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Three of the nation's biggest home and auto insurers grew their advertising spending a combined 6.2 percent in 2014. (chicagotribune.com)
The American Insurance Association, whose members represent most of the nation's commercial insurers, noted in a statement that the new rules are reminiscent of a previous set rejected by a federal court when originally proposed in 2003. (propertycasualty360.com)
The damage is worth 54.6 billion won ($39.6 million), according to data compiled by the General Insurance Association of Korea and the nation's 12 general insurers. (koreatimes.co.kr)
Farmers Insurance, one of the nation's largest property and casualty insurers, is laying off 2,400 workers, representing 11% of its total workforce. (yahoo.com)

Groups including Public Citizen and Rain Forest Action Network called on insurers to stop insuring LNG terminals in a letter on June 8, 2023. (commondreams.org)
Commercial respondents raised failing infrastructure as an area of major concern in both the 2020-2021 and 2022-2023 surveys, and insurers are feeling the pinch from infrastructure-related losses despite efforts to collaborate with government and insured clients to mitigate associated risks," it said. (iol.co.za)

The Affordable Care Act promised to partially reimburse insurers if they lost money due to people's preexisting conditions. (npr.org)
Enacted by a Democrat-controlled Congress in 2010, the Affordable Care Act promised to partially reimburse insurers if they lost money by covering people with preexisting conditions. (npr.org)
It pointed to uncertainties related to premium stabilization programs, enforcement of the U.S. health law's requirement to have coverage and not knowing if the federal government will continue to reimburse insurers for providing required financial assistance to lower- and modest-income customers. (foxbusiness.com)

September 20, 2021 Insurers often don't get the credit they deserve from investors. (mckinsey.com)
Floridians are seeing homeowners' insurance become costlier and scarcer because for years the state has been the home of too much litigation and too many fraudulent roof-replacement schemes," said Sean Kevelighan, CEO, Triple-I. "These two factors contributed enormously to the net underwriting losses Florida's homeowners' insurers cumulatively incurred between 2017 and 2021. (iii.org)
The net underwriting losses for Florida domestic property companies exceeded $1 billion in both 2020 and 2021, Triple-I's Issues Brief noted, leading to insurer insolvencies and rating downgrades. (iii.org)

The Calgary Flames are suing its insurers for $125 million due to losses the organization suffered because of COVID-19. (10news.com)
Last June, 20 NHL teams filed a lawsuit seeking damages over $1 billion from their insurers over pandemic losses, ESPN reported. (10news.com)
The watchdog said recently that non-life insurers' losses over flood damage to vehicles in August fell sharply due to reinsurance. (koreatimes.co.kr)
Insurers are experiencing net underwriting losses in large part because Florida is the site of 79 percent of all homeowners insurance lawsuits over claims filed nationwide while Florida's homeowners insurers receive only 9 percent of all U.S. homeowners property insurance claims, according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. (iii.org)
The suit alleges that Burdsall notified the insurers of the company's losses on Wednesday, and "to date, defendants refuse to or have failed to meaningfully respond to Egg Works' request and refuse to pay Egg Works. (reviewjournal.com)
While stock market losses were only restricted to Aspis Pronia and Interamerican, other insurers are believed to be just as affected. (ekathimerini.com)
Commercial property and casualty insurers could take the biggest hit both in losses and credit worthiness from the earthquake in Japan, according to a Moody's report. (propertycasualty360.com)
The credit rating service's office in Sydney, Australia, issued a report today saying that between commercial P&C, personal lines and life insurers, the greatest uncertainty surrounds losses for insurers in the commercial sector . (propertycasualty360.com)

According to our interviews with insurers, automakers, and other stakeholders, wider adoption may be hindered by some common misconceptions. (bcg.com)
The Biopharmaceutical companies remain committed to working with governments, insurers, and other stakeholders to find solutions to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic at an unprecedented pace. (who.int)

