by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 27, 2021 | Medicare Advantage, news
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care is dropping its Medicare Advantage businesses in Massachusetts and Maine, a move that will force more than 11,000 people to find new coverage next year. In Massachusetts, about 9,500 members of the company’s StrideSm (HMO) plan will have to... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 26, 2021 | Insurance Industry, news
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC, one of the leading independent distributors of life, health and wealth products, announced it has acquired Golden Years Design Benefits, an insurance marketing organization based in Freehold, New Jersey. As part of the... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 21, 2021 | news
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC announced it has acquired Community Connections, an insurance marketing organization based in Manchester, Kentucky. As part of the acquisition, Jennifer Jackson, CEO of Community Connections, will become a Managing Partner in Integrity.... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 20, 2021 | Medicare Advantage, news
A bipartisan group of senators fired a warning shot against any attempts to cut payments to Medicare Advantage plans, dimming chances that Democrats could use revenue from any cuts to help fund a massive infrastructure package. The group of 13 senators—including seven... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 20, 2021 | Insurance Industry, news
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC (“Integrity”), one of the leading independent distributors of life, health and wealth products, announced it has acquired Modern District Financial, an independent marketing organization (“IMO”) headquartered in northern Michigan. As... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 20, 2021 | Insurance Industry, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news
Anthem, Inc. released 3rd quarter 2021 financials on October 20th, adding 11,000 Medicare Supplement lives in the 3rd quarter and 14,000 Medicare Supplement lives in the past 12 months. The Anthem enrollment table below features Medicare Supplement policy in-force... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 14, 2021 | Accident, Life Insurance, news
Cigna will divest its life, accident and supplemental benefits business in seven countries to insurance company Chubb in a deal valued at $5.75 billion, the insurer announced late Thursday. Those business lines operate in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, New Zealand,... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 14, 2021 | Insurance Industry, news
Senior Market Advisors (SMA), one of the fastest growing field marketing organizations (FMO) in the insurance space and an affiliate of AmeriLife Group, LLC (“AmeriLife”), announced that it has completed its acquisition of Open Access Insurance (OAI), a national... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 14, 2021 | Medicare Advantage, news
CMS released its 2022 rankings designed to help beneficiaries compare Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans ahead of Medicare open enrollment, which begins Friday and runs through Dec. 7. The agency ranks plans on a scale of one to five stars... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 14, 2021 | news
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC (“Integrity”), one of the largest independent distributors of life, health and wealth products, today announced it has acquired Shields Brokerage, a distinguished independent marketing organization (“IMO”) based in Exeter, New Hampshire.... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 14, 2021 | Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news
Medicare Supplement market leader United Healthcare (UHC) released 3rd quarter 2021 financials on October 14th, adding 15,000 Medicare Supplement lives in the 3rd quarter. The UHC enrollment table below features Standardized and Modernized policy in-force counts of... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 8, 2021 | news
Senior Market Sales®, one of the industry’s premier insurance marketing organizations, has acquired Medicare Instructors, a rapidly growing independent insurance brokerage focusing on Medicare insurance and financial solutions for people entering retirement. “As SMS... read more
