From the monthly archives: December 2012
MIDDLETOWN — People who have Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut as their health insurer will face more expensive, out-of-network rates at Middlesex Hospital starting Jan. 1.
Anthem, the state’s largest health insurer in terms of membership, and Middlesex Hospital have negotiated terms of a contract for months, but the two sides were [...]
Magellan Health Services Inc. said in a federal filing Monday that one of its customers will end a contract at the end of 2013.
The customer was not named. The customer’s contract brought in $144.5 million in revenue to Magellan during the nine-month period ending Sept. 30.
As a small maneuver in a major transformation at The Hartford, the property-casualty insurer is reorganizing its Mutual Funds business.
Some support services for the Mutual Funds unit will be moved from Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Co. to Hartford Life Inc., according to a company filing Monday with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.
A new health insurance co-op that hopes to offer coverage next fall for the following year has its first chief executive.
HealthyCT, the consumer-operated and oriented plan, announced Wednesday that Ken Lalime, 56, is the first CEO. Lalime was among 175 candidates. The Norwalk resident has served as interim chief operating officer of HealthyCT and [...]
A Colorado health-care technology company accuses Aetna and two of its subsidiaries of patent infringement for using computer systems that reduce costs and streamline the claims process.
HealthTrio LLC of Denver, Colo., received 10 patents between 2008 and last week that protect methods and computer-based systems which improve the quality of care, decrease costs and [...]
AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co. has donated an epic, 10-panel mural of life in the 1920s to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the company announced this week.
The mural, “America Today” by Thomas Hart Benton, is a panorama most recently displayed in the lobby of the insurer’s headquarters, at 1290 Avenue [...]
Aetna’s CEO Mark T. Bertolini said the Affordable Care Act will increase health insurance premiums by 100 percent, doubling the price in some markets, according to a Bloomberg report.
Bertolini said at an investor conference Wednesday in New York: “We’ve shared it all with the people in Washington and I think it’s a [...]
Pet insurers see a spike around holidays — any time chocolate and other toxic treats are around.
Chocolate and other types of candy are toxic to dogs. Every Christmas — and other holidays when candy abounds — pet owners dash to veterinary emergency-care rooms after their dogs scrounge around and gobble chocolate, baked goods with [...]
Cigna Corp. announced a new joint venture with a Saudi Arabian insurer that Cigna has had a partnership with for years, selling products in the Middle East.
Cigna’s Global Health Benefits and Saudi Arabian Insurance Company B.S.C. (SAICO) announced the joint venture Tuesday. The two companies have partnered for 11 years selling health, wellness and [...]
Magellan Health Services Inc. will have a new chief executive at the start of the year as current CEO René Lerer steps down to become a full-time executive chairman.
The change is part of a transition to take place over several years. Barry M. Smith, 59, will be the new CEO starting Jan. 1. Smith [...]
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