Insurance

utocoman! wrote:
I’m a bit slow to read and add to this conversation, so forgive me if all have moved on to other topics.
Christmas week 2007 I was pulled over while driving my family around to look at holiday lights in Orem. I was given a fix-it ticket for a blown brake light. The officer found that my insurance had lapsed. It was my fault, but not intentional. I had changed insurance companies six months prior and purchased the policy in Continue reading

Poor investment performance isn’t the only threat to your retirement savings. According to the Health and Retirement Study (funded by the National Institute on Aging), in the 10-year period between 1992 and 2002, seven out of 10 adults ages 51 through 61 experienced one of the following:
A major medical condition, like cancer, diabetes, a stroke, a psychiatric condition, or heart problems
are made of. But being aware that the worst can happen Continue reading

MANCHESTER — The Select Board decided to switch all town employees to a high-deductible health care plan, effective Jan. 1, that comes with a health savings account.
The unanimous decision, which affects 30 town employees, all but those in the police union, came at a meeting last week. Board members were trying to combat rising health care costs while formulating the town’s fiscal year 2010 budget, according to Town Manager John O’Keefe.
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Dec. 29 (Bloomberg) –
, 58
percent-owned by the U.K. government, rose the most in almost
four weeks in London trading on speculation the bank will retain
its insurance business and a new chairman will be appointed.
4.5 pence, or 11 percent, to 47.2 pence, valuing
the Edinburgh-based company at 18.6 billion pounds ($27 billion).
Today’s gain follows a decline of 38 percent between Dec. 10 and
Dec. 24.
The bank, led by its new chief executive Continue reading

Monday, December 29, 2008
LOS ANGELES —  The family of a 17-year-old leukemia patient has sued health insurance giant Cigna Corp. for her death in 2007 after the company initially refused to pay for a liver transplant.
The lawsuit filed last week in Los Angeles County Superior Court by the family’s attorney, Mark Geragos, alleges breach of contract, unfair business practices and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The suit accuses Continue reading

Vista, the Sunrise health insurer, announced Monday it has been awarded a three-year contract to be the sole health insurance carrier for employees of Broward public schools, the county’s largest employer.
Starting Jan. 1, Vista will offer six health plans for the schools’ 41,000 eligible employees and their dependents, who will be able to choose among four health maintenance organization plans and two preferred provider organizations.
”We look Continue reading