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Life and Health

This category is for carriers or financial service companies offering products that insure people. It includes insurance for life, health, long term care, disability, and any other type for people rather than property.

Please only submit sites for insurance carriers or financial service companies offering only life and health insurance products. Submit sites for insurance carriers offering other lines to the appropriate category listed below. Please submit agents and marketers sites to the appropriate subcategory of Agents_and_Marketers. For insurance carriers that offer property and casualty insurance please submit to Property_and_Casualty. For managed care organizations, please submit to Managed_Care_Organizations.

BlueCross BlueShield

United States

Blue Cross and Blue Shield were originally two separate organizations. Blue Cross offered hospitalization plans, while Blue Shield offered coverage for physicians' services. Both now offer the full gamut of health insurance. At the national level and in most states, the organizations have joined together.

Until the 1990's, all organizations had a non-commercial structure. Some plans have become for-profit organizations.

Canada

All member plans are run by not-for-profit organizations. Since Canada has national health insurance, the primary Blue Cross product is supplemental health benefits.

Please submit sites of carriers who are licensees of either the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association or the Canadian Association of Blue Cross Plans.

Pension

This category is for insurance companies which primarily exist to provide retirement-related products, including pensions, annuities, 401k's, IRA's, endowments, superannuation, and other such products. The company usually also offers life insurance, but not as a major product.