Lincoln National’s wholesale distribution unit has hired Richard Aneser as its chief marketing officer, effectively immediately…
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“The defendants conspired to reap the benefits of a scheme that defrauded insurance companies and lined their own pockets,” said the FBI Assistant Director in charge…
This year GEICO is proving that point by sponsoring D.C.’s Funniest Fed competition, a standup comedy contest for federal employees in the D.C. area…
Millions of U.S. workers in retail or service jobs buy health insurance that have affordable premiums but offer little help should the worker become ill…
The Washington state Health Care Authority has declined Columbia United Providers’ appeal to continue serving 47,000 Clark County Medicaid patients…
Highmark is preparing the first network with Verizon that will allow hospitals and doctors across Pennsylvania to easily share the electronic medical records of millions of people…
U.S. life insurers are increasingly tapping into pension risk-transfers to help companies manage mounting financial obligations to retirees and future retirees in their defined-benefit pension plans…
The Guardian announced that Michael Martocci has joined the Group Benefits management team as 2nd VP, Worksite Markets…
“As Allianz Life continues to expand and reach more customers in search of retirement solutions, it’s crucial that we have strong leadership for our customers and distribution partners,” said Cathy Mahone, chief administrative officer for Allianz Life….
The life settlement industry is continuing to suffer after years of reduced investments, but the industry is working to fine-tune its image and become a more prominent part of retirement planning…
Two West Virginia residents are among the people and groups who filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court last week, arguing that uninsured Americans should not be forced to buy health insurance…
Boomers have had the misfortune of retiring at a time when stock market crashes diminished their nest eggs and companies began eliminating defined benefit pensions…
In a number of cases, the lab results of a routine checkup uncovered something far more sinister—a serious illness that the policyholder was not aware they had…
Federal investigators are scrutinizing the proposed acquisition of West Penn Allegheny Health System, Pittsburgh, Pa., by Highmark to determine if it violates antitrust laws…
High equity-market volatility, low interest rates, sluggish U.S. economic growth and the evolving eurozone debt crisis continue to weigh heavily on the investment portfolios of U.S. life insurers…
1In a rare display of bipartisanship, three powerful Republican House committee chairmen have signed on to a DFL bill to establish a health insurance exchange for Minnesota, a required but controversial piece of the Obama administration’s health care law…
Montana’s federally funded health insurance “high risk pool” for the hard-to-insure will blow through its initially allocated $16M this year, and needs another $6 to $7M to cover its 2012 costs…
Near tears, a Merrimack, N.H., woman pleaded with Senate budget writers not to end state health insurance mandates that have helped her 4-year-old autistic son regain his functions…
Imprisoned since 2008, Castillo is finally collecting his reward from the feds for supplying them with inside information to take down at least seven other Medicare fraud offenders…
Four former executives of now-defunct Vanguard Fire and Casualty Co. have been acquitted of federal fraud charges stemming from how the property/casualty insurer was reimbursed by the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund during the 2004 hurricane season…
