by Anna Patrick | May 1, 2020 | Flash Report, Medicare Supplement
Our summary below outlines how Medicare Supplement carriers are underwriting – based on our Medicare Supplement Application Health Questions Look-back Period Filter Heart Rhythm Disorders or PacemakerCrohn's DiseaseKidney Disease/ Dialysis, Renal... read more
by Anna Patrick | May 1, 2020 | Flash Report, Medicare Supplement
Each month, CSG Actuarial releases a Medicare Supplement Rate Change Report detailing carrier rate adjustments and new market entries. The MarketEdge Rate Comparison tool helps you determine how these rate adjustments or new entries affect the competitive structure of... read more
by Anna Patrick | May 1, 2020 | Flash Report, Medicare Supplement
This week, CSG Actuarial added Guarantee Trust Life Insurance Company (GTL) to the Medicare Supplement E-Application Platform. Agents can now submit applications directly to GTL from the MarketAdvisor agent quoting tool. Additional carriers on the platform include,... read more
by Anna Patrick | Apr 24, 2020 | Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news
This week we are reading about Medicare Advantage changes to ESRD, Integrity acquiring The Brokerage Resource, eHealth’s first quarter results and UnitedHealth’s first quarter earnings. What Is Changing For Beneficiaries with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)... read more
by Anna Patrick | Apr 17, 2020 | CSG Actuarial News, Medicare Supplement
UHC Reports Medicare Supplement and Medicare Advantage Enrollment for 1st Quarter 2020 Medicare Supplement market leader United Healthcare (UHC) released 1st quarter 2020 financials on April 15th, losing 60,000 Medicare Supplement lives in the 1st quarter. The UHC... read more
by Anna Patrick | Apr 10, 2020 | news
This week we are reading about how the top 10 payers are broadening access to COVID-19 care, how the coronavirus is impacting agent incomes, AmeriLife’s acquisition of Jack Schroeder & Associates and TR King Insurance Marketing’s purchase of Chelsea... read more
by Anna Patrick | Apr 3, 2020 | Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news
Article by Jared Strock, FSA, MAAA In recent weeks, CSG Actuarial has been analyzing the COVID-19 pandemic and its potential impact on the Medicare Supplement and Medicare Advantage markets. Medicare Supplement and Medicare Advantage products both play an important... read more
by Anna Patrick | Apr 3, 2020 | Flash Report
CompanyEffective Date Average Increase Comments Aetna Health and Life Insurance Company 5/1/2020 2.0% Missouri Assured Life Association 4/1/2020 6.7% 0.0 - 12.0% ; varies by state Atlantic Coast Life Insurance Company 3/30 -6/1/2020 3.2% 0.0 - 6.0% ; varies by state... read more
by Anna Patrick | Apr 3, 2020 | Flash Report
CompanyMonthly Premium*Average Rank** State Mutual Insurance Company $103.55 N/A - new plan effective 7/1/2019 Shenandoah Life Insurance Company $107.68 4.10 Pekin Life Insurance Company $109.05 2.00 Lumico Life Insurance Company $109.83 2.90 Aetna Health Insurance... read more
by Anna Patrick | Apr 3, 2020 | Flash Report, Medicare Supplement
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, based on actual Medicare Supplement quotes completed on CSG Actuarial’s Market Advisor... read more
by Anna Patrick | Apr 3, 2020 | Flash Report, Medicare Supplement
Each month, CSG Actuarial releases a Medicare Supplement Rate Change Report detailing carrier rate adjustments and new market entries. The MarketEdge Rate Comparison tool helps you determine how these rate adjustments or new entries affect the competitive structure of... read more
by Anna Patrick | Apr 3, 2020 | Flash Report, Medicare Supplement
Our summary below outlines how Medicare Supplement carriers are underwriting – based on our Medicare Supplement Application Health Questions Look-back Period Filter Diabetes Dependent on InsulinHepatitisCataract SurgeryAlcoholism or Drug AbuseArterial... read more