Before switching from a fully insured group health plan to a self-funded plan, organizations should take several factors into ...

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With a self-insured health plan, your employer pays for your medical claims directly. With a fully insured plan, an insurance company pays claims on behalf of an employer. Both fully insured and ...

Despite the number of Floridians without insurance policies, Friedlander doesn't recommend this option for homeowners.

Homeowners across the country are feeling the pinch of rising insurance costs, and financial expert Suze Orman is no exception. In a recent episode of the "Women & Money" podcast, a listener wrote in ...

Nancy Batchelor has lived in a waterfront home in Miami Beach for decades and owns her home outright. This is the first year that she didn’t get wind insurance, which protects against hurricane damage ...

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In the face of growing health care costs, many employers have turned to self-insured plans, where they assume the financial risks on the chance that they might save some money. And it’s a popular ...

A report released yesterday by Aon found that 73 percent of health systems surveyed plan to self-insure to cover malpractice risks for their hospitals and physicians. Aon prepared the report, “2011 ...