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Tuesday May 22, 2012
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- LIMRA: Life Combination Products Record Third Consecutive Year Of Double-Digit Growth - Insurance Business (Yesterday) - Total new premium for life combination products reached $2.2 billion in 2011, approximately 13 percent of total individual life insurance new premium......
- Hurricane center testing forecast improvements - Breaking News (2 days ago) - The National Hurricane Center plans to broaden its forecasting capabilities by conducting four in-house experiments in the upcoming season, including developing six- and seven-day track projections. The other tests include extending the tropical weather outlook from two to five days, developing advisories for disturbances before they become tropical systems ......
- Hawaii Senator Applaudes Bill Providing Domestic Partnership Benefits - Insurance Business (5 days ago) - A bill would permit Federal employees' domestic partners to receive the same benefits as employees' spouses receive including health, group life, and long-term care......
- U.S. property/casualty insurance companies kick off 2012 with profit - Breaking News (5 days ago) - Premium growth and lower catastrophe costs helped allow U.S. property/casualty insurance companies to begin 2012 with positive net income, according to a report released this week by Moody’s Investors Service Inc. The report, “U.S. P&C Insurers’ 1Q12 Earnings Improve on Lower Cats; Pricing Momentum Continues,” noted that “investment income remains...
- A World Without Cancer - Insurance Business (6 days ago) - The South Carolina American Cancer Society is looking for 50 men and women willing to donate blood and time in the years ahead to help free the world of cancer......
- Healthpartners Launches Empower HSA Rx Plus - Insurance Business (6 days ago) - HealthPartners is working to ensure that members who have a high-deductible plan and a health savings account have more affordable access to prescription drugs......
- Healthcare Solutions Releases Drug Trends Report - Insurance Business (7 days ago) - The report is a comprehensive study based on a thorough analysis of changes in prescription drug cost, drug mix and utilization patterns occurring in 2011.......
- FAIR insurance plan rate increase rejected - Breaking News (Monday, 14 May) - Massachusetts has rejected a proposed rake hike for home insurance policies under a plan used by consumers who couldn't get insurance otherwise, and rates will stay in place. Last November, the Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriters Association (MPIUA) proposed a 6.7 percent increase on the Cape and Islands, and 9.9 ......
- Is world outpacing U.S. on health care? - Breaking News (Monday, 14 May) - Even as Americans debate whether President Obama’s health-care law and its promise of guaranteed health coverage should be scrapped, many far less affluent nations are moving in the opposite direction — to provide medical insurance to all citizens. China, after years of underfunding health care, is on track to ......
- Insurers must credit ObamaCare when giving new round of rebates, feds say - Breaking News (Sunday, 13 May) - Health-insurance companies must tell customers who get a premium rebate this summer that the check is the result of the Obama administration's health-care law, according to federal guidelines released Friday. The move is the latest sign the Obama administration is trying to draw attention to the law's benefits ......
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