Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...
People don’t like uncertainty. In times of change, however, the unknown dominates the landscape. For health insurance brokers, the new health care reform legislation has created uncertainty of ...
Loss and combined ratios measure an insurer's profitability. Loss ratio compares losses to collected premiums. Combined ratio includes both losses and expenses. Ratios below 100% indicate ...
Nationwide, states are unveiling health reform proposals dealing with insurance company loss ratios. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) have both introduced ...
Health insurance consumers received roughly $1.5 billion in insurer rebates and cost savings last year though the health reform law’s medical loss ratio, but many health insurers boosted their own ...
The Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) limits the amount of premium income that insurers can keep for administration, marketing, and profits. Insurers that fail to ...