Life insurers should be banned from using genetic testing results to determine rates or coverage, the next House speaker writes. (tampabay.com)
Imagine if life insurers were able to obtain your DNA test and then charge you more - which in the case of life insurance could be for years, even decades - just because a genetic test said you may be more prone to developing a medical condition or inheriting a disease. (tampabay.com)
Local non-life insurers lost tens of billions of won, as more than 6,000 vehicles here were damaged during Typhoon Hinnamnor's rampage across the southern regions of the peninsula. (koreatimes.co.kr)
The top four non-life insurers including Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance and Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance have received car damage reports worth a total 40.64 billion won from customers due to the typhoon. (koreatimes.co.kr)
On top of that, insurers chalked up record earnings in their vehicle insurance business in the first half of this year, as 12 non-life insurers reported a combined operating profit of 626.4 billion won, up 51.4 percent from the previous year. (koreatimes.co.kr)

These lawsuits require insurers to allocate resources to defend themselves in court, with the policyholder often unaware the signed AOB form has set into motion potential litigation. (iii.org)

The report, 2020 Digital Connectivity Technology Adoption Surve y: 6 Key Trends, highlights responses from more than 2,700 agents and insurers in North America on the state of connectivity. (insurancejournal.com)

Investing giants such as Warren Buffett have long recognized the attractive economics of a well-run insurer that can invest premiums before claims emerge. (mckinsey.com)
But that information should remain private and should not be weaponized against Floridians to force them into paying higher insurance premiums to life, long-term care or disability insurers. (tampabay.com)

Globally, the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic rewrote the record books on insurer and reinsurer exposures to systemic risks. (iol.co.za)

In our experience, institutional investors are wary of insurers' sensitivity to low interest rates, their regulatory and accounting complexity, and the risks inherent in long-tail products such as annuities, long-term care insurance, and decades-old commercial P&C liabilities. (mckinsey.com)
A year after the blast at a terminal owned by Freeport LNG which sent toxic pollution into local communities and injured several people at a nearby beach, national groups including Public Citizen and Oil Change International joined local campaigners in signing the letter , warning that continued support for liquefied natural gas facilities poses 'reputational risks' to insurers while contributing to the climate emergency. (commondreams.org)
Insurers, drop methane gas-these projects are not worth the risks. (commondreams.org)
The high-risk environment we find ourselves in has presented many challenges for insurers who must now prioritise ensuring they can carry these risks sustainably so that more people can prosper. (iol.co.za)
State Farm, the top home insurer in the state, had announced in May that it was hitting pause on writing new home insurance policies in the state, saying that rising construction costs from inflation, ballooning reinsurance fees and growing wildfire risks were making it difficult to add more policies. (yahoo.com)

Here are a few early indicators of insurer interest: The Blue Cross Blue Shield website touts "Blue Cross' Companion Global Healthcare," a wraparound travel planner and network of overseas providers, selling to individuals and to employers in South Carolina. (latimes.com)
The insurers -- Kaiser, Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield and others -- agreed to the levy. (latimes.com)

Telematics, the wireless technology that delivers safety services, route information, and entertainment to motor vehicles, presents auto insurers with a significant opportunity to create new value. (bcg.com)
Insurers, for their part, are gradually becoming more active in developing telematics-based coverage. (bcg.com)
A series of recent interviews conducted by The Boston Consulting Group revealed that the hesitancy of some insurers to increase their investment in telematics might be based on misconceptions about the technology's potential for creating value. (bcg.com)
At the same time, many insurers are aware of the data advantage that telematics can bring and of its vast commercial potential. (bcg.com)
In our view, the moment is right for insurers to further explore the telematics opportunity. (bcg.com)
Although more than 70 insurers worldwide currently offer telematics-based products, penetration is no greater than 1 percent in most markets-roughly 3 million policies globally. (bcg.com)
According to our interviews, U.K. insurers expect telematics penetration to rise from less than 1 percent of policies now, to 7 to 10 percent within three years-and to around 15 percent within five years. (bcg.com)
In Japan, many automakers are installing telematics equipment into new vehicles, and interest among Japanese insurers is rising. (bcg.com)
Idelic's Safety Suite Platform empowers insurers with a wealth of fleet performance data, including telematics, cameras, FMCSA, accidents, claims, and training consolidated into a single view. (businesswire.com)
In auto insurance, insurers are offering more telematics to measure drivers' skills and in home insurance, smart home sensors are being offered to monitor the home. (informationweek.com)

In 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance that prohibited insurers and their payment processing vendors from 'engaging in unfair business practices that do not support an efficient healthcare system,' according to a recent Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) position paper . (medscape.com)
The New York based company Metlife leads the ranking of American insurers in 2017, with total assets amounting to approximately $898.8 billion. (statista.com)

