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• NAIC Waiting for CMS Antifraud Guidance

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  September 29, 2011

  The National Association of Insurance Commissioners and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are still in the preliminary stages of developing antifraud measures required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.

• Breast Cancer Survivors to See New Life App Rules

  By Staff Writer  |  September 29, 2011

  Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company is updating life insurance underwriting guidelines for applicants who have overcome breast cancer.

• Oswald, Nationwide Join to Serve Arc Members

  By Staff Writer  |  September 29, 2011

  Oswald Companies is working with a life affiliate of Nationwide Financial Services Inc. to provide life insurance for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.

• First Command: Military Families Good Life Insurance Customers

  By Staff Writer  |  September 29, 2011

  Those who risk their lives to protect the United States tend to be vigilant about insuring those lives.

• The Broccoli Case: Obama Administration, PPACA Opponents Ask Supreme Court to Rule

  By Allison Bell  |  September 29, 2011

  The U.S. Department of Justice and groups that want to block implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 are calling for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether the act is constitutional.

• SEI: Wealthy Families Not Necessarily Prepared for Death

  By Staff Writer  |  September 29, 2011

  Estate planners may dream of landing wealthy clients, but that does not mean that all wealthy families have top-shelf estate plans in place.

• Finance Firm Receives Warrant

  By Staff Writer  |  September 28, 2011

  A finance firm that focuses on the life settlement and structured settlement sectors says it received a search warrant Tuesday.

• PPACA: HHS Seeks Carriers for Primary Care Investment Project

  By Allison Bell  |  September 28, 2011

  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services wants to try teaming up with public and private health plans to invest in modernizing primary care medical practices.

• Segal: Health Plans Beat Cost Expectations

  By Allison Bell  |  September 28, 2011

  Health care costs continued to climb in 2010, but not nearly as quickly as carriers and plan administrators had predicted.

• Kaiser-HRET: PPACA is Here

  By Staff Writer  |  September 27, 2011

  The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 is starting to have noticeable effects on group health coverage, researchers say.