Our life is absolutely unforeseeable. There are a lot of unexpected events that strike without warning and could disrupt the steady pace of life. You must be ready at any time. You’ll do...
Do you finally decide to buy your own insurance? If you are careful about costs and coverage problems, it would be preferable if you want to first consider several things before you buy health...
Buying health insurance is probably one of the best investments that everyone should take. In fact, it is recommended for all families, particularly family members who have health problems, past or...
Life insurance can be an essential but there is no reason to pay high price for the best coverage of life. Consumers should examine their needs before seeking offers. The reasons why consumers should...
The Phoenix Cos., based in Hartford, Conn., entered a distribution agreement with National Agents Alliance (NAA) to allow NAA agents to offer to clients a new life insurance product.
Phoenix Simplicity Index Life is a indexed universal life insurance product that provides universal life insurance protection with an ability to build cash value, according to Phoenix.
The impact of the nation’s new health insurance law on Medicaid is far-reaching and governments, insurers, and others are only now coming to grips with the costs the new law will impose upon them.
By 2014 several million more people will be eligible for Medicaid than would have been without the new health care law and the cost to the federal government and the states could exceed $70 billion over five years. Also, as a way to pay for the new costs, the feds will levy more taxes on health insurance premiums, including insurers providing coverage to recipients of Medicaid.
Beginning in 2014, Medicaid will be available to the non-elderly, non-pregnant, childless adults with income equal to 133 percent of the Federal Poverty Level – and once an adjustment is added – to 138 percent of the Federal Poverty Level. For 2
Cholesterol is made by the liver from the saturated fats in food. It plays a crucial role in how cells work and is also needed to make Vitamin D, several important hormones, and bile for digestion. However, too much cholesterol is not good at all and can contribute to the clogging of arteries. In fact, high cholesterol is generally thought to be the biggest risk factor for heart disease and also increases your risk of having a stroke and developing circulatory disease. Best given a wide berth, then.
Thankfully, that’s relatively easy to do if you know how.
In nearly all cases, it’s possible to dramatically reduce the chances of putting yourself at risk from the problems associated with high cholesterol by implementing small lifestyle changes. There’s a huge amount of really interesting information on the website of HEART UK, the cholesterol charity. It’s w
In the holiday season it’s important to wonder and think about what consumers would like to see change with health care and health insurance.
Here are just a few predictions of things consumers would like to see change in 2012:
Transparency.There is little transparency in how hospitals set rates for health care services and consumers are typically given a run-around when trying to seek that information. More transparency with health care costs will help consumers become well-informed.
Coordination. Health care reform works to create better coordination between health care providers with Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). B
A Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.-based insurance company acquired a Wakefield, RI.-based employee benefit consulting and brokerage firm specializing in middle-market businesses.
USI Insurance Services (USI) acquired Bluff Head Enterprises (BHE), its seventh acquisition this year.
Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Samuel B. Slade, current president of BHE, will be named president of the employee benefits division of USI, officials said.
All BHE staff will be retained, according to a USI spokesman.
“This acquisition strengthens our position as one of the leading insurance brokerage firms in Rhode Island and one of the largest benefit insurance brokerage firms in the United States,” said J. Tho