http://www.quality-ins.com Term Life Insurance Blog for United States and Canada - Life insurance information and quotes. http://www.quality-ins.com/img-site/life-insurance-blog145x40.gif http://www.quality-ins.com HomeGrown Advertising Inc (1994) montyloree@hotmail.com 10 http://www.quality-ins.com/archives/2010/02/axa+posts+2ndhalf+profit+on+lifeinsurance+business.html http://www.quality-ins.com/archives/2010/02/axa+posts+2ndhalf+profit+on+lifeinsurance+business.html <b>Axa Posts 2nd-Half Profit on Life-Insurance Business </b> February 18, 2010, 06:32 AM EST By Fabio Benedetti-Valentini Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Axa SA, Europe’s 2nd biggest insurer, posted a 2nd half profit after a rally in financial markets support demand for policies [...]]]> Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST http://www.quality-ins.com/archives/2010/02/study+rr+s+5b+pension+gap+is+4th+worst.html http://www.quality-ins.com/archives/2010/02/study+rr+s+5b+pension+gap+is+4th+worst.html <b>Study: R.R.'s $5B Pension Gap is 4th Worst</b> PROVIDENCE Rhode Island has promised $12 billion to its public employees in pension, health and other retirement benefits but has only allocated $6.8 billion to pay for them, according to a study released Thursday. Rhode [...]]]> Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST http://www.quality-ins.com/archives/2010/02/cheap+health+insurance+quotes+where+americans+are+finding+them.html http://www.quality-ins.com/archives/2010/02/cheap+health+insurance+quotes+where+americans+are+finding+them.html <b> Cheap Health Insurance Quotes – Where Americans Are Finding Them</b> A new online petition being circulated by the political action committee, MoveOn.org is well ready to get the attention of America’s top health insurers. The petition demands that “Anthem [...]]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST http://www.quality-ins.com/archives/2010/02/irs+helping+some+with+health+insurance.html http://www.quality-ins.com/archives/2010/02/irs+helping+some+with+health+insurance.html <b>IRS Helping Some With Health Insurance</b> DETROIT, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Thousands of qualified workers in Michigan who lost their jobs or retired have signed up for an IRS program to bear health insurance costs, a money manager estimated. The Health Coverage Tax Credit pays 80% [...]]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST http://www.quality-ins.com/archives/2010/02/sun+life+fourthquarter+earnings+more+than+double.html http://www.quality-ins.com/archives/2010/02/sun+life+fourthquarter+earnings+more+than+double.html Bloomberg <b>Sun Life Fourth-Quarter Earnings More Than Double</b> By Sean B. Pasternak (Bloomberg) -- Sun Life Financial Inc., Canada’s third-largest insurer, said earned more than doubled as stock markets bounced back. Outcomes benefited from rising equity markets [...]]]> Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST http://www.quality-ins.com/archives/2010/02/health+insurance+costs+break+through+earth+orbit.html http://www.quality-ins.com/archives/2010/02/health+insurance+costs+break+through+earth+orbit.html <b>Health insurance costs break through earth orbit</b> 4:13 pm February 15, 2010, by ctucker From Associated Press: Consumers in at least 4 states who purchase their own health insurance are getting hit with premium increases of 15% or more — and people in different states [...]]]> Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST http://www.quality-ins.com/archives/2009/05/insurance+companies+and+prescription+drugs.html http://www.quality-ins.com/archives/2009/05/insurance+companies+and+prescription+drugs.html <h1>Insurance companies and prescription drugs</h1><p>The prescription manufacturers set their own prices and they often build a large profit margin to regain cost spent on researching, manufacturing and advertising. The health insurer analyzes each drug on the market, by looking [...]]]> Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.quality-ins.com/archives/2009/05/what+are+health+savings+accounts.html http://www.quality-ins.com/archives/2009/05/what+are+health+savings+accounts.html <h1>What are health savings accounts?</h1><p>When someone speaks about health savings accounts, questions always arise in our minds about what is meant by health savings accounts. How do they work? Why is it so special? Health savings accounts have two parts in it. The first [...]]]> Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.quality-ins.com/archives/2009/05/what+are+ppo+and+hmo.html http://www.quality-ins.com/archives/2009/05/what+are+ppo+and+hmo.html <h1> What are PPO and HMO?</h1><p>A PPO is a Preferred Provider Organization and HMO stands for Health Maintenance Organization. To speak about HMO, we can save a lot of money by paying a low premium amount since the insurance company has negotiated discounts on hospitals and [...]]]> Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.quality-ins.com/archives/2009/05/why+is+health+care+so+expensive.html http://www.quality-ins.com/archives/2009/05/why+is+health+care+so+expensive.html <h1>Why is health care so expensive?</h1><p>Health care is expensive because one of the reasons is that prescription drugs are very costly. Medication is the fastest growing health expense in the country. Since the drug companies need the money for their research and development, [...]]]> Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 PDT