Health Care
Spending too much?
A recent survey by Brookfield-based International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists (ISCEBS) shows that 41 percent of employers...
Soft P&C market
Increased competition by property and casualty insurers for the small to medium-sized business (SMB) market is leading to lower...
Plumber reduces workers’ comp costs
In 2006, a Milwaukee-based plumbing company was able to reduce its workers' compensation insurance rate by 13 percent, even...
New programs help employers be proactive about diabetes
The Wisconsin Diabetes Prevention and Control Program (DPCP), a program of the Department of Health and Family Services and...
Seymour is new president of Humana Wisconsin
Humana Inc. has promoted Kristine Seymour to president of the company's Wisconsin market. Seymour will report to Larry Rambo,...
Make the right choices
The concerns over soaring health care costs has led to intense examination of factors that influence consumer health choices...
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Employee stretching program pays off for P&H
A Milwaukee manufacturer cuts its health care costs, increases its profits and improves its workers' quality of life by implementing...
Strategic decision helps company cut its P&C insurance bill
A West Milwaukee-based small-business owner was able to save potentially 30 percent on his property casualty insurance premiums, or...
P&C rates hold steady
Wisconsin business owners, homeowners and drivers can expect to see either modest increases or reductions in their property and casualty insurance premiums in 2007. P&C insurance in Wisconsin and its surrounding states, including Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Iowa, had premium decreases of 1 percent in the past nine months and a decrease of 0.2 percent in 2005, said Genio Staranczak, chief economist for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, based in Des Plaines, Ill.
Online tool helps employers assess insurance costs
Some small- and medium-sized business owners are combating rising health insurance benefit costs with the help of an online tool launched by Humana Inc.
The Louisville, Ky.-based insurance company has created the Broker Benefit Utilization Director, or Broker BUD.
The Louisville, Ky.-based insurance company has created the Broker Benefit Utilization Director, or Broker BUD.