by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 16, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement
Medicare Supplement market leader United Healthcare (UHC) released 3rd quarter 2024 financials on October 15th, reporting a 5,000 increase in Medicare Supplement lives in the 3rd quarter. The UHC enrollment table below features Standardized and Modernized policy... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 16, 2024 | Insurance Industry
Integrity Marketing Group, a leading distributor of life and health insurance, and provider of wealth management and retirement planning solutions, announced it has partnered with Simpler Horizons Insurance Solutions a leading independent marketing organization based... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 11, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare Advantage
A comparison of number of MA, MAPD, and PDP plans available in 2025 compared to 2024. CMS has released the Crosswalk and Landscape files for the upcoming 2025 plan year for Medicare Advantage and Part D. These publicly available files that are released every October... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 11, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare Advantage
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a list of prescription drugs it hopes to include in its new Medicare $2 Drug List Model, the agency announced. Designed to limit out-of-pocket costs, the plan caps a generic drug’s monthly price at $2.... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 11, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare Advantage
One of the key selling points of Medicare Advantage is the supplemental benefits plans can offer, especially extending coverage for dental, vision and hearing care that the traditional program doesn’t have. However, a new study published in Health Affairs finds... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 11, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage
7% of the Medicare Advantage market is losing their plan in 2025 The purpose of this post is to lay out opportunities in the MA, MAPD markets revealed in the Crosswalk and Landscape files released by CMS. Specifically, we will be looking at current enrollment... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 8, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement
Integrity Marketing Group, a leading distributor of life and health insurance, and provider of wealth management and retirement planning solutions, announced it has partnered with Family Financial and Insurance Services, an independent marketing organization based in... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 3, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare Advantage
Hospital Indemnity products have grown in popularity within the ancillary market, especially for seniors. Features of senior-focused Hospital Indemnity products often cited as especially appealing or valuable (by Telos Actuarial) include: Simplified Underwriting... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 3, 2024 | Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement
Medicare’s open enrollment window opens in a few weeks, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering a broad look at the landscape around Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D before sign-ups begin. The agency announced Friday that average... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 2, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Life Insurance, Medicare
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC (“Integrity”), a leading distributor of life and health insurance, and provider of wealth management and retirement planning solutions, has partnered with C. Ash Group, an independent marketing organization based in Bedford Heights,... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 1, 2024 | Medicare Supplement
CompanyDateRate Increase Comment Ace Property and Casualty Insurance Company 1/1/20258.4%New Mexico Allstate Health Solutions 11/1/2024 - 1/2/202515.7%Varies by state & plan American Benefit Life Insurance Company 10/1/2024 - 1/1/20258.3%Mississippi & Nebraska... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Sep 26, 2024 | Insurance Industry
Gordon Marketing, a national, independent, and family-owned field marketing organization and an affiliate of AmeriLife Group, announced it had acquired SeniorHealthPro Corporation, an independent marketing organization and call center started by husband and wife team,... read more