New Links to try:
IBI is a national non-profit
research and education
organization focusing on the
issues surrounding health,
productivity and the bottom
line.
Wakely Actuarial Services, Inc.
Wakely Actuarial Services actuaries and consultants specialize in regulatory compliance, risk management, senior health, and supplemental health products for
the group life, accident, health and annuity insurance industries.
www.wakelyconsulting.com
Wakely Consulting Group
provides professional actuarial services for the health care industry. You can subscribe to their free weekly newsletter and health care updates.
www.health.harvard.edu
This Harvard Medical School website offers great health & wellness information!
www.hiaa.org
Health Insurance Association of America is an American health insurer, member-driven trade association whose focus is to shape and influence state and federal public policy through advocacy, research, and the timely accumulative analysis and dissemination of critcal information to its members.
www.marrow.org & www.unos.org - for information and up-to-date data concerning transplants check out these great resources.
Employee Benefit Research Institute
and
AMBest
Hoover Online: (http://www.hoovers.com):
Provides free information as well as a pay service. The free service provides a company description, financial information, and a link to the company's web site. The pay service provides more detailed information on over 12,000 public and private companies.
Wall Street Journal Online: (http://www.wsj.com):
Provides some free features but the most useful information is reserved for subscribers to the online service. Free services include articles that have been in the WSJ or on MSNBC and access to annual reports for selected companies. Pay service provides access to company related Journal articles and to "Briefing Books" with company backgrounds, financial overviews, stock charts, company news and SEC filings.
Bloomberg: (http://bloomberg.com):
The Bloomberg Personal Magazine provides in-depth information. Limited information without a subscription.
Daily Stocks: (http://www.dailystocks.com):
Information on publicly traded companies including SEC filings and industry performance comparisons. A good site for financial information and links to other information sources.
Investor Home: (http://www.investorhome.com):
Another site for financial information.
Newsedge Company Link: (http://www.companylink.com)
Dun & Bradstreet's Companies Online: (http://www.companiesonline.com):
Quick way to obtain a brief synopsis about a specific company and to link with that company's web site. Provides access to additional Dun & Bradstreet reports on a per report fee basis.
Internet Bankruptcy Library: (http://www.bankrupt.com):
Chapter 11 filings and reorganizations can be found listed by company name.
U.S. Treasury Department: (http://www.ustreas.gov):
IRS regulations and bulletins.
Health Care Financing Administration: (http://www.hcfa.gov)
Department of Labor/Family & Medical Leave Act: (http://www.dol.gov/dol/esa/fmla.htm)
American City Business Journals: (http://amcity.com):
Provides information for a selected city/region. Provides access to an archive to search for older documents.
Internet Sites Concerning State Insurance Statutes
http://wwwsecure.law.cornell.edu/topics/state_statutes.html
http://www.lawresearch.com/v10/acslegs.htm
http://www.piperinfo.com/state/states.html
National Newspapers: There are a number of newspapers with useful web pages:
New York Times: (http://www.nytimes.com)
Los Angeles Times: (http://www.latimes.com)
Chicago Sun-Times: (http://www.suntimes.com)
Washington Post: (http://www.washingtonpost.com)
USA Today: (http://www.usatoday.com)
Employee Layoff Information: There are two sites that provide information about companies that have announced employee layoffs and other cutbacks:
HR Live: (http://www.hrlive.com/local-bin/layoff.cgi)
Shaker: (http://www.shaker.com/layoffs.html)
Search Engines: Various search engines are available to help locate web sites dealing with specific companies. A search of the web can turn up meaningful information from a variety of sources. Search engines are designed to scan the entire web looking for specific words and phrases. Selecting and becoming familiar with one search engine is advised.
Yahoo!: (http://www.yahoo.com)
Alta Vista: (http://www.altavista.com)
Hotbot: (http://www.hotbot.com)
Infoseek: (http://www.infoseek.com)
Erol's: (http://www.erols.com/index.html):
Site provides access to multiple search engines.
Plus late breaking sites: (http://www.stockmaster.com) Free information on public companies.
(http://www.Partes.com) Company filings and company profiles
