Independent agents helped Medigap policy issuers generate big increases in sales and in-force revenue between 2013 and 2014.

Analysts at Gen Re, a reinsurer, have published data supporting those conclusions in a summary of the results from their latest Medicare supplement market survey.

The company found 80 insurers in the market in 2014, up from 72 in 2013. The number of insurers that participated in the survey increased to 54, from 50.

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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.