Broker Regulation

Federal spending on Medicare Advantage bonus payments has increased nearly 30%, or $2.8 billion, since 2022.

Looking ahead to next year, many insurers expect broader economic inflation to flow through to the health system and put upward pressure on premiums.

A U.S. court of appeals has ruled against an employer that sued the IRS over $1.1 million in penalties for not adequately providing insurance coverage for employees.

In the complaint filed last week, Labor Secretary Julie Su asked the court to order UMR to bring its procedures for handling claims in line with the law and re-adjudicate claims denied since 2015.

Private equity's role in health care provider markets is an ongoing and evolving challenge, and there are no signs that PE's interest in health care markets is waning, the study found.

While evolving AI models are likely to bring their own set of changes to the insurance industry, such as the creation of new, AI-bespoke policies, until then, companies will have to rely on a portfolio of insurance products for coverage.