Analysts at Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, New York, and the Chicago office of Fitch Ratings gave that assessment today in responses to the announcement that an independent review team hired by

The board of UnitedHealth Group Inc., Minnetonka, Minn., has responded to the report by announcing that Dr. William McGuire, an executive who in just 15 years built the company into one of the United

The federal Office of Personnel Management is seeking the authority to shift employees into the standard option of the nationwide Blue Cross and Blue Shield Service benefit plan automatically if a

Researchers at Buck Consultants, a unit of Affiliated Computer Services Inc., Dallas, have published figures supporting that prediction in a report on an informal Web survey of 199 large U.S.

A major bird flu pandemic could lead to about $133 billion in group and individual life claims in the United States, and even a moderate pandemic, comparable to the 1968 "Hong Kong flu" epidemic,

Long term care and income planning issues crop up often on the agenda for the upcoming 2005 White House Conference on Aging.[@@]The 4-day conference, ...

Filling Health Plan HolesSome employers are thinking about using hospital indemnity plans and other limited-benefit medical plans to fill in gaps in major medical ...

Big Business Learns To Love Mini MedA coalition of blue chip employers is out there promoting the idea that a little medical insurance is ...