Cigna's global subsidiary expanded its partnership with African-based Hollard Insurance to create a health plan addressing the need for a fully complaint health option in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Individual health plans on Wyoming's Affordable Care Act exchange could rise an average of 8 percent next year if Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming — the state's only on-exchange insurer — sees its rates approved.
Boston-based Neighborhood Health Plan will raise premium rates an average of 21 percent for consumers on Massachusetts' state health exchange next year, Boston Globe reports.
The Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner approved an average 13.1 percent increase on health plans sold on the state's individual market — WAhealthplanfinder — next year.
Advocacy group Consumer Union has accused Blue insurers in California of exploiting public outrage over high drug prices to artificially inflate premiums for plans sold on the exchanges, reports Kaiser Health News.
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Some health plans are interested in more than just consumers' health data. Demographic, socioeconomic and purchasing information are helping insurers focus their marketing strategies to gain a competitive edge.
Cigna's new advertising campaign is using famous TV physicians to convince viewers to take control of their personal health, reports Adage.
Representatives from the American Medical Association and the Medical Society of the State of New York urged New York state insurance regulators Thursday to block Anthem's proposed $54 billion acquisition of Cigna.
Philadelphia-based Independence Blue Cross will open a customer and community-orientated center in Philadelphia.
The U.S. Department of Justice will not permit in-house Aetna and Humana lawyers to review confidential information while the insurers prepare to fight the department's challenge over their $37 billion deal, Corporate Counsel reports.