Medicare Supplement market leader UnitedHealthcare (UHC) released 1st quarter 2018 financials on April 17th, adding 45,000 Medicare Supplement lives in the 1st quarter, an 43% decrease from the lives added during 1st quarter 2017. The UHC enrollment table features Standardized and Modernized policy in-force counts of 4,490,000 as of 3/31/2018, a 140,000 increase in the past 12 months.
Enrollment in the Medicare Supplement market has grown steadily since 2008 and UHC continues to be the clear leader in the market, capturing over 30% of total market new sales and in-force policies.