by Amy Gillentine Published: March 11,2011
Tags: Health Care, Insurance, same-sex
Shawna Kemppainen and Lisa Green want what other couples already have: the chance to take care of each other. Green has multiple sclerosis and is on several expensive medications. Thanks to domestic partner health benefits at Kemppainen’s work, she’s covered by insurance. The two know they’re fortunate. [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: March 11,2011
Tags: Health Care, Insurance, same-sex
It’s easy for businesses to offer domestic partner insurance benefits, as long as they follow a few legal — and cultural — steps. Most insurance companies, for example, offer domestic partner benefits. Kaiser Permanente was one of more than 300 companies to be recognized by the Human Rights Campaign for its equality efforts. Communication is the key [...] [...]
Allstate Insurance Co. is hiring in the Colorado Springs area – and it’s offering a $5,000 reward for referrals. The Englewood-based company says it’s looking to appoint 54 agency owners and hire more than 80 licensed sales professionals throughout the state by the end of the year. Allstate is offering $5,000 to anyone who refers a [...] [...]
by Rob Larimer Published: February 4,2011
Tags: frozen pipes, Insurance
The Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association offers the following advice for dealing with damage from frozen pipes: Advice on Filing a Claim Be prepared to give your agent or insurance representative a description of any damage. Your agent will report the loss immediately to your insurance company or a qualified adjuster. Take photos of the damaged areas. These [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 23,2010
Tags: Health Care, Insurance
Health insurance premiums should go for actual medical care – not insurers’ overhead and profits – the Obama administration said Monday in rules that for the first time require the companies to give consumers a rebate. The regulation unveiled by the Health and Human Services department calls for insurance companies to spend at least 80 cents [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: November 12,2010
Tags: Insurance
National health care reform apparently has little to do with the double-digit increases in health insurance premiums projected in Colorado for 2011. According to a review by state insurance department actuaries, the reforms adopted this spring account for no more than 5 percent of next year’s premium hikes. A raft of other factors is responsible for [...] [...]
Former President George W. Bush and his Vice President Dick Cheney are set to be in Colorado this week to speak at an insurance forum. Cheney is listed as the keynote speaker Monday at the 97th annual Insurance Leadership Forum, at The Broadmoor. Bush is listed on the insurance group’s website as speaking on Tuesday. The Gazette reports [...] [...]
by Allen Greenberg Published: October 1,2010
Tags: Insurance, Marcy Morrison
Remember Granny, the character in the “Sylvester and Tweety” Looney Tunes cartoons? [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 30,2010
Tags: Health Care, Insurance
Colorado is getting a $1 million federal grant to help plan for new health insurance exchanges. The grant, announced today, will help pay for the consumer-centered private health insurance marketplace required by federal health care reform. The exchanges will put greater control and greater choice in the hands of individuals and small businesses. Gov. Bill Ritter says the [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: September 23,2010
Tags: Insurance, Marcy Morrison
The Colorado Division of Insurance enacted emergency regulation today to keep child-only individual insurance policies in effect. The new regulation requires insurance carriers that offer the child-only policies to provide two open enrollment periods, a move designed to keep carriers in the market, as well as ease fears that parents will enroll children only after they [...] [...]
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