Agent frustration boiling over at elimination of commissions
Health insurance agents on Insurance Forums are understandably venting on a variety of threads this week about the dominoes falling relating to the elimination of ... Read more
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City of Industry paying average of $42,770 annually per employee for health coverage
Health benefits for employees are expensive, but this is over the top. According to a Jan. 9 article in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, the ... Read more
9 extreme schemers make up Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame 2015 class
WASHINGTON – Blown up houses, staged wrecks and bogus spine surgeries were among the damage inflicted by nine convicted scammers newly selected to the Insurance ... Read more
Rising interest rates will benefit LTCI market, forecasts AALTCI
LOS ANGELES – The decision last week by the Federal Reserve to raise short-term interest rates for the first time since the financial crisis will ... Read more
Affluent boomers consider long-term care top risk to well-being in retirement, yet only 3 in 10 have a plan to address it
BOSTON – Nearly two-thirds of affluent Boomers view long-term care as a potential risk to well-being in retirement, more than any other physical or financial ... Read more
CO-OP failures could boost enrollment in BCBS plans, AIS Newsletter predicts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With more than a third of the 23 Community Operated and Oriented Plans (CO-OPs) created as part of the Affordable Care Act ... Read more
Candidates called on to address pending tsunami of care needs as LTCI Awareness Month approaches
LOS ANGELES – Millions of Americans are unprepared for the consequences of living longer lives. November marks Long-Term Care Awareness Month, an ideal time for ... Read more
30 minutes or less: Time most Americans spend researching health care benefit options
COLUMBUS, Ga. – As employers continue to load more health care expenses onto workers, more than half (53%) of employees are still choosing a major ... Read more
Oscar gets investment from Google; eyes California and Texas in 2016
Google Capital, Google Inc.’s equity growth fund, has invested $32.5 million in Oscar Health Insurance Corp., the startup venture looking to disrupt the health insurance ... Read more
Approval percentage up 10% for LTCI policies this year, study finds
PORTLAND, Ore. – While long-term care insurance is paid for with money, it is bought with a person’s health. Many consumers are surprised to learn ... Read more
