The strength of the national health care labor market showed improvement across a number of major metropolitan areas in the first quarter, as measured by the Health Workforce Solutions Labor Market Pulse Index, a quarterly barometer of local market health care workforce fluctuations.

Cancer is the leading cause of long-term disability claims for Unum — and has been for a decade — according to 2010 data collected by the insurance company.

Although it’s often presumed that emergency room visits are for people without health care coverage, a new poll of emergency physicians shows that’s not the case.

Total Group Term Life inforce premium grew by 2 percent in 2010, totaling over $20.3 billion, results from the 2010 U.S. Group Life Market Survey and the 2010 U.S. Group Disability Market Survey showed.

Women worry more than men in regards to saving and have lower confidence in investment decisions than men, a new survey finds.

Amid a budget debate that will affect the health care of virtually every family, a new poll finds support for President Barack Obamas overhaul at its lowest level since passage last year.

The individual health insurance coverage mandate is such a vital component of the year-old health reform law that, if removed, alternatives would be needed, says the American Academy of Actuaries.

What do you get when you combine more than 900 brokers, a hundred or so exhibitors, a couple of politicians, nearly two dozen breakout sessions and a lot of energy? The Benefits Selling Expo 2011, held at the Nashville, Tenn., Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center.