by Kristin Steenson | Feb 3, 2017 | Flash Report, Medicare Supplement
CompanyMonthly Payment Gerber Life Insurance Company $165.80 United of Omaha Life Insurance Company $168.35 Americo Financial Life and Annuity Company $171.82 American Retirement Life Insurance Company $172.29 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida $179.10 United American... read more
by Kristin Steenson | Feb 3, 2017 | Flash Report, Medicare Supplement
CompanyEffective DateAvg. IncreaseComments Aetna Health and Life Insurance Company 2/1/2017 3.1% - 9.4% Varies by State Aetna Health and Life Insurance Company 3/1/2017 0% - 10.4% Varies by State American Continental Insurance Company 1/1/2017 1.5% WI American... read more
by Kristin Steenson | Feb 3, 2017 | Competitive Intelligence, Flash Report, Medicare Supplement
CSG Actuarial MarketEdge™ is the ultimate sales and marketing research tool, leveraging the over 7 million quotes ran on the MarketAdvisor™ quoting platform. Gain an unprecedented competitive edge in the Medicare Supplement industry by using real-time market... read more
by Kristin Steenson | Feb 3, 2017 | Flash Report, Medicare Supplement
The CSG Actuarial Premium Rate Scorecard™ provides an overall premium rate competitiveness ranking by company across all states, plans, ages, genders, households, and zip codes, based on actual Medicare Supplement quotes completed on CSG Actuarial’s Market Advisor... read more
by Kristin Steenson | Jan 27, 2017 | CSG Actuarial News
This week, we have two updates from Kaiser Family Foundation. The first is a brief providing a side-by-side comparison of the Medicare-related bills and proposals that would repeal the ACA. The second is an analysis of publicly available data to review the Medicare... read more
by Kristin Steenson | Jan 20, 2017 | Medicare Supplement
Medicare Supplement market leader United Healthcare (UHC) released 4th quarter 2016 financials on January 17th, adding 20,000 Medicare Supplement lives in the 4th quarter. The UHC enrollment table features Standardized and Modernized policy in-force counts of... read more
by Kristin Steenson | Jan 13, 2017 | Competitive Intelligence, CSG Actuarial News, Medicare Supplement
As expected, overall new business Medicare Supplement rate increases ended up slightly higher in 2016 than 2015. Overall 2016 new business Medicare Supplement rate increases averaged 3.8%, up 1.0% from the 2.8% average in 2015, but still well below the average... read more
by Kristin Steenson | Jan 6, 2017 | Technology
CSG Actuarial has added four new carriers to our Contract Now feature on the quoting tool, making it even easier for agents to contract with insurance companies. With these four additions, we now have ten carriers with contracting available, and more will be coming... read more
by Kristin Steenson | Jan 6, 2017 | Flash Report, Medicare Supplement
CompanyEffective DateAvg. IncreaseComments American Retirement Life Insurance Company1/1-2/1/20173.7%(8.0%) - 8.3%; Varies by state Americo Financial Life and Annuity Insurance Company1/1/2017 -4.1%(9.8%) - (4.2%); Varies by state Anthem BlueCross -... read more
by Kristin Steenson | Jan 6, 2017 | Cancer, Flash Report
Our summary below outlines how Cancer carriers are underwriting. CRITERIACONDITIONS LeukemiaTumor/GrowthTobaccoHeart IssuesLymphoma Don't Ask31%63%82%94%31% 1-2 Years0%0%6%0%0% 3-5 Years20%6%12%3%17% 6-10 Years29%9%0%3%26% 10+... read more
by Kristin Steenson | Jan 6, 2017 | Final Expense Life, Flash Report
CompanyFace Amount William Penn Association$11,638.00 Christian Fidelity Life Insurance Company$11,335.00 Senior Life Insurance Company$10,645.00 Bankers Fidelity Life Insurance Company$10,320.00 Pekin Life Insurance Company$9,910.00 EMC National Life Company$9,747.00... read more
