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The Hindu Business Line  8 hrs ago  Comment 
IRDA's new guidelines usher in landmark changes, making health insurance more customer-friendly.
Forbes  11 hrs ago  Comment 
Health insurers are being selective about which insurance exchanges they will offer products on with national health plans so far announcing participation in “fewer than 15 states,” a health plan chief executives and a new report indicate.
Forbes  May 17  Comment 
Much of the talk in the news this week regards the appalling scandal involving IRS targeting of conservative non-profit groups. So it’s worth noting that Obamacare dramatically expands the authority and the scope of the Internal Revenue Service....
Benzinga  May 17  Comment 
SI Financial Group Inc (NASDAQ: SIFI) shares lost 0.56% to create a new 52-week low of $10.65. SI Financial's trailing twelve month ROE stands at 0.50%. Health Insurance Innovations, Inc (NASDAQ: HIIQ) shares fell 4.78% to touch a new 52-week...
Sydney Morning Herald  May 16  Comment 
Australians are taking out private health insurance at the highest rate in 25 years, despite the means testing of the private health insurance rebate.     
Sydney Morning Herald  May 16  Comment 
Australians are taking out private health insurance at the highest rate in 25 years, despite the means testing of the private health insurance rebate.     
The Hindu Business Line  May 15  Comment 
HDFC Life has launched a health insurance product – HDFC Life Health Assure Plan. The plan offers reimbursement of medical expenses incurred in a hospital and is available in two variants...
Benzinga  May 15  Comment 
Below are the top large-cap health care plans stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of return on equity. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Cigna (NYSE: CI) is 18.17%. Cigna's PEG ratio is 1.03. The trailing-twelve-month...
New York Times  May 15  Comment 
Well-paid employees are likely to retain their employer-provided health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, and lower-paid employees are likely to be shifted to insurance exchanges.     
Forbes  May 15  Comment 
An idea often floated in Congress to reduce spending on Medicare by raising the eligibility age for the federal health insurance program for the elderly from 65 to 70 years old would jack up costs per person for those seniors left in the program...




 

The health insurance industry consists of companies that provide clients ranging from individuals to large institutions with health insurance. Like other insurers these companies make money by charging their clients a premiums for their insurance contracts and investing those premiums in the market.

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