by Carrie Haubensak | May 18, 2022 | Insurance Industry, news
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC, a leading distributor of life and health insurance, and provider of wealth management and retirement planning solutions, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Ritter Insurance Marketing, a leading independent... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | May 13, 2022 | Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news
Updated measures for 2023 will advance equity and increase access to affordable care Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D prescription drug programs that will improve experiences... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | May 13, 2022 | Medicare, Medicare Supplement, news
CSG Actuarial has compiled information from the NAIC* and other sources and is reporting that total earned premiums in the Medicare Supplement market in 2021 totaled $35.6 billion, a 1.7% increase over 2020. A few other notes of interest: The total Medicare Supplement... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | May 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
The National Medicare Insurance Industry Summit (The MedSupp Conference) has changed its name to Medicarians. Medicarians is excited to be the home of the product creators, distributors, service providers, administrators, and innovators helping the people live longer,... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | May 10, 2022 | Insurance Industry, news
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC (“Integrity”), a leading distributor of life and health insurance, and provider of wealth management and retirement planning solutions, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Russek Financial Services, an insurance and... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | May 5, 2022 | Life Insurance, news
U.S. life insurance application activity declined in March with Year-over-Year (YOY) activity down -7.7%, when compared to record breaking activity in March of 2021, and finishing Q1 2022 at -5.6% year to date, according to the MIB Life Index. However, when taking a... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | May 4, 2022 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news
For 1st quarter 2022, CVS Health reported Medicare Supplement member in-force counts of 1,292,000, up 7,000 from 4th quarter 2021 and 146,000 over the past 12 months. The 146,000 increase in membership in the past 12 months is down 37% from the membership growth in... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | May 4, 2022 | Medicare, news
Something strange happened between the time Linda Griffith signed up for a new Medicare prescription drug plan during last fall’s enrollment period and when she tried to fill her first prescription in January. She picked a Humana drug plan for its low prices,... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | May 4, 2022 | Insurance Industry, news
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC (“Integrity”), a leading distributor of life and health insurance, and provider of wealth management and retirement planning solutions, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Ash Brokerage, a leading financial advisory and... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Apr 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
CompanyEffective DateAverage Increase Comments AARP - UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company 6/1/20221.5%Massachusetts AARP - UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company 6/1/20224.0%Minnesota AARP - UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company 6/1/20224.6%Varies by state & plan AARP -... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Apr 28, 2022 | Insurance Industry, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news
Humana reported 1st quarter 2022 Medicare Supplement lives of 318,400, down 4.1% from the result at 4th quarter 2021 and a 3.0% decrease compared to 1st quarter 2021. The table below shows Humana’s Medicare Supplement enrollment counts by quarter since 1st quarter... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Apr 26, 2022 | Insurance Industry, news
Senior Market Advisors, one of the fastest growing field marketing organizations (FMO) in the insurance space and an affiliate of AmeriLife Group, LLC, announced that it has partnered with Buffalo Health Advisors, one of the top health insurance distributors in... read more
