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Survey: Employee health costs up 14%

sour economy, U.S. employers are pressing workers to shoulder the added burden alone as employees pay higher insurance premiums and more out-of-pocket expenses for their medical care. The average employer-provided family health plan now costs workers

Bosses Put Higher Insurance Tab On Workers’ Shoulders

Employers’ health insurance premiums haven’t actually gone up very much for 2010. But you wouldn’t know that if you’re an employee. That’s because, for the first time since it

Health Costs Passed On to Workers

Score one for the nation’s employers. On average, the total cost of a family health insurance policy rose just 3 percent last year, to $13,770 in annual premiums, according to a survey of employer health benefits released on Thursday by the Kaiser

Ala. state employees’ insurance rates not raised

employees will not have to pay any more than the current $15 a month in premiums for health insurance during the next fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. The State Employees Insurance Board had considered a proposal to raise the premium when the employees

Uninsured drivers ‘cost £1.25bn’

insurer has suggested.The average UK driver pays about £50 extra on their premiums as a result, Co-operative Insurance has said.It said premiums reflected costs incurred by firms – including payouts to more than 23,000 people killed or injured by

FHA Changes – AGAIN!

6:04 pm Share On September 7th, the Federal Housing Administration will make yet another change to Mortgage Insurance Premiums. It can be considered a change for the worse, but I consider it a positive change for a couple of reasons. A few months ago,

Storms damage IAG bottom line

Source: The Australian STORMS in Melbourne and Perth, coupled with losses by its UK division, have damaged Insurance Australia Group’s bottom line. Australia’s biggest general insurer by premiums written said that net profit for the year to June 30 fell

Los Angeles Workers to Pay Health Insurance Cost for…

the municipal workforce, agreed to terms that call for members to pay 5 percent of their monthly health insurance premiums and $20 co-payments for doctors visits, according to Michael Davies, the unions interim executive director. Workers cover $10

Discovery to take stake in China Ping An Health JV

to pay about 200 million yuan for a 20 percent stake in a joint venture with Ping An Insurance. Health insurance coverage is very low in China, which has been stepping up efforts to expand its social safety net. Premiums are expected to exceed 120

Catastrophes and BP oil spill hit profits at insurers…

estimates its bill for the Chilean earthquake and Xynthia will reach £100m. Its retail arm, which sells home insurance direct to consumers, was hit by the winter freeze in the UK at the start of the year and has raised premiums by 4%. Moreover both