Even if the scale of loss appears to be downsized temporarily due to the reinsurance, insurers will end up paying more when extending their existing reinsurance," an industry source said. (koreatimes.co.kr)

The F2B approach guides the transformation with a North Star-a vision of a future state that reflects the company's strategy but is based on best practices among insurers as well as innovations in adjacent industries. (bcg.com)

These conditions also cost employers and insurers billions of dollars each year in lost productivity and medical expenses. (cdc.gov)
At a luxury hotel conference center in Century City last week, "international hospitals" from Singapore to South America set up half an acre of colorful display booths in an attempt to attract more business from American insurers and employers. (latimes.com)
For insurers and employers looking at a $45,000 hip replacement in the U.S., the lure of a $5,400 hip replacement in India -- even with $10,000 or $12,000 in travel and lodging costs added on -- is hard to resist. (latimes.com)
Health insurers already have said they are planning an aggressive August recess to combat attacks on their industry and to get the message out that a public insurance option is a bad idea.AHIP's president and CEO said during a conference call Tuesday that apublic insurance option would "force employers to drop their coverage, creating a death spiral for private insurance and financial catastrophe for many hospitals and doctors. (rollcall.com)

Unlike other segments of the health care industry, health insurers have proven themselves much more motivated and adept at incorporating IT. (eweek.com)
These insurers continuing to flee the individual marketplace sends a confusing message to consumers, says Michael Cannon, director of Health Policy Studies at the CATO Institute. (foxbusiness.com)
Cannon also worries that despite the subsidies available to insurers under the health-care law, they still aren't willing to work under the new law. (foxbusiness.com)
One of those insurers is Maine Community Health Options, a nonprofit. (npr.org)
Among these, health insurers have played an essential role that stretches beyond covering the costs of COVID-19-related care. (forbes.com)
The day after King visited the Gainesville hospital to see conditions for himself, he issued a directive for all licensed Georgia health insurers to suspend pre-authorization requirements for post-acute treatments for 60 days. (ajc.com)
The New Republic 's Jonathan Chait says the benefits that Obama's health care plan would provide to insurers are all in my imagination . (reason.com)
But AHIP is completely on board with the two elements of Obama's plan that he presents as sticking it to insurers: the requirements that they cover people with pre-existing conditions and that they stop setting rates based on customers' health. (reason.com)
That is not the case with insurers who are willing to endorse a major expansion of the government's role in health care, including an unprecedented federal intrusion into individual decisions about medical coverage, as long as their interests are accommodated. (reason.com)
The top two Swiss health insurers, Helsana and CSS, are arranging to send patients to Germany where many operations cost half as much as in Switzerland. (swissinfo.ch)
The model proposed by the government involves equal financing shared between the health insurers and the cantons. (swissinfo.ch)
Bera says that, since the vast majority of prior authorization requests are eventually authorized, insurers' overzealous use of the strategy merely delays care and wastes physicians' time instead of saving the health care system money. (motherjones.com)
One of the nine Michigan insurers that that was planning to sell health insurance on the federal marketplace next year has reversed course, saying Friday that it won't do so due to market uncertainties and volatility. (foxbusiness.com)
Market volatility and uncertainties have made it difficult for insurers to effectively plan for and provide affordable individual health plans,' HAP President and CEO Terri Kline said in a statement. (foxbusiness.com)
It had planned an average 24 percent rate increase across its plans next year - less than a projected 28 percent hike among all health insurers if Trump follows through on a threat to cut billions of dollars in subsidies. (foxbusiness.com)
Most major insurers operate in both the commercial health insurance and Medicare Advantage (MA) markets. (bvsalud.org)

That charge is based on the bill's requirement that insurers cover the 'reasonable' fees and costs incurred by advocates who make a 'substantial contribution' to the ruling by regulators or the courts. (consumerwatchdog.org)
Regulators ought to have the power to stop insurers from gouging that captive market. (consumerwatchdog.org)

