Conning Research: Health Insurance Industry Premium Growth and Profitability Under Pressure Through 2011 (redOrbit)

HARTFORD, Conn., July 9 /PRNewswire/ — The ongoing recession and associated job cuts is creating a decrease in enrollment in group health employee benefit plans, slowing health insurer growth and pressuring profitability, according to a new study by Conning Research and Consulting. “Conning projects that health care costs will increase faster than health insurance premiums resulting in …