CNO Financial earnings rise, top analyst expectations
Carmel-based CNO Financial Group Inc. on Wednesday reported higher profit in the fourth quarter despite a decline in revenue.
Insurers
Articles
Anthem merger partner reports dip in profit
Cigna Corp. blamed the nearly 9 percent decline on transaction costs related to its pending $54 billion sale to Anthem Inc.
U.S. to limit Obamacare sign-up periods to help insurers
The U.S. government will limit a process that allowed people to sign up for health insurance under Obamacare outside of the normal enrollment period, after insurers complained that the special periods were letting people into the program only when they got sick.
Anthem seeks $3B more in drug savings from Express Scripts
Anthem, which contracts with Express Scripts to manage drug costs for its members, said the pharmacy manager should be passing along about $3 billion a year more in the savings it negotiates from drug companies.
Anthem stock jumps on better health plan enrollment
Investors bid up shares of Anthem Inc. on Tuesday morning after the Indianapolis-based health insurer said its health plan membership ended the year at higher levels than expected.
Anthem workers file lawsuit over 401(k) fees in retirement plan
Anthem’s retirement plan is accused in a lawsuit of forcing about 60,000 workers and retirees to pay excessive fees by having to invest in Vanguard Group funds billed as low-cost options.
Aetna follows UnitedHealth in leaving industry lobbying group
With Aetna’s departure, two of the five biggest public U.S. health insurers will have ditched America’s Health Insurance Plans. The other three—Anthem Inc., Cigna Corp. and Humana Inc.—are still members
Anthem shareholders overwhelmingly approve Cigna acquisition
More than 99 percent of the shares voted were cast in favor of the deal during a 5-minute meeting Thursday morning at the downtown Conrad Indianapolis hotel, according to Anthem officials.
UnitedHealth says it should have waited on Obamacare
UnitedHealth Group Inc. should have stayed out of Obamacare’s new individual markets longer, the CEO of the health insurer said Tuesday. The company expects losses from the plans this year and next to total more than a half-billion dollars.
Obamacare official makes tweaks as insurer complaints grow
To reduce turbulence in Obamacare’s fledgling insurance markets, the Obama administration’s top health official is pushing to get more information to consumers about what they’ll actually pay for health care.
Anthem, Aetna try to reassure investors about exchanges
Two of the nation's three largest health insurers are trying to ease investor and customer concerns a day after their biggest competitor questioned its future on the Affordable Care Act's public insurance exchanges.
Obamacare’s fate may rest on patience of Anthem, Aetna
Anthem Inc. and Aetna Inc. are on the hot seat now that UnitedHealth Group Inc. appears unlikely to linger as a seller on the Affordable Care Act’s government-run markets.
UnitedHealth may quit Obamacare market in blow to health law
Insurer UnitedHealth Group, which has 28,000 Obamacare customers in Indiana, said it might quit selling plans under the Affordable Care Act. Thursday’s announcement took a toll on health insurance stocks, including Anthem’s.
Doctor group asks regulators to block health insurer mergers
Anthem Inc. shouldn’t be permitted to buy Cigna Corp. and Aetna Inc. should be blocked from acquiring Humana Inc., the American Medical Association said in a letter Wednesday to the head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division.
Baldwin & Lyons reports higher quarterly earnings
The Indianapolis-based transportation insurer topped analyst expectation with its third-quarter results.
Big insurers remain upbeat about fledgling ACA exchanges
Slipping enrollment has done little to shake the faith that the nation's biggest health insurers, including Anthem, have placed in the Affordable Care Act's public insurance exchanges.
CNO Financial reports lower earnings, revenue
Adjusted earnings of 34 cents per share missed the expectations of analysts who follow the Carmel-based insurance holding company.
Anthem shares fall as Obamacare slump weighs on outlook
Shares in Anthem Inc., the nation's third-largest health insurer by market value, dropped Wednesday after the company’s 2015 profit outlook fell short of estimates.
Anthem shares sliding after Clinton calls for merger review
Shares in Anthem Inc. and Cigna Corp., which agreed to a $48 billion deal in July, continued to slide Thursday after presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said mergers in the industry deserve more scrutiny.
Clinton skeptical that Anthem-Cigna merger would benefit consumers
Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Wednesday that the planned $48B deal could stifle competition between health insurers, including in the early battleground state of New Hampshire.