Some people in need of unemployment insurance checks are having to wait more than a month for their money because the state closed a telephone call center that handled filings, according to former call center employees.

Some people in need of unemployment insurance checks are having to wait more than a month for their money because the state closed a telephone call center that handled filings, according to former call center employees.

Your ability to earn an income is your greatest asset. Yet most people are more likely to insure their home and car before their income. Could you continue to pay your bills and take care of your family if you were unable to work for any length of time due to illness or an injury?

NEW YORK - When Arnaud Durieux needed to get his teeth fixed about six months ago, the freelance Web designer caught a flight from New York to his native France.

NEW YORK - Tension typically defines contract negotiations between health insurers and health care providers, but the haggling has taken an ugly turn lately.

A Queen Creek insurance office has extended its holiday food drive.

The state’s jobless rate may finally have stabilized, but the bill is coming due for the high unemployment of the last few years.

Rebecca Warren: According to a report last year by benefits consultant Watson Wyatt, nearly half (47 percent) of the 453 large U.S. employers currently offer a consumer-directed health plan (CDHP), a high-deductible plan offered with a personal account that can be used to pay a portion of medical expenses not covered under the plan.

In the three years since Tom Houk’s wife felt a tumor snarled around her left shoulder, her body has been cut into, poisoned and burned to defeat the growth.

In the three years since Tom Houk’s wife felt a tumor snarled around her left shoulder, her body has been cut into, poisoned and burned to defeat the growth.

WASHINGTON - Workers won't find much comfort in the smallest increase in health insurance premiums since 1999. The 7.7 percent increase this year was still more than twice the rate of inflation.

Arizona’s unemployment insurance program is more focused on paying benefits than putting people to work, a study commissioned by the Goldwater Institute states.

More than $140 million in federal funds that could be used to help cover an increase in the unemployment insurance benefit has been sitting in a state trust fund since mid-2002, according to the Arizona Department of Economic Security.

A state Senate committee will consider an amendment Wednesday to increase the maximum, weekly unemployment insurance benefit to $240 by summer 2004.

Opponents of same-sex marriages want a proposed state constitutional amendment to also prohibit civil unions and stop local governments such as Tempe and Scottsdale from extending employee benefits to unmarried partners.

January 6, 2005

Current and future unemployed workers appear on their way to getting the first benefit increase in six years. Gov. Janet Napolitano told Capitol Media Services she will sign Senate-approved legislation raising payments. "It’s a good bill, it’s a fair compromise,’’ she said.

Thousands of low-income Arizona seniors are passing up $600 each for their prescription drugs, but they can still get it — if they sign up soon.

March 15, 2005

June 10, 2004

Two children conceived from the frozen sperm of an Arizona man after his death are entitled to his Social Security survivor benefits, a federal appellate court ruled Wednesday.

Only 70 percent of people utilize their dental insurance within a year, according to a study by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). With 2010 coming to a close, it is advantageous to review your benefits that may be expiring by year's end.

Only 70 percent of people utilize their dental insurance within a year, according to a study by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). With 2010 coming to a close, it is advantageous to review your benefits that may be expiring by year's end.

With today's economy being unstable, it is important to make the most of every investment.