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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 |
April 6, 2012
Fiduciary duty should extend to all broker-dealers if they offer investemtn advice about securities to retail customers, an industry group told the SEC.
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By David A. Lieb |
April 3, 2012
Some insurance agents urged caution Monday as Missouri lawmakers considered changes to a state-created workers' compensation firm that has been criticized by the state auditor for taking advantage of a federal tax exemption while spending heavily on perks.
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By James E. Green |
March 23, 2012
A round-up of the week’s employee benefits news, reports and controversy from around the web
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By Arthur D. Postal, Elizabeth Festa |
January 17, 2012
Obama administration officials never improperly interfered with the deliberations regarding standards it recommended for implementing the healthcare reform law, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) said in response to a congressional inquiry.
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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 Allison Bell |
November 29, 2011
The California Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) is growing rapidly, but the number of enrollees is still much lower than expected, and the average amount of claims per enrollee is much higher than expected.
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By Amanda McGrory |
November 23, 2011
The medical loss ratio provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is interfering with insurance brokers ability to make a living and harming consumers who rely on brokers for advice and customer service, according to a new survey by the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors.
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By Elizabeth Festa |
November 23, 2011
A deeply divided plenary body of the NAIC passed a contentious resolution backed by health insurers and agents but not consumer groups late Tuesday that urges the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to take “whatever immediate actions are available” to it to release agents and brokers from medical...
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By Sponsor: Prudential |
November 18, 2011
Don’t look now, but something new and unusual is happening around the long-term care insurance category: It’s finally getting some deserved attention.
