by Kristin Steenson | Jan 27, 2017 | CSG Actuarial News
This week, we have two updates from Kaiser Family Foundation. The first is a brief providing a side-by-side comparison of the Medicare-related bills and proposals that would repeal the ACA. The second is an analysis of publicly available data to review the Medicare...
by Kristin Steenson | Jan 20, 2017 | Medicare Supplement
Medicare Supplement market leader United Healthcare (UHC) released 4th quarter 2016 financials on January 17th, adding 20,000 Medicare Supplement lives in the 4th quarter. The UHC enrollment table features Standardized and Modernized policy in-force counts of...
by Kristin Steenson | Jan 13, 2017 | Competitive Intelligence, CSG Actuarial News, Medicare Supplement
As expected, overall new business Medicare Supplement rate increases ended up slightly higher in 2016 than 2015. Overall 2016 new business Medicare Supplement rate increases averaged 3.8%, up 1.0% from the 2.8% average in 2015, but still well below the average...
by Kristin Steenson | Jan 6, 2017 | Technology
CSG Actuarial has added four new carriers to our Contract Now feature on the quoting tool, making it even easier for agents to contract with insurance companies. With these four additions, we now have ten carriers with contracting available, and more will be coming...
by Kristin Steenson | Jan 6, 2017 | Flash Report, Medicare Supplement
CompanyEffective DateAvg. IncreaseComments American Retirement Life Insurance Company1/1-2/1/20173.7%(8.0%) - 8.3%; Varies by state Americo Financial Life and Annuity Insurance Company1/1/2017 -4.1%(9.8%) - (4.2%); Varies by state Anthem BlueCross -...
