The Department of Health and Human Services introduced new regulations that guarantee students enrolled in their college or university's health insurance would be covered under the consumer protections.

Financial incentives are becoming more important for increasing employee participation in wellness programs, according to a study by Fidelity Investments and the National Business Group on Health.

Once diagnosed with an illness, many patients do not have adequate disease management information, according to a MedTera study.

Fifty-four percent of men buying individual critical illness insurance policies in 2010 were younger than age 45 while 51 percent of women buyers were age 45 or older.