U.S. stock index futures were in positive territory Monday after the Dow and S&P 500 hit fresh all-time highs last week, propelled by a better-than-expected monthly jobs report.
Nov 1- Health insurer Cigna Corp raised its earnings outlook for the year as its recent purchase of specialized Medicare provider HealthSpring again helped the bottom line more than expected, enabling it to beat analyst forecasts for quarterly profits.
Nov 1- Health insurer Cigna Corp's quarterly profit more than doubled as its acquisition of Medicare specialist HealthSpring drove growth in premiums and fees, prompting the company to raise its full-year profit outlook for the third time this year.
Nov 1- Health insurer Cigna Corp's quarterly profit more than doubled as its acquisition of Medicare specialist HealthSpring drove growth in premiums and fees, prompting the company to raise its full-year profit outlook for the third time this year.
BETHESDA, Md.-- Coventry Health Care Inc.' s third-quarter net income dropped 14 percent, as the health insurer's medical costs and other expenses outweighed revenue gains from an expansion of its Medicaid business.
Aetna said that next year it will shift even more of its commercial and Medicare business to these groups, known as accountable care organizations, which are offered incentives to improve the quality of care while lowering costs. Medicare is the government health plan for older Americans.
*Outlook for 2012 now $5.10 per share. Oct 25- Aetna Inc reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday, saying it had reached its 2012 membership goal ahead of schedule, held down costs with doctors and benefited from higher medical insurance premiums.
*Earnings of $1.55 per share beat analysts' estimate of $1.34. The third-largest U.S. health insurer also boosted its 2012 outlook on Thursday to the top end of its previous forecast range of $5.00 to $5.10 a share.
The company also raised its 2012 outlook on Thursday to the top end of its previous forecast of $5.00 to $5.10 a share. The company said third-quarter earnings had risen to $499.2 million, or $1.47 per share, from $490.4 million, or $1.30 per share, a year earlier.
Aetna Inc.' s third-quarter earnings rose 2 percent as lower-than-expected health care use and revenue gains helped the insurer trump Wall Street expectations.