There has been a lot of frustration within the insurance industry from both people who sell it and people who require it. Both camps are suffering financially, and both can perform better when they meet up on vital insurance protection, however they cannot seem to hook up without jumping through...

The healthcare revolution only has just begun. And the pain associated with its cost has been felt from the management ranks down to the mailroom, with the price of plans exploding, studies have shown. The average policy paid by the boss cost $12,600 this past year, a threefold rise since...

We all know that digital technology has changed, and continues to change, how people shop for, buy and employ products or services. Power has shifted in the company towards the customer. All companies must adopt the digital technologies that create the interaction that consumers now demand and expect. But is...

The Justice Department's suit filed Thursday to block Aetna from buying Humana may have unintended consequences for President Obama's Affordable Care Act exchanges. Hours before the suit was filed, Humana, in releasing its second-quarter results, said it is likely to leave eight of the 19 state health exchanges it now...

The Justice Department on Thursday gone to live in keep your health insurance industry more competitive by suing to block two mega mergers. The deals - Anthem's $54 billion proposal to buy Cigna and Aetna's $37 billion deal to buy rival Humana - would reduce the number of large national...

Washington is going to proceed to stop two large health-insurer mergers, according to a report. The Department of Justice is expected to file lawsuits to block Anthem's $48 billion acquisition of rival health insurer Cigna and Aetna's $37 billion deal to buy Humana, according to Bloomberg, which cited an individual...

The IoT in Insurance event just concluded in Miami with an impressive lineup of 32 speakers over two days (including yours truly). Above all, the event indicated that the IoT is alive and well in insurance. Insurers are exploring, strategizing, investing, piloting and putting real value propositions into the marketplace....

This is part of a number of interviews by Shefi Ben Hutta with insurance practitioners who bring a fascinating perspective for their work and also to the in general. Here, she speaks with Stephen Applebaum, managing partner, Insurance Solutions Group, and senior adviser at StoneRidge Advisors, who describes the implications...

You may (or might not) remember that when Amazon.com began in the late 1990s, the only focus of the company was selling books online. One product category, one sort of manufacturer, one market focus — individuals who buy books. At that time, virtually everyone in the publishing industry scoffed at...

Count it as another nail in ObamaCare's coffin: Humana, one of the country's top insurers, announced Thursday that it's pulling out of ObamaCare exchange plans in most but a few states next year. It will offer policies in "no more" than 11 state marketplaces, down from 19. The numbers don't...