Total U.S. individual life insurance new annualized with excess premium rose 3% year over year to $4.7 billion in the second quarter of 2026, according to preliminary results from LIMRA’s U.S. Life Insurance Sales Survey.

In May, Telos shared an early look at growth in the Hospital Indemnity market, now they offer a deeper look into the senior Hospital Indemnity market and how that has changed over time.

The CSG Actuarial Premium Rate Scorecard™ provides an overall premium rate competitiveness ranking by company across all states, plans, ages, genders, households, and zip codes.

Manny Meraz’s leadership style is defined by his own experiences overcoming adversity in his youth. Shaped in many ways by support from his community, he ultimately built the Meraz Health Insurance Agency to help others navigate their health coverage options with confidence.

For 2nd quarter 2026, CVS Health reported Medicare Supplement member in-force counts of 1,176,000, a decrease of 16,000 in the past quarter and 60,000 over the past 12 months.  The 60,000 decrease in membership in the past 12 months is a 4.9% decrease relative to the membership on June 30, 2025.

Medicare provides health insurance coverage for 70 million people, 20% of the U.S. population – a share which will grow larger in the coming decades. Medicare spending comprised 14% of the federal budget in 2025 and 21% of national health care spending in 2024.

As former public school educators, Marcelo and Gabriela passionately lead by example, developing their agents into leaders who serve their communities with integrity and dedication. The agency offers life insurance and annuity products to clients nationwide.

Medicare Supplement rate increase data is in through July, and carriers continue to pursue large rate increases in an attempt to help mitigate high loss ratios. For most carriers, 2026 average rate increases continued to trend up from 2024 and 2025.

DTS Financial, which distributes life insurance and annuity products nationwide, focuses on strengthening agents to help them better serve their clients and communities.

Humana reported 2nd quarter 2026 Medicare Supplement lives of 551,500, up 2.7% from the result at 1st quarter 2026 and 24.2% compared to 2nd quarter 2025.  Second quarter 2026 Med Supp premiums of $344 million, up 4.6% from the premiums for 1st quarter 2026. 

ATI Advisory conducted the study on behalf of the Better Medicare Alliance, analyzing data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey and Cost Supplement files from 2021 to 2023.

Total U.S. annuity sales rose 4% year over year to a record $123.9 billion in the second quarter of 2026, surpassing the previous quarterly high and marking the 11th consecutive quarter of more than $100 billion in sales.

Five state actions are reshaping Medicare Supplement guaranteed issue rules, dental loss ratio reporting, and fixed indemnity product definitions this quarter.

Retirement Health Solutions operates with a mission-driven philosophy centered on service. The firm has provided tailored health coverage options for individuals and families since 2009. By creating strategic institutional partnerships with credit unions, clinics and financial organizations, its highly focused team has experienced consistent and impressive growth.

A majority of voters believe there is at least some fraud in government health programs and most say that addressing fraud would lead to reductions in federal spending overall, though fewer say it would lead to reductions in their own health care costs.

Here is a list of several carriers’ most recent publicly available incentive programs.  Incentive plan information is unknown for some carriers.

Integrity has been named to Newsweek’s list of America’s Greatest Workplaces for the second year in a row. The award recognizes companies that prioritize employee wellbeing, strong leadership, meaningful benefits and work-life balance. Integrity shares this honor with distinguished companies such as Apple, Adobe, Dell, Microsoft and Nike. 

Medicare Supplement market leader United Healthcare (UHC) released 2nd quarter 2026 financials on July 16th, reporting a 10,000 decrease in Medicare Supplement lives in 2nd quarter. 

Accountable care organizations, or ACOs, are groups of providers that assume responsibility to care for a group of patients. ACO REACH has struggled to get providers to sign up and stay in the program for fear of potential losses, despite tweaks to try and incentivize more providers to participate.

Here is a listing of several incentive programs that are currently being offered.  The majority of these are scheduled to be available from July 1st through September 30th.