Double-team changes game for insurers
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Charley, Frances and the specter of Ivan wreak havoc on industry assumptions. One, sure, but two? Three? By JEFF HARRINGTON, Times Staff Writer.
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Group health insurance -- most commonly sponsored and subsidized by an employer -- is almost always a person's best bet, though many companies are cutting benefits and increasing workers' costs as premiums soar.
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Accounting flaws at the insurance giant that understated the companyâs losses raised new questions about the deteriorating health of financial companies.
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The Supreme Court sided with two insurance companies Monday in a case involving alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
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Customers in search of cheap airfare, antiques or a stock trade can scan the Web for good deals. But when it comes time for companies to buy group insurance policies, they've largely been beholden to brokers using fax, e-mail and the telephone to track down the best bargain. Some industry analysts say an ongoing insurance bid-rigging scandal &#151; combined with rising health care costs &#151; will build demand for online bidding on insurance policies.
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FGIC Corp, a bond insurer whose main unit has lost its top credit ratings from the three major agencies, has told New York regulators it wants to split into two companies.
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Three attributes indicate the potential for a double.
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Let the patient beware. Going outside your insurerâs network of preferred doctors or hospitals could be more hazardous to your financial health than you suspected.
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The bond insurer replaced its chief executive with its retired chairman, Joseph W. Brown Jr., who said he would consider splitting up the companyâs insurance business to restore confidence.
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The nation&#39;s biggest insurers are mired in a brewing scandal that many executives fear could shake the industry to its core. After
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Onus is on workers to buy health insurance as rising costs force firms to end perk.
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The largest insurance brokerage company in the U.S. was accused of taking payoffs from insurance companies to send them clients.
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Insurance Commissioner Nonnie S. Burnes's decision to introduce "managed" auto insurance competition next year won strong industry support yesterday, even from companies that have opposed competition in the past.
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Brokers required to provide competing bids have been taking payoffs from insurance companies, New York's attorney general charged today.
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The off-season landscape changed a bit Friday, the first day teams were allowed to present offers to free agents from other clubs.
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Social Security battle comes as both state and private retirement plans are shifting.
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This contract manufacturer is flexing its muscles.