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By Elizabeth Festa |
April 30, 2012
The California state legislature is moving forward on a collection of health insurance reform bills, some specially tailored to conform to sections of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
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By Allison Bell |
October 6, 2011
The Self-Insurance Insurance Institute of America Inc. (SIIA) is blasting allegations by federal regulators and others who contend that employer flight to the self-insured market could leave insured plans stuck with the sickest employees.
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By Steve Parrish |
September 9, 2011
Given that hedge funds and hedging are so much in the news, I began to think about the ways a company can hedge its employee benefit costs.
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By Kurt Haag |
August 16, 2011
Brokers will prove their value if they can advise clients on how self-funding consumer-directed health plans, combined with stop-loss coverage, can help manage rising costs, and also suggest reliable stop loss partners to provide protection.
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By Ingrid Case |
August 1, 2011
Ten years ago, benefits self-funding — and the stop-loss coverage that typically accompanies it — was a world occupied mainly by large employers.
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By Michael Fry |
February 1, 2011
As employers face potentially higher costs and expanded requirements under the new law, many are looking for ways to meet their obligations to employees while shielding themselves from catastrophic risk.
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By Sponsor: Amwins |
April 12, 2010
As companies search for new ways to control rising healthcare costs, they increasingly are turning to sophisticated strategies and data-mining technologies that target distinct slices of medical spending.
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By Staff Writer |
February 1, 2010
There are few places better to learn the business of employee benefits than at one of the best - and biggest. Cottingham & Butler, based in Dubuque, Iowa