Health and wellness

Retailer and insurer reportedly explored a wide range of options, including a merger.

Consolidation in the industry continues to accelerate, providing less competition, fewer options for consumers.

The new hands-free tool is designed to provide answers to more than 150 commonly-asked health care questions by policyholders.

The life insurer’s LifeScore Labs division is ready to make its data tool available to other carriers in the space.

Insurance payments will increase by double-digit percentages for Obamacare plans in most states next year.

Insurers have been divided on the plans, with some insurers already offering them, while others worry they could undermine the ACA’s individual market.

Policyholders had difficulty finding care providers who’d accept their ACA plan insurance, and found that even doctors listed by the insurer as taking the coverage often didn’t.

Apple’s current Watch has a more basic heart rate monitor, but the company is increasingly pushing to turn its luxury fashion accessory into a serious medical device.

incumbent carriers turned to insurgent startups for telematics, big data and health and wellness initiatives, among others.

Bipartisan moves to extending coverage to low-income kids and shore up exchange plans will come to a vote next month.

The bill eliminates a tax penalty for Americans who don’t carry health insurance, a pillar of the Affordable Care Act.

The insurer will be able to roll out new mobile and desktop distribution platforms quickly by bringing its key partner closer, it says.

Kevin Dougherty is tasked with accelerating the life carrier's technological capabilities in digital health, data analytics and artificial intelligence.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the compromise will end the requirement that all individuals buy insurance or pay a fine.

Coverage gaps will become common as less people are reached to buy insurance through traditional channels.

The companies' complementary analytics backbones can provide a fuller view of customers.

Carriers need to be more on notice than ever that marketplace could change rapidly after Senate tax bill passes with repeal included.

ACA mandate repeal and medical expense deductibility may jeopardize the legislation, legislators say.

Groups say the move would destabilize the health insurance market and raise premiums.

Republicans are considering repealing the coverage rule in the Affordable Care Act as a way to pay for far-reaching changes in the tax code.