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- Focus on Women. Dressner, Jon // Advisor Today;Oct2005, Vol. 100 Issue 10, p68
The article discusses the women-focused resources offered by the Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education. While women make most of the purchasing decisions, they do not have enough life insurance. The Foundation's materials were designed to enable insurance and financial advisors to...
- Gender Differences in Drug Use and Expenditures in a Privately Insured Population of Older Adults. Correa-De-Araujo, Rosaly; Miller, G. Edward; Banthin, Jessica S.; Trinh, Yen // Journal of Women's Health (15409996);Feb2005, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p73
We examine gender differences in use and expenditures for prescription drugs among Medicare and privately insured older adults aged 65 and over, using data on a nationally representative sample of prescription drug purchases collected for the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component....
- Study reveals effect of gender, age on voluntary purchasing. Butler, Kelley M. // Employee Benefit News;Dec2006, Vol. 20 Issue 15, p23
The article deals with a study which revealed factors that had an impact on the voluntary benefit offerings of UnumProvident. Employee benefit costs will continue to increase as the workforce grows more diverse. Men are less likely than women to purchase supplemental products. Women tend to...
- Just 3 per cent bought CI cover off the shelf but direct threat looms. Shaw, Sam // Money Marketing;1/5/2006, p5
The article reports that more and more people are buying critical-insurance cover directly from the market without the accompanying informed advise. Thirty eight per cent of men and 30 per cent of women are said to have bought their plans at a meeting with their financial advisers and 48 per...
- Women Pay HOW MUCH for Health Insurance? // American Fitness;Mar/Apr2009, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p52
The article deals with a "New York Times" report which revealed that U.S. women generally pay much more than men for identical individual health insurance policies. Women ages 25 to 29 in Dallas or Houston, Texas pay 39 percent more than men of the same age for the Texas Health Insurance Risk...
- LTC Insurance: Critical Safety Net For Women Execs, Business Owners. Campfield, Donald R. // National Underwriter / Life & Health Financial Services;2/20/2006, Vol. 110 Issue 7, p14
The article discusses on targeting career women as potential long term care (LTC) insurance customers. Career women are hunted by the disproportionate share of caregiving responsibilities. This fact gives life insurers the opportunity to persuade these possible customers. Points to keep when...
- Women and LTCI. Blackmar, Lori Crowley // Advisor Today;May2005, Vol. 100 Issue 5, p66
Offers advice to insurance and financial advisors on how to sell long-term care insurance (LTCI) to women. Discussing options and choices available to women; Positive selling point of LTCI; Issues that women will consider regarding LTCI coverage.
- Putting a New Face on Managed Care. Greenwald, Howard P.; Johnston-Zamora, Margaret; Chen, Robert J. // Marketing Health Services;Spring2002, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p14
This article provides guidelines for promoting an association of quality with managed care, particularly among women. Consumer suspicion regarding the quality of managed care suggests that marketers still have hard work ahead of them. Research has shown that women, when selecting a managed care...
- Author Peters reminds IMRA members of who really drives retail. // Discount Store News;6/2/97, Vol. 36 Issue 11, p4
Claims that women make most of the decisions about what goods and services are bought and sold in America. Women's consumer spending; Innovation in marketing for women; Criticism on some retailers; Commoditization of some businesses.
