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Principal stops offering health insurance, UnitedHealthcare takes over

Principal Financial Group no longer will provide medical insurance and has arranged for UnitedHealthcare to handle renewals. The Principal's medical insurance business has been performing well

Private equity prepped for a health insurer buying spree?

The commercial health insurance market may be lagging these days (in terms of membership if not profits), but Medicaid managed care is a hot sector under health reform. So it shouldn't be a big

Health insurance industry consolidation a potential threat to providers

The nation's largest health insurance companies are poised to consolidate, although Aetna and UnitedHealth Group, among others, have not confirmed wide-held suspicions, reports the Chicago Tribune.