Insurance

Magazine articles on HMO's and other insurance companies.

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Managed Care July 2004	Premium Hikes Slow As Plans Seek Members The opening murmurs in negotiations between health plans and large employers have been heard. Insurers are expected to seek an average 13.7 percent hike in premiums in 2005, according to a survey of 160 large employers.
Managed Care July 2004	Headlines On Deadline ... In a major victory for HMOs, the Supreme Court voted unanimously on June 21 that patients may not sue health plans in state courts for refusing to pay for medical care recommended by physicians.
Managed Care July 2004 John Carroll	Going for Brokers: Spitzer Rides Again The noted and newsworthy attorney general of New York is taking aim at some of the biggest middlemen in the insurance business.
Managed Care July 2004	Hill Physicians Medical Group Outshines California's Pay-for-Performance Program Hill paid out twice the amount as the state plan because the medical group program is older and more mature.
Managed Care July 2004	Plans Wait for Payoff From IT Investment Administrative spending by health plans continues to rise for many reasons, including investment in information technology, according to a study.
The Motley Fool July 20, 2004 Nathan Slaughter	Allstate's All Right Earnings at Allstate, the nation's second-largest property-casualty insurer, soared 76% to $1.03 billion, handily outpacing forecasts of $1.15 per share by $0.32 on revenues of $8.3 billion.
Insurance & Technology July 19, 2004 Julie Gallagher	Customer Consolidation As finicky financial services customers increasingly rely on the Internet as a research tool, it's more apparent than ever that the competition's Web site is only a click away.
Insurance & Technology July 19, 2004 Julie Gallagher	Modernization Boosts Speed to Market The more states that opt into the NAIC's Interstate Insurance Product Regulations Compact, the better off carriers will be.
Insurance & Technology July 19, 2004 Anthony O'Donnell	CAIC Rolls Out ICICI Infotech "We wanted an insurance system solution that had been built to support large and complex operations and that also had the pricing and BPO flexibility that would be attractive to our smaller current operation," says Luis Bordes, president, CAIC.
Insurance & Technology July 19, 2004 Anthony O'Donnell	Highmark Shares Claims Data with Docs Health insurer's SMART Registry targets treatment of chronic conditions.
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