Archive for May, 2010
Insurance and Financial Services Representative at New York Life Insurance Co (Waltham, MA)
New York Life Insurance Company is currently adding sales representatives to provide businesses … skills as well as the ability to learn about complex ideas and concepts in insurance and financial…
Original article : http://www.simplyhired.com/job-id/gfbmxudutt/insurance-and-jobs/
Time limit suspended for PPI complainants
Consumers complaining about their payment protection insurance (PPI) have been given breathing space by the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
The regulator has introduced a temporary rule that allows those who have recently complained about the purchase of a PPI policy more time in which to refer their complaint to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).
The usual six […]
Sebelius: Employers Should Quickly Offer Coverage To Workers’ Children Up To Age 26
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Thursday urged employers to extend health insurance to children of their employees up to age 26 before a provision in the new law requiring them to do so takes effect later this year, The New York Times reports. Many insurers have already made the change, but many employers […]
Health Law Having Effect On Managed-Care Firms, Medical Suppliers
Managed-care firms may be positioned for a rebound on the stock market, The Wall Street Journal reports. “Over the past two years, the Standard & Poor’s 500 managed-care index has fallen about 19%, weighed down by the health overhaul bill, weak economy and specific industry issues…
Research Roundup: Reform’s Impact On Health Spending; Cultural/Racial Differences In Medicine; Swine Flu Lessons
Commonwealth Fund: The Impact Of Health Reform On Health Spending - This issue brief “projects the effect of national reform on total national health expenditures and the insurance premiums that American families would likely pay…
What fees are you paying on your unit trusts?
Some collective investment schemes pay annual fees from the income account of the product - Mike Ronald, an investment professional at Marriott Asset Management, unpacks the various unit trust fees and gives investors a few tips
Jobs Bill Passes House: Dems Keep ‘Doc Fix’ But Jettison COBRA Benefits, Extra State Medicaid Funding
The House this afternoon passed a bill that would keep doctors from facing a cut in Medicare payments while extending tax and unemployment benefits. But, under pressure from fiscal conservatives, Democrats dropped a COBRA subsidy extension to help newly laid-off pay for health coverage as well as a provision to boost federal aid to state […]
State Roundup: Employees’ Insurance Rates, A Hospital Merger, Florida And Mass. Public Health Issues
Today’s roundup of state news includes changes in insurance rates for Kansas state employees, problems with EMT certification in Massachusetts and a hospital merger in the Washington D.C. area. In Oklahoma, “[a] bill that would change how the state administers health insurance for employees now heads to the governor,” The Oklahoman reports…
Today’s Opinions: Never-Events, Medicare ‘Propaganda’ And Drug Copays
The High Cost Of High Drug Costs The Detroit News According to the Labor Department, overall inflation has averaged about 2.5 percent annually, and prescription drug prices have gone up about 3.6 percent each year, over that time frame. Co-pays, though, have increased four times faster than inflation (Peter J. Pitts, 5/28)…
Cat bond market busy in run-up to hurricane season
NEW YORK—An active second quarter of catastrophe bond transactions has pushed this year’s issuance volume past $2 billion, as insurers prepare for this week’s start of the Atlantic hurricane season, experts say.