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Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna acquired Dubai-based general insurance company Zurich Insurance Middle East in June.

OptumRx, the pharmacy benefit management subsidiary of Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group, won a bid to manage New Jersey's roughly $2 billion drug benefit program for state employees.

The Kaiser Family Foundation analyzed recently released first-quarter financial data for insurers selling in the individual market under the ACA.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana launched a tool that allows customers to compare costs of medical procedures in more than 300 categories.

Two plaintiffs are accusing Blue Shield of California of improperly denying mental health and drug treatment claims for their children's care, according to a California Healthline report.

Two-day conference will bring together senior leaders from across healthcare to explore the provider-payer convergence trends, strategies and technologies transforming healthcare.

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey received a court order allowing the insurer to keep the details of a $15.5 million contract violation penalty confidential, according to NJ.com.

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri will no longer cover emergency department services it considers unnecessary, according to St. Louis Public Radio.

While North Carolina's largest insurer and one of its biggest providers are locked in public dispute over cost rates, the editorial board of the Asheville Citizen-Times argues that this is not an isolated incident, but instead a symptom of our…

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Congress needs to ensure viability in the private health insurance market if efforts to repeal and replace the ACA falter, Reuters reports.