January 21, 2008

Insurance chief wants his veto power restored

The state Insurance Commissioner is seeking legislative permission to limit or veto health-insurance premium increases for individuals and families -- a power wielded by the previous commissioner until 2000, the year after health insurers quit the individual

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January 20, 2008

Workplace trends: Health insurance will cost more; military families have new benefits

The 2008 workplace likely will feature three themes: rising health insurance premiums, expanding workers rights and reforming immigration. Although not increasing as fast as in previous years, health care premium costs are expected to swell. Mercer Health & Benefits, a part of the global consulting company, projects that private-sector premiums in 2008 will increase by 6.7 percent, based on a

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Employers offer new perk: pet health insurance

NEW YORK -- At a time when employers are scaling back on costly health benefits, pet insurance is gaining popularity as an employee benefit. Veterinary Pet Insurance, the nation's largest pet insurer, saw its corporate accounts balloon from 15 to 1,600 in the past six

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January 19, 2008

Westport Boards Discuss $1M Hike in School Health Insurance

The Boards of Education and Finance came together Monday night to discuss an increase of more than $1 million in health insurance costs in the superintendent of school's proposed 2008-09 operating budget of $95.4

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BestWeek: Insurance Professionals See Taxes, Health Care as Key Presidential Issues

OLDWICK, N.J.----Taxes, health care and retirement security top the list of issues insurance industry professionals would most like to see the presidential candidates address in the 2008 campaign, according to an exclusive

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Task force proposes health insurance pool

OLYMPIA - What if workers could buy health insurance from an insurance pool funded in part by their employers but tailored to their specific needs? That's one idea to emerge from the Washington State Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Care Costs and Access, which released a five-year plan this

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Oxendine: Health Insurance Reform Legislation will hold the line on rate increases and add protection for small ...

Atlanta (January 18, 2008) Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine today revealed new legislation, House Bill 923, which will subject all rate hike requests by health insurance companies to increased scrutiny and possible rejection before they are allowed to be

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