Providing these same data feeds and analytical insights at the portfolio level for insurers is a force multiplier in risk reduction across the entire commercial auto industry. (businesswire.com)
By gaining deeper insights into fleet driving performance at the portfolio level, insurers can now proactively prioritize intervention programs and adjust service levels to drive quantifiable improvements across key metrics such as crash frequency, loss ratio, retention, claim quality, and efficiency. (businesswire.com)
In this demanding landscape, Idelic's Safety Suite Platform offers a crucial advantage to insurers, enabling them to leverage cutting-edge technology and data-driven insights to navigate the complexities of risk pre-selection and monitoring in the commercial auto insurance market. (businesswire.com)
In this webcast, EY leaders present insights from insurers around the globe on a number of key IFRS 17 implementation topics, and also share a short overview of the main amendments made to IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts . (ey.com)

As such, insurers tend toward an incremental approach to improving operations, which leads to fragmentation of processes and prevents meaningful productivity and business improvements. (accenture.com)
As change accelerates across the industry, many commercial insurers are held back by incremental approaches to digitization. (bcg.com)

The Managed Service fills the gap for many insurers who do not have the time and resources available to develop an in-house IFRS 17 capability and to purchase a vendor solution. (pwc.com)
We heard from PwC IFRS 17 leads around the world on how insurers are approaching the IFRS 17 journey, helping to inform your own decision making - no matter what stage you have reached. (pwc.com)

Triple-I's Issues Brief also highlights the steps taken by unethical roofing contractors, who ask homeowners insurance policyholders to sign assignment of benefits (AOB) forms or direction to pay agreements, giving the contractor the right to collect claim payments directly from the insurer and file a lawsuit without the knowledge or consent of the policyholder. (iii.org)
The owner of the popular valley breakfast and lunch spots Egg Works and Egg & I filed a federal class action lawsuit against his insurers, claiming his request for coronavirus-related business interruption payments were ignored. (reviewjournal.com)

The healthcare reform law Congress passed last year tries to combat cross-subsidies, and it limits insurers' profit margins by tying them to the amount spent on medical care. (consumerwatchdog.org)

But the plan would actually come at minimal cost to insurers, for whom Healthy Families generates considerable business. (latimes.com)
This is how insurers know that they are investing in technology that is truly useful to the business. (accenture.com)
PITTSBURGH--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Idelic, a leading provider of advanced commercial driver performance management solutions, is proud to announce the launch of its first-to-market Safety Suite Platform for Insurers. (businesswire.com)
On agency demand for connectivity, 71% of agencies rank the availability of digital connectivity as the highest priority when selecting an insurer with which to do business. (insurancejournal.com)
However, if insurers provided real-time appetite within management systems, 85% of agencies believe they would write more business with those carriers. (insurancejournal.com)
This sentiment is mirrored by agencies as 77% of agency respondents said they give more business to insurers who quote the fastest, for both small and mid-commercial business. (insurancejournal.com)
Some insurers who were able to withstand these negative financial trends have reduced their exposure to Florida's homeowners market by issuing non-renewal notices to existing policyholders or restricting the writing of new business in the state. (iii.org)
As insurers fail or leave, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. - the state-run home insurer of last resort - is swelling with business. (iii.org)

By harnessing the power of data and analytics, Idelic is transforming the way fleets and insurers operate, ensuring safer roads for all. (businesswire.com)

While adoption of automation interface has risen, there is still ample opportunity for agencies, managing general agencies and insurers to allow for even greater transparency and collaboration, according to Reid Holzworth, chief executive officer, IVANS Insurance Solutions. (insurancejournal.com)
We investigated the ratio of commercial-to-MA prices negotiated by the same insurer , in the same hospital and for the same services, using 2022 price information disclosed by hospitals in compliance with the hospital price transparency rule. (bvsalud.org)

However, with Idelic's Safety Suite Platform, insurers now have access to a timely and comprehensive solution to transform their risk assessment practices. (businesswire.com)
For insurers looking to take control of improving profitability and transform their risk assessment practices, Idelic's Safety Suite Platform for Insurers is the ultimate solution. (businesswire.com)
But, as drug prices rise, insurers are intensifying prior authorization requirements and physician practices have built up a huge infrastructure to fight for the drugs they want to prescribe. (motherjones.com)

Moira Birss, co-coordinator of the Stop the Money Pipeline, which is calling on lenders and insurers to stop supporting fossil fuel production, said any serious climate change proposal for banks must address the financing of industries that cause climate change. (politico.com)
Since the release of the details of the HARP and HAMP programs earlier this year, mortgage insurers, lenders and servicers have been working together to implement this important initiative. (rismedia.com)

