January 11, 2022
Fitch Worries About Medicare Plan Market Price WarsAn analyst said low profit margins would be more of a problem than slower enrollment growth.
January 10, 2022
Biden Administration Sets Home COVID-19 Test Coverage RulesInsurers and group health plans will have to pay for up to eight tests per person per month starting Jan. 15.
January 06, 2022
New COVID-19 Hospitalizations Rocket HigherThe total for the week ending Jan. 2 was close to the January 2021 pandemic record.
January 04, 2022
COVID-19 Driving Group Life Deaths Past 200-Year Event Levels: OneAmericaPrimerica says it paid $2.1 billion in death claims in 2021, up from $1.7 billion in 2020.
January 03, 2022
COVID-19 Hospital Squeeze May Have Killed More Than 7,500 Last WeekEarly numbers show a 22% increase in mortality from causes other than COVID-19, flu and pneumonia.
December 30, 2021
The 5 Worst States for Working-Age COVID-19 Hospitalizations NowThe District of Columbia looks especially bad.
December 28, 2021
Planning Is the Key: Equitable's Stephanie ShieldsThe benefits executive has ideas about how to stay on the offense.
December 25, 2021
Sailstad Case Update: 100 Years Ago in InsuranceTravelers resisted payment on the grounds that it believed the assured was still alive.
December 21, 2021
5 States Where Dying People Are Most Likely to Be Working AgeIn November, the number of deaths of people ages 25-64 was still 18% over the 2015-2019 median.
December 21, 2021
Will Santa Congress Hand Out Lumps of (Helpful) Estate Tax Coal?And four other questions that might shape our life insurance coverage over the next year.