, so that we’re getting a higher quality, more humane health care system (Jonathan Cohn, 8/30)… [...]
Dead soldiers’ parents sue insurer over benefits
[AP] – The parents of six deceased U.S. soldiers are suing Prudential Financial, saying it paid paltry interest on military life insurance benefits while keeping more generous interest earnings for itself. View full post on Yahoo! Finance: Life Insurance Industry News
Bolton & Co. Names Allen Assistant VP for Employee Benefits
Pasadena, Calif.-based Bolton & Co. announced that Wendee Allen has joined the firm as assistant vice president in the Employee Benefits division. She is the sixth producer to join Bolton in … View full post on Insurance Journal
Dead soldiers’ parents sue insurer over benefits (AP)
The parents of six deceased U.S. soldiers are suing Prudential Financial, saying it paid paltry interest on military life insurance benefits while keeping more generous interest earnings for itself. View full post on Yahoo! Finance: Life Insurance Industry News
Employers Packaging Next Year’s Benefits Plans Confront Overhaul
Some employers are finding that the health coverage they buy for their employees is changing, and that the health law may be responsible, KUOW, a Washington state NPR-affiliate, reports. “Many Americans get their health care through work. And usually about this time, employers, especially big companies, shop for medical insurance for next year’s benefits package… [...]
Health Reform Costs, Benefits Explained In NCPA Consumer’s Guide
The first detailed and objective consumer’s guide on the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has just been released by the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA), titled “What Does Health Care Reform Mean To You? A Detailed Analysis” “The guide does not ignore the benefits of the Affordable Care Act, but [...]
Trend Insights from MetLife’s Enhanced Benefits Benchmarking Tool Drive Strategic Benefits Decisions (Business Wire)
NEW YORK—-MetLife, a leading provider of employee benefits, announced today the availability of its enhanced Web-based Benefits Benchmarking Tool, designed to help employers and brokers deliver strategic benefits decisions and recommendations. View full post on Yahoo! Finance: Life Insurance Industry News
Lawson-Hawks Names Stege VP in Employee Benefits Division
Mountain View, Calif.-based Lawson-Hawks Insurance Associates, has added John Stege of Aptos, Calif., as a vice president and broker for the Employee Benefits Division. Stege has more than 11 … View full post on Insurance Journal
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- Flood cover extension tops wish listWASHINGTON—Congress needs to extend the National Flood Insurance Program during the short session that begins next week, according to property/casualty insurance representatives. Making sure the program doesn't expire on Sept. 30 tops the industry's to-do list for Congress during its last regular session before the November elections. Otherwise, .. […]
- Tropical Storm Hermine lashes south TexasRAYMONDVILLE, Texas — Tropical Storm Hermine gave a wet and windy punch to Texas on Tuesday but left only minor scrapes in the storm-weary Rio Grande Valley, which is proving resilient this hurricane season after taking a third tropical system on the chin. Hermine lost steam after crossing into ... […]
- 72 percent of adults are text-messaging now, study saysMore American adults have taken to texting in the past year, but teens still take the crown when it comes to using their phones for text-messaging, with 87 percent of them doing so, according to a new study. Among adult cell phone users, 72 percent of them now send ... […]
- Life Insurance Doesn't Have To Be So ComplicatedThis week an insurance research firm reported that ownership in life insurance has reached a 50-year low, with nearly a third of U.S. households not having a form of this financial protection. As the benefits industry begins Life Insurance Awareness Month in September, Unum (NYSE: UNM) shares the concern that ... […]
- Bed bugs may bite insurers, but won't dog industryBed-bug infestations in the United States have multiplied at an alarming rate in recent years. A recent survey of almost 1,000 pest exterminators found that 95% of the firms had dealt with a bed-bug infestation in the past year. That was up from 25% of firms in surveys conducted ... […]
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