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Consolidation and fluctuating returns have complicated risk management, creating new technology priorities for insurers, according to Novarica study.

The temporary program has been called everything from a “subsidy” and “safety valve for consumers and insurers” to a “taxpayer bailout.”

Building, acquiring or even renting an international network is increasingly becoming a must-have for any underwriting business attracted to customers beyond the small-and-medium-enterprise and mid-market audience.

On the state-based marketplaces consistency results varied, while in the federal marketplaces 2.6 million of 2.9 million inconsistencies went unresolved.

Will the digital giants also become insurance giants?

There is an inevitable rethink – again – about social media metrics.

Under the proposal, 95 percent of customers who purchased plans through the federal website will be automatically renewed, unless they seek changes.

Insurers’ recent partnerships indicates a faster move to digital. What’s next?

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois, a subsidiary of Health Care Service Corp. and the state’s largest insurer, signed up 92 percent of all 217,500 enrollees between October and mid-April.

Bill recognizes some consumers may need or want to buy health insurance off the exchange without having had a special qualifying event.