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
by Carrie Haubensak | Jan 31, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Life Insurance, news
Integrity Marketing Group, a leading distributor of life and health insurance, and provider of wealth management and retirement planning solutions, announced it has partnered with New Benefits & Financial Services, an independent marketing organization... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Jan 25, 2024 | Insurance Industry, news
For the second consecutive year, rising interest rates pushed annuity sales to another all-time record high, according to preliminary results from LIMRA’s U.S. Individual Annuity Sales Survey. Powered by unprecedented fixed annuity sales, total annuity sales topped... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Jan 25, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news
Elevance Health (formerly Anthem, Inc.) released 4th quarter 2023 financials on January 24th, reporting a decrease of 5,000 Medicare Supplement lives in the 4th quarter and a decrease of 24,000 Medicare Supplement lives over the past 12 months. The Elevance Health... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Jan 23, 2024 | Insurance Industry, news
Integrity Marketing Group, a leading distributor of life and health insurance, and provider of wealth management and retirement planning solutions, announced it has partnered with International Financial Group, an independent marketing organization based in Las Vegas,... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Jan 22, 2024 | Accident, Critical Illness, Dental, Insurance Industry, Short-Term Care
Debates about Medicare Advantage marketing and payments are ongoing, there’s rampant speculation about acquisitions in the healthcare space, and predictions about changes coming in 2024 abound. In 2023, Telos Actuarial wrote about Supplemental Health products and... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Jan 18, 2024 | Insurance Industry, news
illumifin, a leading third-party insurance administration and technology provider, announced it has acquired Administrative Partners of America (APA), the Third-Party Administrator (TPA) of AmeriLife, a national leader in developing, marketing, and distributing life... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Jan 18, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Life Insurance, news
Application activity for U.S. life insurance grew at a near 3% rate in 2023 compared to the previous year showing the first uptick in almost four years, according to the MIB Group, a member-owned company that provides underwriting services to life and health insurance... read more
