Consumer groups angry at latest health insurance hike (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
ELIZABETH JACKSON: Health insurance costs are on the way up, with families expecting to pay an average $160 a year more.

American Independence Corp. Announces Agreement to Write Fully-Insured and Medical Stop-Loss Health Insurance Through (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----Feb. 22, 2006--American Independence Corp. today announced that it has executed an agency agreement for a marketing organization with a growing block of fully-insured health business, including Consumer Driven Health Plans primarily sold to small employer groups, and Medical Stop-Loss to begin writing for Independence American Insurance Company.

Life Insurance Policies Cover Bird Flu, Says Liam (Bernama)
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 (Bernama) -- The Life Insurance Association of Malaysia (LIAM) assured the public Friday that any medical or hospitalisation treatment for bird flu will be covered in the medical and health insurance policies.