by Carrie Haubensak | Feb 15, 2024 | Insurance Industry, news
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC, a leading distributor of life and health insurance, and provider of wealth management and retirement planning solutions, is excited to announce it has acquired the website Integrity.com to host their innovative technology suite of... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Feb 13, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement
Cigna reported 4th quarter 2023 Medicare Supplement lives of 470,000, up 0.4% from the result at 3rd quarter 2023 and down 2.7% compared to 4th quarter 2022. The table below shows Humana’s Medicare Supplement enrollment counts by quarter since 1st quarter 2022. Based... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Feb 8, 2024 | Insurance Industry, news
More than half (62%) of U.S. insurers say they are willing to take more investment risk in 2024 despite mounting concerns about election year politics, fiscal/monetary policy, persistent inflation and volatility, according to a survey sponsored by Conning, a leading... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Feb 8, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement
For 4th quarter 2023, CVS Health reported Medicare Supplement member in-force counts of 1,343,000, a decrease of 9,000 in the past quarter and 20,000 over the past 12 months. The 20,000 decrease in membership in the past 12 months is a 1.5% decrease relative to the... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Feb 8, 2024 | Insurance Industry, 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 Carrie Haubensak | Feb 8, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement
There are several upcoming changes to the Medicare regulatory landscape. Here are a few of the more significant changes: Medicare Supplement Changes are coming to Kentucky Kentucky adopted HB345, becoming another state to implement a “birthday rule.” Effective January... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Feb 6, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news
Senior Market Sales® (SMS), one of the industry’s premier insurance marketing organizations, has acquired Pro Insurance Resources as part of its strategic growth plan expanding its national health and wealth distribution network and fostering innovation among the SMS... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Feb 6, 2024 | Insurance Industry, news
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC, a leading distributor of life and health insurance, and provider of wealth management and retirement planning solutions, announced it has partnered with Solidity Insurance Group, an independent marketing organization based in... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Feb 1, 2024 | Medicare, Medicare Supplement
CompanyDateRate IncreaseComments Aetna Health and Life Insurance Company 3/1/20249.0%Idaho Aetna Health Insurance Company 3/1/20248.3%Kansas AFLAC 1/1/2024 - 3/1/20246.6%Varies by state & plan Allstate Health Solutions 3/1/20247.0%Varies by state & plan... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Jan 31, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare Supplement
One of the most important leading indicators that Medicare Supplement carriers need to be tracking is their mix of business. This information provides a predictor of the overall health of your block of business and can provide insight into where the future loss ratios... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Jan 31, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement
The transaction exits Cigna from a sector that’s been a huge source of growth for insurers but has seen its earnings potential shrink. Cigna has agreed to sell its Medicare business to Health Care Service Corporation for roughly $3.7 billion, the health insurer... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Jan 31, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement
Humana reported 4th quarter 2023 Medicare Supplement lives of 307,200, up 2.6% from the result at 3rd quarter 2023 and down 2.0% compared to 4th quarter 2022. The table below shows Humana’s Medicare Supplement enrollment counts by quarter since 1st quarter 2017. ... read more