From the P&C Files: Halt (Production)!

This is interesting: A few days after the Orlando nightclub terror attack, the TV show "The Last Ship" postponed its season premie...

IB In The News

Well this is nice: The folks at PR Newswire have published a list of insurance-related sites that " do a good job with promoting and co...

Friday Afternoon Dreams

I'll take "Wishful Thinking" for $400, Alex:

Settling for Life

We've written before about viaticals , which are generally used by folks with end-of-life financial needs. But there's another, rela...

Thursday Insurance Conundrum

Good question:

Waivin' in the wind

We've written before about group plans suspending spousal coverage, or applying a penalty to employees whose spouses have access to cov...

Potential Good Small Employer News

Yesterday, I met with a couple who own their own small business, and had recently hired their first employee. They wanted to offer health in...

Interesting LTCi Idea

So, have a client interested in Long Term Care insurance (LTCi), with some provisos. First, they are very concerned about potential rate in...

Hotdoggin' it with Oscar

Almost three years ago, Bob wrote about the travails of a New York-based health insurance start-up called Oscar. The fledgling carrier's...

Monday Morning Linkage

■ We first noted the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) back in May, noting how it so closely resembled the famed Independe...

Friday Afternoon Hat Trick

The Political Hat No, not three posts, but one very interesting - and provocative - post from a blog friend: " Rationing Healthcare, Mi...

Absolutely Amazing Customer Service Experience

Over the years, we've been pleased to blog on some really exceptional customer service experiences ( here and here , for example). And ...

Pot Luck Health Wonk Review

This week, Chris Fleming hosts the venerable HWR, and it's a doozy. Lots of thought-provoking posts, along with really helful context. ...

Another 3000% Rate Decrease Report

Remember this? I recently received renewals for some Grandmothered major medcial plans with August effective dates. Let's see how they ...

Conflicting Fees

As previously noted, many carriers have decided to stop paying commissions on new health insurance business written between Open Enrollment...

Outstanding Compassionate Carrier Trick

Just now via email: " UnitedHealthcare and Optum, the health benefits and services companies of UnitedHealth Group, are taking immediat...

Top O'The Week Linkfest

■ LifeHealthPro's AllisonBell has some disheartening news about critical illness plans: " Officials are ... thinking about the pos...

Another Friday InHealth Update

Not much has changed since last week, as the DOI is still noodling through how to proceed. One issue which had flown under the radar has to ...

Tightening the Screws

As The ObamaTax continues to auger in , the Rocket Surgeons in DC© have the perfect solution: Less choice! " The government's move ...

Another Day, Another InHealth Update

Via co-blogger Patrick , some interesting news on the InHealth front, clarifying some things we already knew: " Today, the Ohio Departm...

SEP Clarification

The folks at CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) emailed to let us know that they have an updated list of the 6 Special Enro...

From the Mailbag: Interesting HSA scenario

Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) are generally pretty transparent; after all, there aren't a lot of moving parts: a compliant health insur...

MedMutual Update

L ast week, Medical Mutual of Ohio announced that it would pay no commissions on plans written for folks coming to them from InHealth. Th...

InHealth Mutual - A Week Later [UPDATED]

So it's been a week , and I sent this out to my InHealth clients; it occurred to me that IB readers might find it interesting , as well...

Late-week LinkFest

■ First up, via FoIB Jeff M, this little factoid: " North Carolina Leads The Nation In Health Insurance Mandates " Most folks lik...

Frustrating Carrier/DOI Trick

As regular readers know, Ohio's O'Care Co-Op, InHealth Mutual, bit the dust last week. This morning, Medical Mutual of Ohio let us...

Health Wonk Review: Springin' out edition

David Harlow hosts this week's roundup of interesting and provocative health policy related posts . From Ibsen to telemedicine to the ...

Rocket Robin Hood

As in "rocket surgeon" Robin Hood: " The risk adjustment program was designed to dissuade insurers from targeting only health...