by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 22, 2024 | Insurance Industry
For the second year in a row, Integrity Marketing Group has been recognized by Inc. as one of the leading “Power Partners” in 2024. This annual Power Partners list recognizes the country’s leading B2B companies who are devoted to supporting their... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 16, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare Advantage
MCC Brokerage, an innovative field marketing organization in the life and health insurance industry and affiliate partner of AmeriLife Group, LLC, has partnered with Diversity Insurance Agency, a Medicare Advantage brokerage company with more than 900 contracted... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 16, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare Advantage
Weighted by enrollment, about 62% of current beneficiaries are enrolled in MA plans with prescription drug coverage that will have four or more stars next year, compared with about 74% in 2024, according to the CMS. Only seven MA plans with drug coverage earned five... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 16, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Senior Hospital Indemnity
Part 2 of this series looks more closely at several specific benefit offerings and the important guaranteed issue feature. Hospitalization Benefits All senior-focused HI products offer a “per-admission” hospitalization benefit in addition to a daily hospitalization... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 16, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement
Medicare Supplement market leader United Healthcare (UHC) released 3rd quarter 2024 financials on October 15th, reporting a 5,000 increase in Medicare Supplement lives in the 3rd quarter. The UHC enrollment table below features Standardized and Modernized policy... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 16, 2024 | Insurance Industry
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 Simpler Horizons Insurance Solutions a leading independent marketing organization based... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 11, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare Advantage
A comparison of number of MA, MAPD, and PDP plans available in 2025 compared to 2024. CMS has released the Crosswalk and Landscape files for the upcoming 2025 plan year for Medicare Advantage and Part D. These publicly available files that are released every October... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 11, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare Advantage
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a list of prescription drugs it hopes to include in its new Medicare $2 Drug List Model, the agency announced. Designed to limit out-of-pocket costs, the plan caps a generic drug’s monthly price at $2.... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 11, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare Advantage
One of the key selling points of Medicare Advantage is the supplemental benefits plans can offer, especially extending coverage for dental, vision and hearing care that the traditional program doesn’t have. However, a new study published in Health Affairs finds... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 11, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage
7% of the Medicare Advantage market is losing their plan in 2025 The purpose of this post is to lay out opportunities in the MA, MAPD markets revealed in the Crosswalk and Landscape files released by CMS. Specifically, we will be looking at current enrollment... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 8, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement
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 Family Financial and Insurance Services, an independent marketing organization based in... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 3, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare Advantage
Hospital Indemnity products have grown in popularity within the ancillary market, especially for seniors. Features of senior-focused Hospital Indemnity products often cited as especially appealing or valuable (by Telos Actuarial) include: Simplified Underwriting... read more
