The fact that defined benefit plans have become increasingly rare does not mean that company retirement plans are less important to employees. In decades past, workers built retirement savings by paying down the mortgage balance on […]
An important brochure designed to help California’s small employer groups (2-50 employees) understand and prepare for health reform is now available to insurance brokers and their clients free of charge through two divisions of The […]
HEALTHCARE • Age Ratings Not Expected to Drive Up Costs for Younger Consumers • Health Insurers Anticipate an Increase in Self-Funding •Medicare Advantage Deductibles Fall for Plans • CMS Boosts Medicare Advantage Reimbursement Rates • […]
IN CALIFORNIA • Bill Would Limit Financial Incentives In Wellness Plans • Health Reform Summit for Brokers HEALTHCARE • HHS Delays SHOP Exchange, But Not California • Health Reform Leads Small Employers to Reduce Hiring […]
With an estimated 2.3 million California residents estimated to enroll in a health plan through Covered California by 2017, many insurance professionals are curious about the role of agents and brokers in the exchange. Preliminary […]
Covered California has awarded a three-year, $50 million contract to Irvine-based Pinnacle Claims Management Inc. to administer the state’s new small employer health insurance program. The contract is supported by federal funding under the Affordable Care Act. […]
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