Source: https://www.openminds.com/market-intelligence/news/dol-finalizes-rules-on-association-health-plans-for-small-businesses-self-employed/ On June 19, 2018, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) issued final rules for association health plans (AHPs) intended to allow small businesses and self-employed individuals to join groups across state lines in order to participate in a group health plan. The […]
July 16, 2018 – By Joe Cepeda Analysts expect Health Insurance Innovations, Inc. (NASDAQ:HIIQ) to report $0.53 EPS on August, 1.They anticipate $0.07 EPS change or 15.22% from last quarter’s $0.46 EPS. HIIQ’s profit would be $9.37M giving it 15.42 P/E if the $0.53 EPS is correct. After having $0.36 […]
Donald Trump along with heads of state hosted by the NATO Secretary General on 11 July 2018. (Photo: Sadak souici / Barcroft Media via Getty Images) Undaunted by the latest attacks on Obamacare – both verbal and financial from the Trump administration – health insurance companies are forging ahead with […]
Japan probing abuse of health insurance system by foreign residents The Mainichi Full coverage Source: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180716/p2g/00m/0dm/066000c
Loan against insurance policy: Rate of interest varies by insurer and is revised periodically. Photo: iStock Is it possible to take a loan against an insurance policy? What are the conditions of repayment? How will it affect the premium payment? —Manoj Jha Several endowment policies offer loan facility, but unit-linked […]
Physicians can receive Medicare payments for using telecommunications such as audio or video with patients, according to new guidelines from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Providers are being advised to review toileting procedures in the wake of California’s stern treatment of a facility receiving the maximum fine for […]
INSURANCE professionals and financial advisors have a critical role to play in both the medium-term and long-term economic recovery in Barbados.This is the view of Minister in the Ministry of Finance Ryan Straughn, who was the guest speaker of the Barbados Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (BARAIFA) 45th annual […]
As Rhode Island’s health insurance commissioner, Marie Ganim knows a lot about health plans. So when she started to get calls from telemarketers hawking a new type of short-term health insurance, she decided to play along. When one caller asked her for her name, she gave the first name that […]
By MARC A. HEBERT July 13. 2018 2:04PM It might be time to reduce your expenses. Perhaps you need to save money for other goals, but what should you cut? One area people often think of eliminating is their term life insurance since the premiums can be expensive. Is […]
Sweden’s SEBÂ is to combine its Baltic life insurance businesses into one company in order to simplify the organization’s operation model, the banking organization said July 13. In the three Baltic countries, SEB has three legal entities, SEB Life and Pension Insurance in Estonia, SEB Dzivibas Apdrosinasana in Latvia, and SEB […]