Agoura Hills-based Odie Pet Insurance announced big plans for 2021: the nascent company (we assume named after Jon Arbuckle’s dog in Garfield) is raising an investment round to fund its growth strategy. The company says […]
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara directed the Department of Insurance this week to issue a General Counsel Opinion Letter clarifying that under existing California law, health insurance companies may not deny coverage for male chest […]
Employers can now get Unum hospital insurance with more funding options and greater flexibility in how the coverage is offered. The new hospital insurance is available for quotes with coverage starting in 2021. The revamped hospital product better […]
Employers may already be asking benefits folks if they can mandate that their employees get the COVID-19 vaccination. Below, veteran labor attorney Elaine Turner, shareholder/partner at the national law firm Hall Estill, weighs in. “The Equal […]
Transamerica recently issued the Transamerica 2021 Market Outlook: Where We Stand written by Tom Wald, Chief Investment Officer for Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. This is just one of the takeaways: “While U.S. economic growth could […]
According to LIMRA research, 14% of consumers say they have lost their job due to COVID-19 and 32% are earning less because their hours or pay were reduced. Almost half (45%) of workers indicate the […]
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