Alliant has hired international health insurance veteran Philippe de Dreuzy to head up its global benefits practice. As Senior Vice President and Global Practice Leader, Dreuzy provides an international background and a keen eye for growth to Alliant, where he will oversee the ongoing expansion of the practice. “Philippe strongly believes that global benefits require… Continue reading Philippe de Dreuzy Joins Alliant as Global Practice Leader, Employee Benefits Group
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Amazon Joins Trend of Sending Workers Away for Health Care
Employers are increasingly going the distance to control health spending, paying to send workers across the country to get medical care and bypassing local health-care providers. One of the latest is Amazon.com Inc., which will pay travel costs for workers diagnosed with cancer who choose to see doctors at City of Hope, a Los Angeles-area… Continue reading Amazon Joins Trend of Sending Workers Away for Health Care
Cigna Seeks Sale of Group Benefits Insurance Business: Sources
U.S. health insurer Cigna Corp is exploring a sale of its group benefits insurance business, which could be valued at as much as $6 billion, four people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The unit for sale offers disability insurance as well as life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage to clusters of company… Continue reading Cigna Seeks Sale of Group Benefits Insurance Business: Sources
Study: Insurers Returning to Pre-ObamaCare Profitability
Insurers in the individual market performed better financially in the first six months of 2018 than they have in all of the years of the Affordable Care Act, according to a brief released Friday. The brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows insurers returning to the levels of profitability seen before the passage of the… Continue reading Study: Insurers Returning to Pre-ObamaCare Profitability