If you are on disability, or become disabled, you may worry what will happen if your disability insurer files for bankruptcy. Now is the time to review your state’s insurance guarantee fund limits, says Frank N. Darras, the nation’s leading disability and long-term care insurance lawyer.
Contact your state Department of Insurance and ask what your [...]
40,000 local businesses and 79 working Chambers of Commerce throughout Connecticut will soon be able to offer their employees and members an extensive portfolio of life and disability products, thanks to a new program developed by Anthem Life Insurance Company (Anthem Life) and its affiliate Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut.
“Anthem Life and [...]
With more than 65% of people living paycheck to paycheck and a shaky economy causing that number to grow, more than ever Americans need the security of knowing that their income is a constant. Disability insurance is the protection needed to do just that, in case medical disaster strikes. Most people carry some form of [...]
FINEOS Corporation, a global provider of innovative enterprise software solutions for insurance, announced the findings of the Protection Review survey carried out for the Personal Finance Society (PFS) and sponsored by FINEOS. The survey offers a snapshot of the protection market and the results help the life insurance industry develop the right solutions to meet [...]
Empire BlueCross BlueShield (Empire) announced approval by the New York Department of Insurance to begin offering Life and Disability insurance as part of their broad benefit portfolio. Available through the New York-based affiliate, Anthem Life & Disability Insurance Company, this addition makes Empire a leading information resource and one-stop shop for medical, pharmacy, dental, vision, [...]
Less than 90 days after abandoning America’s elderly, Conseco Insurance is out with a “white paper” encouraging people to buy supplemental insurance policies, says Frank N. Darras, the nation’s leading disability and long-term care insurance lawyer.
Darras warns against purchasing a supplemental policy from Conseco. In 2008 alone, Conseco was investigated, charged and fined $32 [...]
International Medical Group®, Inc. (IMG®), a worldwide leader in designing, distributing and administering global health care benefits, announces its new partnership with the web-based physician/patient communication company, eDocAmerica. The collaboration compliments IMG’s core principles of providing a full-service approach to offering international medical insurance products backed by superior customer service, and eDocAmerica’s mission to improve [...]
FUTURITY FIRST Insurance Group, a nationwide, independent career agency insurance organization launched in January 2008, has just reached the one-year mark, announced Edward Berube, President and CEO of FUTURITY FIRST.
FUTURITY FIRST is the first life insurance start-up in a decade to build a full-scale, national distribution organization funded exclusively with private equity capital. The organization, [...]
To better meet the needs of employee benefit brokers and consultants, HM Insurance Group, a Highmark company, has launched its next generation HM Worksite Advantage product line, which features dedicated worksite sales specialists, redesigned products, seamless account administration, targeted enrollment techniques and membership management in a highly coordinated approach for the growing worksite marketplace.
“Employee benefit [...]
Purchasing life, accident and disability insurance is a good way to protect your financial security. For people enrolled in any of CIGNA’s life, accident or disability plans, this smart financial decision is now a smart health decision too.
CIGNA said it is extending its Healthy Rewards® discount program and is now among the first group carriers [...]
