by Carrie Haubensak | Nov 9, 2021 | Insurance Industry, news
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC, one of the nation’s leading independent distributors of life, health and wealth products, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Golden State Insurance Agency, an independent marketing organization based in Carlsbad,... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Nov 8, 2021 | Insurance Industry, news
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC, one of the leading independent distributors of life, health and wealth products, announced it has acquired Stateline Senior Services, an independent marketing organization and wealth advisory based in Somers, Connecticut. As part of the... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Nov 3, 2021 | Insurance Industry, Medicare
The rate of uninsured Americans stayed essentially stable last year — between 8.6% and 9.7% — as Medicaid and Affordable Care Act marketplace offerings offset losses of employer coverage. But there are still sizable disparities in who lacks health insurance coverage,... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Nov 3, 2021 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news, Uncategorized
For 3rd quarter 2021, CVS Health reported Medicare Supplement member in-force counts of 1,242,000, up 49,000 from 2nd quarter 2021 and 233,000 over the past 12 months. The 49,000 increase in membership during 3rd quarter 2021 was 11% lower than the membership growth... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Nov 3, 2021 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news, Uncategorized
Humana reported 3rd quarter 2021 Medicare Supplement lives of 332,000, a 0.5% increase over 2nd quarter 2021 and a 0.2% increase over 3rd quarter 2020. The table below shows Humana’s Medicare Supplement enrollment counts by quarter since 1st quarter 2017. Humana... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Nov 2, 2021 | Insurance Industry, news
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC (“Integrity”), one of the leading independent distributors of life, health and wealth products, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire The Fitz Group, a leading insurance marketing organization (IMO) based in Addison,... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 28, 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 DuBose Senior Insurance Marketing (“DuBose Insurance”), an independent marketing organization (“IMO”)... read more
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 27, 2021 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, news
Centene is looking to divest “non-core assets” as it embarks on a long-term plan to improve its profit margin. Executives said they also plan to consolidate the company’s pharmacy benefit management business down to one platform and plan to send out... read more
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