HealthMarkets, Inc. (http://www.healthmarketsinc.com) announced the appointment of Michael Z. Stahl as Senior Vice President.

Facing tougher price competition from a state-run marketplace, Aetna Inc. said it would exit California's individual health insurance market by year-end and leave nearly 50,000 customers searching for new coverage.

Aetna Inc. said it would stop selling individual health insurance policies in California next month, and nearly 50,000 existing policyholders will have to find new coverage by January.

Shares of The Cooper Companies Inc. ( COO ), a company operating in the contact lens and women's health markets, hit a new 52-week high of $124.08 before closing at $122.80 on Jun 17, 2013.

... because of the federal health law's requirements that insurers no longer decline coverage or set premiums based on people's health history, but still, "it's going to be confusing" for Aetna policyholders, said Ken Fasola, chief executive of ...

Philabundance, the nonprofit Philadelphia hunger-relief organization, elected the following to its board: John Shultz, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Health Market Science; Karyn S.W. Polak, chief counsel of Asset Management Group ...

HealthMarkets� is the brand name for health insurance plans underwritten and issued by the health insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc., located in North Richland Hills, TX. Health insurance plans provided under the HealthMarkets brand are ...

Aetna Inc. (NYSE:AET) has decided to cut out a small individual health insurance operation in California. Reuters reported Saturday that Aetna had sent California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones a letter notifying him of the decision.

This appears to be a lucrative deal for Henry Schein as it will expand its product offering for the fast growing animal health market. Revenues from the animal health business recorded robust double-digit growth for the fifth straight quarter in the ...

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