January 9, 2014 Lincoln Financial Group (LNC) announced today that it has been named to the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) 2014 Corporate Equality Index (CEI). The report, released each fall since 2002, provides an in-depth analysis and rating of large United States employers and their policies and practices relevant to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees. “We are honored …

By Alexandria Baca, January 9, 2014 American Financial Group Inc. (AFG), the insurer run by Cincinnati’s Lindner family, agreed to buy Summit Holdings Southeast Inc. from Liberty Mutual Group Inc. for about $250 million to build its workers’ compensation business. The total investment in Summit will be about $400 million, including a capital contribution at the completion of the all-cash …

By Paul Downs, January 6, 2014 After writing eight posts on my search for health insurance, which generated more than 275 comment from readers, I was more than ready to move on. After all, I do have a day job — running my little factory — and I have other projects and problems to address. But my mind keeps returning …

Wednesday 8 January 2014 The cost of insurance co-payments for cutting-edge pharmaceuticals can vary widely from patient to patient. When the patient’s share of prescription costs becomes too high, many patients skip doses or stop taking medication entirely, according to research conducted at the University of North Carolina. Using data from health plan claims for the anti-cancer drug imatinib filed …

Sometimes, it doesn’t matter if we eat right, exercise and take care of ourselves. Sometimes, life happens, and it’s important to know that you didn’t do all that work of staying healthy for nothing. As the Affordable Care Act goes into effect, and the individual mandate makes health insurance a concern for the even the most off-the-grid nature freak, there …

By Charlie Weston – 02 December 2013 A SECOND health insurer is to push up prices from the first day of the new year. Aviva will hit families renewing their policies from January 1 with rises averaging 5.2pc, with some plans going up by 11pc. It comes just days after similarly sized premium increases were announced by GloHealth. Now the …

By Lena H. Sun and Sarah Kliff, Published November 21 Brokers and agents say a host of technological problems is blocking their ability to help consumers sign up for coverage through the federal health insurance Web site. They say it is a particular problem for people with major health issues — those considered high-risk — because they are least able …