Covered California announced the rates and expansion plans for its small group health insurance exchange. The statewide weighted average rate increase is 5.9%, for employers and their employees beginning Jan. 1, 2017, which is down […]
Small business owners are finding that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has decreased the appeal of health care benefits to employees and increased the importance of a retirement plan, according to a recent survey conducted on […]
Many health insurers are turning their attention to off-exchange individual plan membership as more consumers withdraw from the exchanges, according to a report by Mark Farrah Associates. Although 4.9 million new members enrolled the exchanges […]
by Xan Rousselle In the insurance industry, it remains a challenge to attract young people as customers, employees and agents. Only 17% of college students are familiar with the financial services profession. But when a […]
Don’t wait to start working with your groups to enroll in a health plan. This was a central message of the recent Warner Fest event in Woodland Hills, Calif. John Nelson, CEO of Warner Pacific […]
Nearly half of employees are stressed by the open enrollment process and only half are confident about the benefit decisions they made last year, according to a study by MetLife. Millennials are the most stressed […]
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