Prior to the subsidy, Salerno says, 20 percent to 25 percent of laid-off workers at the company continued their insurance under COBRA. "We're running close to 50 percent now, " he says.
It is the very profitability of insurance companies that allows their continued existence and the ability of many individuals to procure insurance policies.
However, since they introduced this legislation in 2003, health insurance costs have continued to rise by double digits.
Employed ministers received fringe benefits like sick leave and medical insurance which they continued to enjoy.
In the meantime, the cost of providing insurance to employees has continued to rise, with no end in sight.
The West feels that the Russians have an interest in prolonging that mission, the official said, with Russia possibly seeing the continued presence of the monitors as insurance against outside military intervention, which Moscow fears.
The rebuilding has been delayed by continued aftershocks, red tape and battles over insurance payouts.
Scientists tend now to see geo-engineering research as a form of insurance policy against the effects of continued global warning, not as an excuse for downplaying the problem, nor for tolerating more carbon emissions in the meantime.
The evidence is equally clear that computer-using industries like finance, insurance, real-estate and other services have continued to lag in productivity growth.
The cost of mis-selling Payment Protection Insurance, in common with other high street banks, continued to burn a large hole in the accounts.
Continued economic weakness in the U.S. was illustrated by initial claims for unemployment insurance, down marginally from a week ago but still above the key 400, 000 thousand.
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