News

2008

January

21

• Pet health insurance gains popularity. At a time when employers are scaling back on costly health benefits, pet insurance is gaining popularity as an employee benefit. Veterinary Pet Insurance, the nation's largest pet insurer, saw its corporate accounts balloon from 15

17

• State health care plans hit U.S. law. Several states and communities are moving to provide universal health coverage for their residents, but a federal law is blocking their efforts. Many of the proposals require employers either to offer health coverage themselves or

2007

December

28

• Companies can drop older retirees' health benefits. Companies can scale back their retiree health care coverage once their former employees qualify for Medicare, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has affirmed. The ruling, which took effect Wednesday, sanctions the prevailing practice of employers

November

12

• Reclame su seguro de incendio. Si tu hogar fue dañado por los recientes incendios en California, exígele a tu compañía de seguros que cumpla. Tú pagaste puntualmente tus cuotas mensuales; ahora le toca a ella responderte. Los ú

11

• Collecting insurance after a disaster. In the aftermath of Southern California's devastating wildfires, you might be thinking more about your insurance. If your house is damaged or destroyed, what can you expect from your insurance company? How quickly will you

08

• Free 'VINCheck' for unrecovered stolen vehicles. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) is launching a free service to help inform car buyers that the vehicle they want to purchase may be stolen. Over one million vehicles have been stolen annually in

07

• Autos robados: evite sorpresas al comprar. El buro nacional contra el crimen de seguros lanzó otra herramienta para que los consumidores se aseguren que el auto que están por comprar no sea robado. Se trata del portal VINCheck o Base

October

26

• Insurers taking risk out of the equation. You buy a Band-Aid. You get a scrape. You use your Band-Aid. And the next time you go to the drugstore, you're told that you have to pay more for Band-Aids. Or maybe they won't

25

• Children's health bill reemerges in House. Just one week after failing to override President Bush's veto, House Democrats will put a new version of their $35 billion expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program to a vote today, hoping that minor

24

• Insurance claims could haunt houses. If past history is any measure, many homeowners affected by the wildfires burning throughout Southern California will find that claims they submit to insurers will result in higher rates or even dropped policies. What they,

• Mexicanos en EE.UU.: ahorros en seguro médico. Los mexicanos residentes en Estados Unidos pueden comprar un seguro de cobertura médica en México a precios mucho más económicos que los que pagan por una póliza privada estadounidense. El

19

• Why veto children’s health care funding?. The single most compelling reason to expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) is also the simplest: It’s the right thing to do. But the moral argument doesn’t seem to hold

16

• Home Insurers Canceling in East. It is 1,200 miles from the coastline where Hurricane Katrina touched land two years ago to the neat colonial-style home here where James Gray, a retired public relations consultant, and his wife, Ann, live. But this

September

28

• Los 5 nuncas de la banca en Internet. El realizar las transacciones bancarias por Internet tiene muchas ventajas, porque toma menos tiempo que ir a la sucursal y tiene menos riesgos para la integridad física del cuenta habiente. Sin embargo, en la

26

• House passes kid's insurance bill. A major expansion of government health insurance to nearly 4 million children passed the House of Representatives Tuesday, but without enough Republican support to overcome President Bush's promised veto. The vote was 265-159, with 45 Republicans supporting

• Más costos de salud recaerán en los trabajadores. Las primas de cuidado de salud de los empleadores y sus trabajadores subieron más del doble del índice de inflación en 2007 y se espera que el aumento en el costo se acelere el

12

• Employer paid health care costs rise (Chinese). 【美聯社十一日電】據凱撒家庭基金會11日發表的調查報告說，今年職工及他們的僱主支付的健保費平均上漲6.1%，超過通貨膨脹率和薪資增長率，佔家庭預算的較大部分。

• Employer-paid health insurance costs slow. The cost of employer-provided health insurance rose 6.1 percent this year, the smallest jump since 1999 but still well above the increase in wages and consumer prices, according to an annual survey released yesterday by the Henry

09

• California's ambitious health plan fails. After losing much of August to a budget impasse, state lawmakers and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have been unable to reach agreement on a proposal to extend health coverage to all uninsured Californians, raising the possibility

05

• Limited health policies vex some buyers. Sales agents peddling health insurance through Mega Life or Mid-West National told customers the coverage was affordable and good. What they often didn't say, according to Massachusetts' top prosecutor, was that the companies' standard policies