Google's Internet-connected eyewear Glass is coming to people who need prescriptions to correct their vision. New spectacles from Google's design team will be compatible with corrective lenses and, thanks to a collaboration with a private ...
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News outlets in California offer examples of companies that are giving new customers more time to pay their first month's premiums while in Connecticut, one insurer is beginning to get a handle on the crush of enrollment. Los Angeles ...
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IBM faces a puzzle that might give even the world's greatest detective pause: How to grow its "Jeopardy"-conquering Watson supercomputer into a $10-billion business within a decade. The company hopes to boost Watson's profit-making ...
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The relaxed timetables reflect efforts by the insurance industry, as well as the Obama administration, to "coax" people towards "cementing" their 2014 coverage, reports Bloomberg News. In addition, a Commonwealth survey finds more people ...
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Blue Shield Life and Health is imposing an unreasonable rate increase on over 80,000 Californians with individual health insurance policies, an average of 9.8% that adds up to a 22.8% increase for the year. California Insurance Commissioner ...
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Will 2014 be remembered as the year wearable computing took off? Upstart entrepreneurs and major manufacturers such as Samsung, Qualcomm and Sony certainly hope so. Gadgets that you snap, buckle or fasten to your body are already ...
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Nearly 6 million people are newly insured -- 2.1 million privately insured and 4 million in government insurance plans -- U.S. health officials said Tuesday. "The most recent data indicate more than 2.1 million people have enrolled in a ...
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, a coalition of public health organizations, has ranked New Jersey 51 in the nation, including Washington D.C., in protecting children from smoking and tobacco use. Experts at Robert Wood Johnson Medical ...
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The increase has ranged from 30 percent to 40 percent, reports ABC News. In California, an estimated 50,000 people picked a health plan in the first week of December. News outlets also reported on the latest developments in Maryland, Oregon ...
With the website functioning for most, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reminds those with no health insurance they must enroll by Dec. 23. Federal health officials said Wednesday those who are not provided with health ...
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AMI Insurance, a subsidiary of global underwriter IAG, has implemented Exigen's policy administration, billing and claims technologies for motor vehicle lines of business, with an aim to boost its operational efficiency. The ...
Sumitomo Life Insurance of Japan has reached an agreement to acquire 40% stake in PT Bank Negara Indonesia's life insurance business for nearly JPY36.2bn ($354m). Sumitomo Life said in a statement that the partnership with BNI and BNI ...
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Aviva has announced significant improvements to its International Solutions private medical insurance from 1st February 2014. The improvements will provide new and existing customers with enhanced standard benefits and wider geographic ...
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Vehicle collisions can cause expensive damage to a vehicle for a driver who is not covered under a policy to protect against out of pocket expenses. The Auto Pros company is making national companies available to the public to help research ...
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Aspen Reinsurance's capital markets division has established a new special purpose insurer called Silverton Re to offer additional collateralized capacity to support Aspen Re's global reinsurance business. Bermuda domiciled Silverton Re ...
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