Benefits Broker

Feel burned out from your job? You probably are, and in worse ways than you thought.

By year-end 2011, health savings accounts surpassed $12.4 billion in nearly 6.8 million accounts, according to market research from broker/dealer firm Devenir.

Individuals in consumer-driven health plans are more likely to exhibit more cost-conscious behaviors as compared to those enrolled in traditional coverage, the Employee Benefit Research Institute finds.

When one thinks of accidental death and dismemberment insurance, a single, simple type of policy springs to mind.

Health insurer Aetna Inc.'s fourth-quarter net income jumped 73 percent, as it continued to benefit from low use of health care and some key expenses fell.

Cigna completed its $3.8-billion acquisition of fellow insurer HealthSpring Inc., giving it a bigger stake in the fast-growing Medicare Advantage market.

Pfizer Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit fell by half because it sold less Lipitor, the cholesterol fighter that's the biggest drug ever to go off patent, and took some one-time charges.

By my best count, there are 1,014 major health insurance carriers in the United States. Just think of the choice that represents more than a thousand different ways to be denied coverage because youre alive and thats technically a pre-existing condition.