The France Auto And Home Insurers Customer Experience. (forrester.com)
This innovative solution addresses the challenges faced by insurers in risk pre-selection and monitoring, paving the way for improved profitability across their commercial auto portfolio. (businesswire.com)
By harnessing the power of advanced data analytics, insurers can overcome the challenges facing the commercial auto line and drive profitability like never before. (businesswire.com)
This has been a chaotic year for the California insurance market, and this isn't the first dramatic move that Farmers, the second-largest home and auto insurer in California, has made in recent months. (yahoo.com)

IVANS, a division of Applied Systems, reported the findings of its annual agency-insurer connectivity survey. (insurancejournal.com)

Such reductions, they say, could persuade more providers not to take Medicare and Medi-Cal patients because they count on reimbursements from private insurers to cover some of the cost of government-insured patients. (consumerwatchdog.org)
Hospital Prices For Commercial Plans Are Twice Those For Medicare Advantage Plans When Negotiated By The Same Insurer. (bvsalud.org)

Dutch institutional investors such as pension funds, investment funds and insurers kept their investments in risky bonds roughly the same over the past 12 months. (dnb.nl)

insurers have had to spend an additional $5 million to cover the consumer group's expenses. (consumerwatchdog.org)

Because insurers respond to differing incentives by obtaining different negotiated prices across markets, policy and practice efforts that alter incentives for insurers may have the potential to lower commercial prices . (bvsalud.org)

The Insurers Committee is a body consisting of the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) and chief executive officers of all underwriting Insurance companies in Nigeria. (wikipedia.org)
The Insurers Committee comprises the Nigerian Insurance Commission (NAICOM), the Nigerian Insurers Association, Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers, Institute of Loss Adjusters of Nigeria, the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria and the Association of Registered Insurance Agents of Nigeria. (wikipedia.org)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A legislative committee has passed a bill that would require medical insurers to provide coverage for medically necessary prosthetic devices at the same amount paid by government insurance for procedures like knee and hip replacements. (ksl.com)

But if Obama's plan worked as advertised-bringing insurers "30 million new customers" while supplying all the revenue necessary to cover people who currently can't afford insurance-it would hardly represent a threat to insurers' bottom lines. (reason.com)

By increasing access to evidence-based lifestyle change programs and diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) services, insurers can help save lives and save money. (cdc.gov)
Overwhelming Support Requiring Insurers To Cover All Who Fire Proof. (consumerwatchdog.org)
Both agents and insurers express strong support for agent-insurer connectivity and digital collaboration in distribution and servicing. (insurancejournal.com)

The insurers went to court, contending the government had cheated them of $12 billion in promised payments. (npr.org)
Data from the authority showed that the total damage to cars hit by heavy floods last month reached a value of 141.6 billion won, but insurers are estimated to have suffered a loss of merely 40 billion won. (koreatimes.co.kr)
The insurer appraised its share portfolio at the current value and found a 10-billion-drachma loss. (ekathimerini.com)

The right strategic approach to technology ecosystems brings competitive advantages to forward-looking insurers -- including small and mid-sized carriers, regional players, and start-up MGAs. (propertycasualty360.com)

Insurers' IoT strategies are proving to be effective as they enable greater connectivity. (informationweek.com)
Perhaps counter-intuitively, prior authorization is one of several strategies that insurers use to reduce wasteful medical spending. (motherjones.com)

This year's annual agency-insurer connectivity report shows a promising increase in connectivity from agents and insurers, with even greater appetite to continue to bring the distribution channel closer together via technology," said Holzworth. (insurancejournal.com)

Insurers also expressed interest in more connectivity. (insurancejournal.com)

Also, 65% of insurers report sending electronic documents and messages downloads directly to agency partners' management systems - a 19% increase year over year. (insurancejournal.com)

This is a call for insurers to stop providing coverage to explosive methane gas export terminals,' the letter reads. (commondreams.org)

Insurers negotiated median hospital prices for commercial plans that were two to three times higher than their MA prices in the same hospital for the same service. (bvsalud.org)

When CMS resisted further changes, including eliminating guidance forbidding insurers and payment processors from charging excess fees for online payments, Albright brought in a law firm. (medscape.com)

Other major markets such as the U.S. (where 10 of the top 25 insurers participate) and the U.K. (8 of the top 10) are also in the game. (bcg.com)

