Insurance providers are feeling increasingly good about the emerging private insurance exchanges. But carriers are a bit miffed that brokers don't seem to be doing their homework on the exchanges, and instead want carriers to provide them with answers to the private exchange quiz.

This and more intelligence comes from a study by Eastbridge Consulting Group, which surveyed carriers about their expectations for and attitudes toward private exchanges.

Asked to cite negatives and positives with respect to the exchanges, Eastbridge said they were much more bullish about the benefits of the exchanges.

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Dan Cook

Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.

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