Blue Cross Blue Shield Denies Healthcare Benefits over Private e-mails
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey denied healthcare benefits to a New Jersey family after discovering private e-mails, journal and diary entries and postings on MySpace and Facebook that it says should be allowed i ...

Blue Shield Faces $12.6 Million Fine
Blue Shield, one of California’s largest health plans, may have to pay a $12.6 million fine for over 1,200 claims handling and regulatory violations that resulted in hundreds of policyholders losing their medical insurance.

California Court Tells Blue Shield to Stop Post-Claims Underwriting
Considered a victory for consumers, a California court recently ruled that Blue Shield of California Life & Health Insurance Company must stop their practice of post-claims underwriting – a practice used by many insurance com ...

Poizner Seeks $12.6 Million in Fines and Penalties against Blue Shield
Steve Poizner, California’s Insurance Commissioner, announced today that he is seeking $12.6 million in fines and penalties from Blue Shield of California Life & Health Insurance Company, one of California’s largest insurance ...

California Appeals Court Allows Blue Shield Case to Be Tried By a Jury
On Monday, California’s Fourth District Court of Appeals ruled that a bad faith insurance case against Blue Shield of California may be decided by a jury and told the insurer that it must stop its practice of rescinding healt ...

Court Grants Blue Shield Rehearing In Controversial Case
A California State Appeals Court recently granted Blue Shield of California a rehearing from a controversial December 2007 ruling that would have allowed policyholders to bring class action lawsuits against insurers for bad f ...