Republicans renewed an assault on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul and his credibility on Friday as they pushed toward House passage of a measure to let insurers keep selling health coverage that falls short of the law’s strict standards.
The messy rollout of the insurance exchanges has made it hard for carriers to figure out what business will be like in 2014.
Indiana officials don’t expect HealthCare.gov to be able to share individual account information with the state’s Medicaid computer systems until the end of the year.
Premiums written by the firm’s insurance subsidiaries hit $96.6 million, an increase of nearly 19 percent over the third quarter a year ago and 4 percent over the second quarter.
CNO Financial Group Inc. on Monday reported a third-quarter profit of $283 million, a significant jump from the money-losing quarter it experienced a year ago.
The heads of WellPoint Inc., Aetna Inc. and at least 10 other insurers met with the Obama administration Wednesday to discuss correcting flaws in how data from the U.S. health-care marketplaces is transferred to the companies.
The Indianapolis-based health insurer expects to pay, on average, $3.50 per month for every patient enrolled in one of Anthem’s commercial health plans.
The Indianapolis-based insurer said Tuesday that John Short and Elizabeth Tallett will join its 11-member board Wednesday and Oct. 1, respectively.
The Indianapolis Airport Authority claims Travelers Property Casualty Co. of America failed to pay it all the money it is owed following a steel-beam collapse during construction of the midfield terminal.
Annual premiums for employer-sponsored family coverage climbed nearly 4 percent this year, to top $16,000 for the first time, according to a survey the Kaiser Family Foundation released Tuesday.
Indianapolis-based WellPoint and other Blue Cross Blue Shield health plans are among the health insurers most aggressive in reaching out to build consumer trust and capture spending on policies.
The insurer of trucking and auto fleets reported healthy jumps in profit and revenue in the second quarter, spurred by record premiums written by subsidiaries.
The Carmel-based insurer and financial services company reported strong earnings on a slight increase of revenue for the second quarter.
WellPoint Inc., the second-biggest U.S. health insurer, said more small employers are scaling back benefits this year, a potential hedge against higher costs expected under the U.S. health-care law.
Health care reform, long perceived as a huge threat to WellPoint Inc., is now being embraced by the insurer as a huge growth opportunity.
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett took part in the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the center in Carmel. Geico announced plans for the service center in March, saying it could have up to 1,200 workers in the next few years.
Under so-called reference-based benefits, insured patients would have to pay the difference between procedure prices and maximums set by their employers. Several Indiana companies are considering using the tactic.
The agency said that between Oct. 23, 2009 and March 7, 2010, security weaknesses in a WellPoint online application database left the information of 612,402 people accessible to unauthorized users.
The Carmel-based insurer expects to repurchase $250 million to $300 million of securities this year.
The nation’s largest pension fund worked with the Indianapolis-based health insurer to cut medical costs 19 percent by capping the price of some surgeries, in the latest sign payers are taking a tougher line against rising hospital claims.
