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
by Carrie Haubensak | Sep 26, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage
Medicare Advantage enrollment has been on a steady climb for the past two decades following changes in policy designed to encourage a robust role for private plan options in Medicare. After a period of some instability in terms of plan participation and enrollment,... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Sep 26, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Life Insurance
During the first six months of 2024 net income for the US life/annuity insurance sector increased by 7.1% over the same prior year period to $14.1 billion, driven primarily by lower realised capital losses, according to a new report from AM Best. If you recall, the US... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Sep 24, 2024 | Insurance Industry
Integrity Marketing Group announced the launch of Ask Integrity™ Shoppers, an innovative enhancement to its revolutionary Integrity AI-powered and voice-activated assistant. In anticipation of a disruptive Medicare Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) that will impact... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Sep 19, 2024 | Insurance Industry, Life Insurance
Term life insurance recorded its sixth consecutive quarter of growth during Q2 in both premium and policy sales, according to LIMRA’s U.S. Life Insurance Sales Survey. But term sales success could not rescue the overall life insurance market from another sluggish... read more
