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White House to mail $500 Obamacare checks as premium backlash mounts
22+ hour, 57+ min ago (563+ words) Nearly a million Affordable Care Act enrollees are set to receive $500 payments starting in October, the Trump administration announced Thursday, a move officials frame as restitution for alleged premium overcharges, but one that health policy analysts call a narrow fix…...
Preventive care benefits can cut high-cost claimants in half, exec says
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (924+ words) Rising employer healthcare costs are sharpening the business case for preventive care and the numbers are stark. "We've looked at our own populations through claims analyses, and we see when you keep people healthy, you can avoid them progressing into…...
Elevance holds loss ratio guidance above 90% as fall renewals near
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (405+ words) Insurance Business Elevance holds loss ratio guidance above 90% as fall renewals near The carrier's benefit expense ratio reaffirmation signals claims are tracking at the high end of expectations Elevance Health has told investors it is holding its full-year 2026 benefit expense…...
One in three employer compensation dollars now goes to benefits
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (295+ words) Benefits now account for exactly 30 percent of what private-sector employers pay per hour worked - $14.07 of a $46.89 total, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC) report for June. Wages made up the remaining 70 percent, at…...
USI Insurance employees sue over voluntary benefit commission???self-dealing???
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (167+ words) Seven employees say USI Insurance ran their benefits plan and brokered it too, collecting millions in commissions their premiums paid for. The claim sits at the heart of a proposed class action filed on September 8, 2026 in the US District Court…...
Underinsurance often starts with the premium, not the peril
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (572+ words) A softening commercial property market hands clients something they have not had for most of the past decade: room in the insurance budget. What happens to that room at renewal is the decision that gets tested years later, at claim…...
CHOICE Arrangements get a federal push - and a compensation question
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (461+ words) Insurance Business CHOICE Arrangements get a federal push - and a compensation question ICHRAs got a new name and a government marketing campaign, but compensation structures remain unresolved The federal government has a new name for a benefits model that small…...
New York cuts insurer rate requests but small-group costs still climb
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (216+ words) New York's health insurers asked for premium increases three to four times higher than what regulators approved, and the gap between the two numbers shows the state's 2027 renewal season. The Department of Financial Services (DFS) authorized average increases of 6% for…...
Most insured Americans doubt coverage would cover a crisis
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (433+ words) Insurance Business Most insured Americans doubt coverage would cover a crisis GoodRx survey finds 56% of insured adults fear they couldn't afford a serious illness or accident More than half of insured Americans fear they could not afford a serious illness…...
JAB Insurance closes Columbian rescue
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (319+ words) JAB Insurance has completed its acquisition of Columbian Financial Group, concluding coordinated rehabilitation proceedings in New York and Illinois after receiving all required court and regulatory approvals. Anant Bhalla, JAB Insurance's executive chairman, framed the closing as delivering on a…...