Newly proposed health reform rules will allow states to probe health rate increases, and will require carriers to justify unreasonable hikes.

U.S. life and annuity insurance companies will need to tackle and number of regulatory and economic challenges in order to succeed in 2011.

The IRS recently released final guidance for small employers eligible to claim the new small business health care tax credit for the 2010 tax year.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners ended its year last week with a special joint conference call of its Executive and Plenary Committees.

In 2010, 5 percent of the U.S. population was enrolled in a consumer-driven health plan, representing 5.7 million adults with private insurance, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute. That's up from 4 percent in 2009.

"The cause of the customer satisfaction decline is not difficult to find--sharp increases in premium costs and deductibles are to blame,"

The life/health industry is weathering the economic crisis with net premiums increasing for the first time in two years.

New analysis from Aon Hewitt found Gen Y workers are the ones most at risk of not having enough retirement savings