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The National Underwriter reports that between 2002 and 2009, health care premiums in California rose almost 118%, a new study by the California HealthCare Foundation finds. In the same period,… As reported by the Associated Press, a House committee has voted to strip the health insurance industry of its exemption from federal antitrust laws as senators announced plans to take the… Arthur Fries, an independent disability consultant and an expert I have known for many years, has written an article entitled “Calling In a Disability Expert” which appeared on November 16,… The practice of paying different rates based on gender for the same insurance is called gender rating. Effective January 1, 2010, health insurance companies and HMO’s writing insurance in California will… According to National Underwriter, Guardian Life Insurance Company of America is making it easier for employers with 2 to 9 employees to offer disability insurance benefits. It says it now… Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. ___, 129 S. Ct. 1937 (2009), the 5-month-old U.S. Supreme Court decision that has made federal pleadings standards much more stringent, will get a Capitol… In Amer. States Ins. v. Progressive Casualty Ins., 180 Cal. App. 4th 18 (2009), the California Court of Appeal addressed the “peculiar risk” doctrine in the context of an insurer’s… The Obama Administration is proposing the formation of a new office within the Treasury Department that would oversee the insurance industry. This announcement comes in the wake of statements from…California Health Insurance Premiums Double in 7 Years
House Committee Votes to Strip Health Insurance Industry of Exemption from Federal Antitrust Laws
Calling In a Disability Expert
No More Gender Rating in California
Guardian to Offer Guaranteed-Issue Small Group Disability Income Insurance
The U.S Supreme Court’s Iqbal Opinion to Get Congressional Airing
Duty to Defend Triggered by the Peculiar Risk Doctrine
President Proposes National Insurance Office
