by Carrie Haubensak | Mar 10, 2023 | Insurance Industry, Life Insurance
indexed life insurance policies continued to sell well in the fourth quarter, as sales of two other types of non-variable cash value life insurance dropped. Wink — a Des Moines, Iowa-based life and annuity market monitoring firm — published on Tuesday a new insurer... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Mar 8, 2023 | Critical Illness, Insurance Industry, news
As shown in a recent Telos blog, the market for ancillary health products continues to grow. Critical Illness insurance currently contributes a billion dollars in earned premium each year! With a continually-growing senior population, fairly frequent diagnoses of... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Mar 8, 2023 | Insurance Industry, news
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC (“Integrity”), a leading distributor of life and health insurance, and provider of wealth management and retirement planning solutions, announced it has acquired Senior Solutions & Services, an independent marketing organization... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Mar 2, 2023 | Medicare, Medicare Advantage, news
Payers’ margins in Medicare Advantage returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2021 but remain far ahead of other sectors of the market, according to a new analysis. Commercial markets, meanwhile, have lagged behind, the Kaiser Family Foundation report found.... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Feb 28, 2023 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news
CSG Actuarial has compiled key enrollment information on Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement from eHealth Inc.’s 4th Quarter 2022 Financial results. eHealth Medicare Segment 4th Quarter 2022 Enrollment Highlights: Medicare Advantage new approved members... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Feb 27, 2023 | Insurance Industry, Medicare Supplement
CompanyDateAverage IncreaseComments Accendo Insurance Company 3/1/2023 - 5/1/20238.8%Varies by state & plan Aetna Health and Life Insurance Company 3/1/20238.0%Idaho Aetna Health Insurance Company 4/1/2023 - 5/1/20235.8%Varies by state & plan Assured Life... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Feb 23, 2023 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, news
Medicarians is excited to be the home of the product creators, distributors, service providers, administrators, and innovators helping the people live longer, better lives both physically, financially, and mentally. This conference is the one place to network and... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Feb 23, 2023 | Insurance Industry, news
Annuity sales—helped along by rising interest rates—are surging. If current market conditions hold, fixed annuities, fixed-indexed annuities (FIAs), and registered index-linked annuities (RILAs) are predicted to compete more fiercely with one another during the next... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Feb 23, 2023 | Insurance Industry, news
Humana Inc will exit the employer-based insurance business over the next 18 to 24 months, it said on Thursday, to focus primarily on government-backed programs such as Medicare for people aged 65 and older and its specialty businesses. The U.S. insurer raised its... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Feb 23, 2023 | news
Older Americans may be doing better financially than the U.S. Census thought they were, according to a new analysis the agency recently released. The Census Bureau found that the population overall had higher income and slightly less poverty than previously thought,... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Feb 23, 2023 | Medicare Advantage
Enrollment in Medicare Advantage (MA) is nearing 31.2 million following the annual enrollment period, about half of the total Medicare population, according to recent data from the Biden administration. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Feb 16, 2023 | Medicare Advantage, news
Health insurers and the Biden administration are at loggerheads over whether Medicare Advantage (MA) plans will see a pay cut next year, the ramifications of which come amid increased regulatory scrutiny for the popular program. Insurer groups and some politicians... read more
