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Des Moines is returning to a self-insurance system for employee health plans, a move city officials hope will eventually save taxpayers $1 million or more each year.

More than half - 64 percent - of U.S. and Canadian consumers plan to purchase insurance through an agent, according to a survey of 2,500 consumers in both countries by Accenture.

Any day now, the June issue of Benefits Selling should be landing on your desk. And this month's cover story warns brokers that health care reform — and all its ongoing consequences — isn't the only thing you should be worried about.

The Exchanges Subgroup at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has approved a draft white paper that compares the roles navigators and producers might play in a new system of health insurance exchanges.

Photos of this year's opening keynote speaker at the 2011 Benefits Selling Expo in Nashville.

Health insurers, which delivered better-than-expected first-quarter results, may have potential for more earnings growth before a new health care overhaul regulation begins to have a meaningful impact on their business, according to a Jefferies analyst.