by Kristin Steenson | Mar 17, 2017 | CSG Actuarial News, Life Insurance
This week we have updates from LIMRA and MIB Group on Life Insurance premium and application activity results. LIMRA: U.S. Retail Life Insurance Premium Increases Three Percent in 2016 | Limra.com | March 9, 2017 Total U.S. life insurance new annualized premium grew...
by Kristin Steenson | Mar 10, 2017 | CSG Actuarial News, Life Insurance, Medicare Supplement
This week’s updates include details on MetLife Annuities and Life products being offered under the Brighthouse brand, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Plan G releases in California and Missouri, and AmeriLife CEO Scott Perry’s Insurance News Net Magazine...
by Kristin Steenson | Feb 17, 2017 | CSG Actuarial News, Insurance Industry
This week’s industry updates include AmeriLife’s announcement of their new CEO, Scott Perry, and details on Spring Venture’s continued growth projections for 2017. Scott Perry named CEO of AmeriLife | Insurance & Financial Advisor | January 25,...
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 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...