Consider that the performance of the KBW Nasdaq Insurance Index (KIX), which reflects the performance of US insurance companies, has not surpassed that of the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF), which tracks the performance of all US financial-services companies, in four of the past five years, even though many insurers have long track records of generating attractive operating results (exhibit). (mckinsey.com)
Are Insurer Risk Control Services Effective? (cdc.gov)

Medical tourism -- a remedy for insurers? (latimes.com)
Another hitch: The insurance commissioner's directive also says that insurers may review post-acute placements for medical necessity after such moves, allowing the companies to refuse coverage. (ajc.com)

Title : Incidence of Surgical Site Infection Following Mastectomy With and Without Immediate Reconstruction Using Private Insurer Claims Data Personal Author(s) : Olsen, Margaret A.;Nickel, Katelin B.;Fox, Ida K.;Margenthaler, Julie A.;Ball, Kelly E.;Mines, Daniel;Wallace, Anna E.;Fraser, Victoria J. (cdc.gov)
Workers' compensation is estimated by the Alliance of American Insurers to average $80-$100 million each year, with the number of claims increasing each year. (cdc.gov)

Italy is the most advanced market, with 19 of its top 20 insurers participating and a penetration rate of 3.5 percent. (bcg.com)
Italian insurers expect penetration to rise to 10 to 13 percent within the next few years. (bcg.com)

As AI technologies continue to mature and use cases expand, insurers should not shy away from the technology. (propertycasualty360.com)
Technology is an enabler for insurers-a means to change. (accenture.com)
This holistic view of driver performance enables insurers to make more informed underwriting decisions, monitor portfolio risk effectively, and prioritize their risk mitigation programs," said Brian Filip, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Product at Idelic. (businesswire.com)

families lose their home, the mortgage insurer pays a claim and the investor has a financial loss. (rismedia.com)

De eerste link is een meer generiek overzicht van wet- en regelgeving, waaronder Wft, voor onder toezichtstaande instellingen. (dnb.nl)

Other industries can learn from insurers' use of sensors to gather consumer data. (informationweek.com)
But as the insurers signed reinsurance agreements to insure themselves in case of emergency or on natural disaster, the loss is unlikely to come as a serious risk to them, according to data from the Financial Supervisory Service. (koreatimes.co.kr)

It would expire at the end of next year, and the insurers would be reimbursed for most of their cost. (latimes.com)
Many insurers underwrite projects that ignore [the right to free, prior, and informed consent], greenlighting toxic projects without the consent of impacted communities-an issue a number of shareholders have raised this year. (commondreams.org)
The insurers' initiative comes as the federal authorities and the pharmaceutical industry reached a deal which should cut drugs prices by at least SFr250 million a year from 2006. (swissinfo.ch)
Insurers have not done so well in the first half of the year. (ekathimerini.com)

And the latest wave of insurers exiting the individual market is likely just the beginning, says Cannon. (foxbusiness.com)
Insurers should use the power of an effective narrative to help align their market value with their intrinsic value-not to boost company stock price by creating short-term enthusiasm. (mckinsey.com)
Idelic announces the launch of its first-to-market Safety Suite Platform for Insurers to address challenges in risk pre-selection and monitoring. (businesswire.com)
If this group of insurers were allowed to use genetic information to limit access or price individuals out of the life, long-term care and disability insurance market, it could create a scenario - albeit extreme - where only a small class with superior genes had access. (tampabay.com)

The homeowners insurer pays the plaintiff's attorney fees as well as damages to the plaintiff, the insurer's policyholder, in the event of a court ruling in favor of the policyholder. (iii.org)

Frustrated physicians are turning to state and federal legislators, hoping elected representatives will force insurers to curtail the crushing burden of faxes and phone calls needed to get permission to do what physicians think is right. (motherjones.com)

The idea that insurance companies could influence how patients should be treated emerged in the 1980s, when insurers began requiring pre-approval for some hospital admissions and high-cost procedures before they would agree to pay for them. (motherjones.com)

Cross-border operations are the latest money-saving strategy from Swiss insurers, eager to put the brakes on ever-increasing healthcare costs. (swissinfo.ch)

Inside the Supreme Court, lawyer Paul Clement, who is representing the insurers, told the justices that the case involves a "massive government bait-and-switch. (npr.org)

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