NEWARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Healthy retirees actually face higher total health care costs over their remaining lifetime than the unhealthy, according to new research conducted by the Center for Retirement Research (CRR) at Boston College and underwritten by Prudential Financial (NYSE: PRU ... [full story]

COLUMBUS, Ga. /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aflac, (NYSE:AFL - News) today announced that it now offers voluntary group benefits to companies with as few as 100 employees. The move allows Aflac, which recently acquired group benefits provider Continental American Insurance Company, now ... [full story]

WASHINGTON (Reuters)—Legislation proposed by the Obama administration to respond to the massive Gulf oil spill foresees $118 million in one-time discretionary spending, the bulk of which is expected to be covered by well owner BP, senior administration officials said on ... [full story]

MIAMI — The five-category system that describes a hurricane's strength and the havoc its winds could bring to the USA has been updated for the 2010 storm season. Gone from the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale are estimates for storm ... [full story]