12/25/2008 News For: Aetna Health Insurance NycAetna, Baycare hospitals settle contract dispute About 300,000 Tampa Bay area residents with Aetna health insurance got an early Christmas present this week: The company settled its contract dispute with BayCare Health Systems. Aetna slashes jobs Health insurance company Aetna is firming up details on its plans to slash 1,000 positions nationwide, or 3% of the company?s work force. AET Sharia-compliant health insurance plan launched in UAE Dubai: Dubai Islamic Insurance and Reinsurance Company AMAN has launched a health insurance scheme in the UAE. The new plan will offer comprehensive products that are consistent with the Sharia rules and are based on Islamic Takaful principles. Effort under way to help with kids' insurance A local organization is trying to ensure that Del Norte County children will not be without health insurance due to the state budget shortfall. Pennsylvania gov's top health care aide to leave HARRISBURG ? The director of Gov. Ed Rendell's efforts to expand health insurance to low-income children and adults, help doctors pay their malpractice bills and modernize Pennsylvania's health care system is stepping down. Aetna Statement on Passing of Jack D. Kuehler HARTFORD, Conn.----Aetna today expressed its condolences to the family of Jack D. Kuehler, who passed away on Dec. 20. Kuehler served on the company?s Board of Directors from 1990 until his retirement in 2005. Sainsbury's Travel Insurance Offers Award Winning Cover Sainsbury's Travel Insurance is urging winter holidaymakers to make sure that before they hit the slopes, they have their European Health Insurance Cards EHIC and comprehensive travel insurance. Health insurance fund managers to face criminal charges- RussianProsecutor General's Office MOSCOW. Dec 23 Interfax - A high-profile criminal case against the management of the Federal Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund CMIF has been sent to court. Benefit protections vary With your paycheck, health insurance and retirement tied to your employer, you might wonder about the safety of these benefits if the company hits hard times. Employees have some protections, even if their employer files for bankruptcy court protection, as The Baltimore Sun?s parent recently did. Texas extends health coverage for children Texas officials are allowing more time for 34,000 children living in Hurricane Ike-affected areas to turn in their applications for Medicaid and other government health insurance programs. |




