http://www.californiainsurancelawyerblog.com/ Published by Kantor & Kantor, LLP en-us 2010-07-12T09:51:08-08:00 http://www.californiainsurancelawyerblog.com/2010/07/anthem_aetna_keep_policyholder.html Anthem Blue Cross submitted new rate increases for as much as 20 percent to the California Department of Insurance less than a week after Aetna Inc. cancelled its plans for an average 19 percent rate increase for individual policyholders because... Health Insurance Kantor & Kantor LLP 2010-07-12T09:51:08-08:00 http://www.californiainsurancelawyerblog.com/2010/06/health_insurance_rate_hikesare.html The California Department of Insurance is doing its job. Insurance regulators announced June 16 that the DOI has ordered independent reviews of proposed rake hikes requested by four of the state’s largest insurers of independent health policyholders. Aetna, Anthem Blue... Health Insurance Kantor & Kantor LLP 2010-06-24T09:30:28-08:00 http://www.californiainsurancelawyerblog.com/2010/06/longterm_care_industry_report.html The American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance reported this month the results of a study that analyzed the cost of long-term care insurance for typical purchasers. Most people under age 61 pay from $500 to $1500 a year, much less... LongTerm Care Insurance Kantor & Kantor LLP 2010-06-18T15:12:04-08:00 http://www.californiainsurancelawyerblog.com/2010/06/conseco_senior_health_ship_tra.html Do you, or does someone you know have a Long Term Care Policy from a n insurance company that refused to pay benefits? Was that denial based upon the fact that the agency providing care was not "licensed" or "approved?"... Kantor & Kantor LLP 2010-06-17T15:16:02-08:00 http://www.californiainsurancelawyerblog.com/2010/06/chronic_fatigue_syndrome_and_x.html Last October we blogged about a promising development in the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome. Researchers believed they had discovered a retrovirus similar to the HIV virus as the culprit behind chronic fatigue and as a result would soon be... Kantor & Kantor LLP 2010-06-16T11:26:48-08:00 http://www.californiainsurancelawyerblog.com/2010/06/reliance_standard_medical_revi.html In this blog we often comment about medical doctors who derive most if not all of their income testifying for insurance companies and health plans. As a result, it’s never a surprise when their review of a policyholder’s medical file... ERISA Kantor & Kantor LLP 2010-06-15T15:49:38-08:00 http://www.californiainsurancelawyerblog.com/2010/06/fibromyalgia_diagnosis_revisit.html Medical researchers have developed a new way to diagnose the painful disorder fibromyalgia, according to a recently published study. Using a pain index and a measure of key symptoms and severity, medical doctors may soon be able to diagnose the... Kantor & Kantor LLP 2010-06-07T12:25:56-08:00 http://www.californiainsurancelawyerblog.com/2010/06/dave_jones_for_california_insu.html The new federal healthcare legislation could bestow broad new powers on California’s next insurance commissioner, already one of the nation’s most powerful jobs of its kind, reports the Los Angeles Times. “Healthcare reform raises the stakes in California insurance commissioner... Kantor & Kantor LLP 2010-06-04T09:11:37-08:00 http://www.californiainsurancelawyerblog.com/2010/06/unum_reaps_windfall_as_entitle.html Bloomberg’s Businessweek reports that fewer workers are filing disability claims during this down economy, fearing their jobs won’t be available when they are able to return to work. See “Ailing Workers ‘Gut It Out’ on Job, Opt Against Disability.” Although... Kantor & Kantor LLP 2010-06-01T09:05:58-08:00 http://www.californiainsurancelawyerblog.com/2010/05/calculation_of_medical_loss_ra.html A New York Times editorial documents the next health insurance battleground: medical loss ratios, the amount of premiums spent on patient care as opposed to administrative costs and profits. See “The Gaming Begins.” The federal health reform legislation mandates that... Kantor & Kantor LLP 2010-05-24T08:44:35-08:00