Connecticut

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  Life and health startup community launched

  By Noah Guillaume  |  April 30, 2013

  The community was born out of the need for new ideas and approaches to doing business in the industry, says founder.

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  America's mental health care crisis: A story in numbers

  By Bill Coffin  |  April 29, 2013

  One in four adult Americans — nearly 58 million — experience a mental health disorder in any given year. How much of the overall cost burden is the insurance industry carrying?

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  Bill Nelson: Will Azheimer's bankrupt us?

  By Allison Bell  |  April 25, 2013

  A Senate committee looks at the state of dementia research funding.

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  Questions vex PPACA pediatric vision benefits

  By Allen Greenberg  |  April 24, 2013

  Should the parents of a child covered under health care reform who can’t make out the writing on a classroom chalkboard be able to buy Tag Heuer frames?

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  How (and why) to bring better retirement planning to the worksite

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  April 23, 2013

  It's a win-win for employers, employees and agents.

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  Dodd-Frank: A Guide

  By Allison Bell  |  April 22, 2013

  Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010: The Insurance Provisions

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  LTCI carrier may have pulled back from some states

  By Allison Bell  |  April 19, 2013

  AALTCI says other carriers are seeing big increases in application volume.

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  Supreme Court takes up LTD statute of limitations case

  By Allison Bell  |  April 15, 2013

  The district court and the 2nd Circuit sided with the insurer.

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  NIMA offering associate membership to states at no cost

  By Elizabeth D. Festa  |  April 9, 2013

  Some states have expressed interest, but will it catch on? Time will tell.

• Turf wars

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  April 9, 2013

  Has anyone in the insurance industry ever heard about a conflict of interest? Does anyone remember 2008 and 2009?