Executives at Assurant Inc. and Health Net Inc. shed some light on their plans for handling the health market changes set to take effect in 2014 under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

During a company earnings call Thursday, Assurant said they will wait until at least 2015 to try to get onto any PPACA exchanges.

Despite not selling coverage through the exchanges, they are involved in other PPACA aspects, such as educating their clients about the law.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.