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After seeing enrollment in its medical plans gradually dwindle to less than 2% of total group membership, the Guardian Life Insurance Company of America will shutter this product line and instead focus on dental, disability, life, critical illness and disability offerings.
February 14 -
Critics of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) once warned that the law would decimate mini-med plans that is, until the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) issued regulatory guidance.
February 14 -
The National Committee for Quality Assurance recently issued new standards for its Patient-Centered Medical Home program. More than 7,700 clinicians at 1,500 sites use existing standards from Washington-based NCQA in their medical home initiatives.
February 9 -
Employers are expected to invest more money to protect personal information in response to increased government regulation and enforcement and to stem the rising tide of risk, according to a new report released by Ernst & Young.
February 8 -
The Great Place to Work Institute and Fortune magazine recently released the 100 best companies to work for list, which also lauds employers that went the extra mile to deliver unusual perks within their benefits programs.
February 7 -
The latest news on industry movers and shakers concerns one seasoned executives career move and a veteran disability insurance agent earning kudos for his staff from a leading carrier for a thirteenth consecutive year.
February 4 -
The voluntary benefits bandwidth for independent insurance agents and brokers is growing, thanks to a recent industry partnership.
February 4 -
Be sure to mark your calendar for a series of online educational forums in 2011 on disability and absence management co-presented by two industry leaders.
February 4 -
Nothing in life is guaranteed, but working Americans increasingly are in search of flexible income-protection products that will offset market volatility.
February 4 -
Small and large employers say they have no plans to reduce spending on non-medical benefits in light of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a MetLife poll.
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