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By Danielle Kunkle |
May 22, 2012
With so much media and legislative focus aimed at the Medicare Advantage program, news about traditional Medigap plans has been rather sparse, and what news there has been has not been positive or promising.
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By Elizabeth Festa |
May 8, 2012
Agent commissions have declined dramatically since the medical loss ratio (MLR) provision of the health care reform law went into effect, forcing many agents to reduce their services to clients, consider charging fees for services they had been providing at no additional charge and in some cases, laying off employees...
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By Elizabeth Festa, Arthur D. Postal |
December 2, 2011
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ request for an exemption from the medical loss ratio provisions of the healthcare reform law for insurance agents has been rejected.
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By Elizabeth Festa |
December 1, 2011
A GAO report released this week purports to demonstrate that early indicators show that the new medical loss ratio (MLR) standards mandated in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would have worked for most insurers in 2010.
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By Arthur D. Postal |
November 8, 2011
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has delayed until Nov. 22 a vote on a contentious resolution that would have asked the Department of Health and Human Services to unilaterally use its authority to exempt agent health commissions from the medical loss ratio, rather than waiting for Congress to act.
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By Allison Bell |
October 11, 2011
Steve Auerbach, the head of a company that supplies the innards of many large health insurance exchanges, says he is hungry for good agents.
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By Eric Johnson |
September 1, 2011
Insurance agent—half doctor, half lawyer
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By Mark Roberts |
August 30, 2011
As a broker or agent, you are constantly aware that commissions are being cut by insurance companies and other sales organizations due to the new minimum loss ratio standards.
What’s an insurance salesman to do to keep the mortgage paid, pay for the kids’ college tuition and put food on...
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By Kathryn Mayer |
August 1, 2011
Disheartening some brokers, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners has backed away from supporting a congressional bill that could exclude insurance agent compensation from medical loss ratio calculations.
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By Heather Trese |
July 25, 2011
Sen. Mary L. Landrieu reminds feds, many health insurance agents are small business owners, too, and a new health reform provision threatens to put them out of business at a time when their clients need them most
