Disability Insurers To Insureds: Take Care Of Yourself
Disability insurers are trying to persuade group plan insureds to check their weight, their blood pressure and their cholesterol, and to take action if any of those indicators show signs of trouble.
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Life And Health Customer Approval Surveyed
Life and health insurers saw a slight improvement in their customer satisfaction scores last year, although they still lag behind the property and casualty insurance industry in that category.
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Whats going on with the Estate Tax laws for 2010
This is a very interesting article, please take the time and read this it also has some great links to other reference items and resources.
clipped from epblog.wachbrit.com
Congress May Impose Retroactive Estate Tax
There is currently no tax on the estates of those dying during 2010. Although Congress may reinstate the tax retroactively in 2010, [...]
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Feds To Develop Pediatric Care Quality Measures
The federal Agency for Healthcare Research Quality is starting to develop criteria for measuring the quality of health care for children and babies.
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Colonial Life Introduces Voluntary Accident Plan
A new employee-paid policy can pay cash benefits to an insured who has a covered accident or sickness.
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FinCEN Completes Terror, Money Laundering Search Regs
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network says it will use a screening process to keep state, local and foreign law enforcement agencies from over-using their new access to financial institution search requests.
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Life Insurance: A Valentine Gift
Many Americans say financial security is more appealing than a heart-shaped box of chocolates.
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New York To Push LTC Insurance
New York State’s Department of Insurance is recommending the state undertake a fresh campaign to encourage consumers to buy long term care insurance.
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Good Works: UnitedHealth, StanCorp, Aetna
UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE:UNH) has invested about $14 million in tax-exempt revenue bonds issued by Children’s Institute Inc.
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VA Company Asks Court to Toss 151A
An issuer of equity-indexed annuities advised an appeals court to vacate a regulation that the Securities and Exchange Commission wants to use to oversee equity-indexed annuities as securities.
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