Insurance
M.D. ranking pact spawns ire about the practice itself
The new agreement by state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo with CIGNA requiring the health insurance company to adhere to certain standards...
Workers’ comp loss costs rise
The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) filed for a 3.4 percent average increase next year for the basic formula that...
Health appeal
Aetna Inc. erected the fewest number of roadblocks for medical patients seeking special treatments of any Connecticut health maintenance organization in...
Chamber and bank unite for health coverage
The Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce Inc. and Union Savings Bank have begun marketing health savings accounts sold by ConnectiCare Inc.
State sues reinsurer
State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has sued reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter & Company L.L.C., claiming the company pocketed more than $80...
‘Real time’ boosts agents’ potential
While reforms in workers’ compensation legislation have given New York businesses and insurance agents some breathing room, “doing business in ‘real...
Largest award in heart attack death
A jury in Bridgeport awarded a widow and her husband’s estate $22.5 million in a wrongful death suit, believed the largest...
Hinchey blasts Bush on eve of child-health veto
At a press conference in his Kingston office Oct. 1, U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-Hurley, said the Children’s Health Insurance Program...
Putting a price on health care
There is no one right number for the number of people living in the United States without health insurance.
10 percent of state lacks medical insurance
Connecticut has among 10 best rates in the nation for residents having health insurance, a new U.S. Census Bureau report shows.
Doctors sue over insurance ratings
Local physicians have sued Cigna Corp. and UnitedHealth Group Inc., claiming the insurance carriers’ practice of designating “elite†doctors defames others...
Physicians, IT departments find Rx for digital-data concerns
The goal of creating a national, standardized database of electronic medical records (EMRs) continues to be elusive, despite the founding of...
Body shop vs. Progressive
When an insurance company tells you after an accident which body shop to go to, you might not think twice about...
When illness is chronic, costs and disputes mount
The virus struck Brian Tyson suddenly in 2003, forcing him off his sales position with Pitney Bowes Inc. that paid him...
Insurance for one-armed bandits
As the state approves a $700,000 study of problem gamblers and their cost to society, it may soon cost a little...
