<b>Axa Posts 2nd-Half Profit on Life-Insurance Business </b> February 18, 2010, 06:32 AM EST By Fabio Benedetti-Valentini Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Axa SA, Europe’s 2nd biggest insurer, posted a 2nd half profit after a rally in financial markets support demand for policies [...]

<b>Study: R.R.'s $5B Pension Gap is 4th Worst</b> PROVIDENCE Rhode Island has promised $12 billion to its public employees in pension, health and other retirement benefits but has only allocated $6.8 billion to pay for them, according to a study released Thursday. Rhode [...]

<b> Cheap Health Insurance Quotes – Where Americans Are Finding Them</b> A new online petition being circulated by the political action committee, MoveOn.org is well ready to get the attention of America’s top health insurers. The petition demands that “Anthem [...]

<b>IRS Helping Some With Health Insurance</b> DETROIT, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Thousands of qualified workers in Michigan who lost their jobs or retired have signed up for an IRS program to bear health insurance costs, a money manager estimated. The Health Coverage Tax Credit pays 80% [...]

Bloomberg <b>Sun Life Fourth-Quarter Earnings More Than Double</b> By Sean B. Pasternak (Bloomberg) -- Sun Life Financial Inc., Canada’s third-largest insurer, said earned more than doubled as stock markets bounced back. Outcomes benefited from rising equity markets [...]

<b>Health insurance costs break through earth orbit</b> 4:13 pm February 15, 2010, by ctucker From Associated Press: Consumers in at least 4 states who purchase their own health insurance are getting hit with premium increases of 15% or more — and people in different states [...]

<h1>Insurance companies and prescription drugs</h1><p>The prescription manufacturers set their own prices and they often build a large profit margin to regain cost spent on researching, manufacturing and advertising. The health insurer analyzes each drug on the market, by looking [...]