Medicare Supplement 1st Quarter 2019 Results
Over the past few weeks CSG Actuarial has reported the 1st quarter 2019 Medicare Supplement enrollment results for United Healthcare, Anthem, and Torchmark. We now have updates from other market leaders CVS Health, Humana, and CNO Financial, summarized below.
CVS Health Reports Results for 1st Quarter 2019
CVS Health completed its acquisition of Aetna in November 2018 and the results reported below for 4th quarter 2018 thru 1st quarter 2019 are for CVS Health. Any information for prior periods is from previously reported results from Aetna.
For 1st quarter 2019, CVS Health reported Medicare Supplement member in-force counts of 804,000, up 56,000 from Aetna’s reported results for 1st quarter 2018. The CVS Health in-force counts of 804,000 is a 7.5% increase over the past twelve months. The table below shows CVS Health’s Medicare Supplement enrollment counts for 4th quarter 2018 to 1st quarter 2019 and Aetna’s Medicare Supplement enrollment counts by quarter from 4th quarter 2011 to 3rd quarter 2018. CSG Actuarial projects CVS Health’s overall Medicare Supplement sales in the top 4 in the overall market over the past twelve months.
Humana’s Reports Medicare Supplement Results for 1st Quarter 2019
Humana reported 1st quarter 2019 Medicare Supplement lives of 267,300, a 5.1% increase over 4th quarter 2018 and a 12.0% increase over 1st quarter 2018. The 13,000 increase in membership during 1st quarter 2019 was the highest quarterly membership increase since 1st quarter 2016. The table below shows Humana’s Medicare Supplement enrollment counts by quarter since 1st quarter 2011. Humana also reported 1st quarter 2019 Medicare Supplement premiums of $140 million, 12.0% higher than the premiums in 1st quarter 2018. Based on estimates from CSG Actuarial, Humana’s sales ranked 7th in the market over the past twelve months.
CNO Financial Group Reports Medicare Supplement Sales in 1st Quarter 2019
CNO Financial Group reported 1st quarter 2019 Medicare Supplement sales of $12.4 million, down 4% from 1st quarter 2018. CNO Financial Group reported Medicare Supplement sales over the past 12 months of $58.5 million, down 7% from the previous 12 month period. Based on projections from CSG Actuarial, the $58.5 million of sales for CNO Financial Group over the past 12 months ranked in the top 10 of the Medicare Supplement market.
