Carrier looks to increase profile among customers in on-demand and gig positions.

CVS Health and Aetna received conditional approval to proceed with their proposed $68 billion merger, one of the largest in a series of recent deals in the U.S.

The insurer plans to sell its Medicare prescription-drug business to WellCare Health Plans.

The newly acquired health marketing agency uses data and analytics to help clients navigate payer behavior and the reimbursement environment.

Deals of all sizes, including XL Catlin and AXA, are informed by a the need to transform operating models across the sector.

After almost a decade of deals that have been lauded by the market, Broadcom's Tan has some explaining to do about his latest target.

Many also believe the CVS-Aetna and Cigna-Express Scripts deals have a greater chance of success after a judge gave a go-ahead to AT&T-Time Warner.

The insurance giant said it would need to make a “significant additional investment” to gain scale and be competitive. It has hired an investment banker to help it unload deposits and loans.

In a sign of its ambition, last month, CVS hired a senior executive from a startup that specializes in primary-care clinics to oversee expanded health-care services across the company.

Retailers are eyeing health insurers as acquisition targets to improve their pharmacy business, but carriers' information assets and analytics prowess are prizes as well.