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Tom Starner "Be careful what you wish for: consumer-driven health plans may slow the rate of health care inflation, according to proponents. But the technological billing challenges associated with these plans are so complex that they threaten to erase any pricing gains". Risk & Insurance. FindArticles.com. 26 Dec, 2009. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BJK/is_3_16/ai_n13454912/
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Slicing through the silos: about 18 months ago SBC Communications hired Paul Stephens to unite the risk management functions around the far-flung corporation, and to increase control at the managerial level. Stephens' group united investments, including p
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Be careful what you wish for: consumer-driven health plans may slow the rate of health care inflation, according to proponents. But the technological billing challenges associated with these plans are so complex that they threaten to erase any pricing gai
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W.'s red herring
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Hedge funds hog the spotlight: although hedge funds played little role in the reinsurance market five years ago, they now reportedly account for as much as half of the capital available for some specific forms of coverage, such as protection against a sin
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