ANTHEM STOPPING TELESALES FOR MEDICARE ADVANTAGE ACROSS US

Medicare Plans have been immune to a hard market until now-carriers are afraid of losses in 2025

Understanding the Persistence of the Property & Casualty Hard Market--This atypical hard market is driven by a ‘quadruple threat’ that features persistent economic and social inflation causing unexpectedly high losses, increased weather-related claims, scarce and costly reinsurance, and low interest rates over the past many years affecting investment income, which is crucial for P&C profitability. [EXTERNAL LINK] - The Persistence of the Property & Casualty Hard Market

 
from NABIP
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, both Aetna and Elevance Health (Anthem) announced to agents across multiple markets that they would no longer pay commissions for new enrollments in select Medicare plans, effective November 1, 2024. Some agents and brokers were notified with less than 24 hours' notice, in the middle of Medicare's open enrollment period, creating significant disruption.
 
from NABIP
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, both Aetna and Elevance Health (Anthem) announced to agents across multiple markets that they would no longer pay commissions for new enrollments in select Medicare plans, effective November 1, 2024. Some agents and brokers were notified with less than 24 hours' notice, in the middle of Medicare's open enrollment period, creating significant disruption.

These were a limited number of plans.. it wasn’t all telesales banned like OP was saying.
 
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