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MassMutual financial professionals can now offer their clients and prospects property/casualty insurance, thanks to a partnership between MassMutual and Insurify.
The LUTCF designation has been relaunched to serve a new generation of industry professionals in a way that is relevant to them.
Medicare Advantage plans currently have the flexibility to pay agents varying rates depending on the plan in which the beneficiary enrolls. But those compensation rates would change for 2025 under proposed CMS rules.
The Medicaid unwinding began one year ago this week, and the impact of millions of Americans being disenrolled from Medicaid coverage will continue to be felt into the next few years.
Cancer diagnoses are on the rise – especially in younger adults – and that’s changing the way one insurer handles marketing and claims.
Average health savings account contributions are well below the maximum allowed, even though most HSA owners are taking distributions from their accounts and few are investing in them.
Three factors contribute to women’s inability to save for a secure retirement, a financial expert said.
Advisors get creative in providing the financial literacy message to diverse audiences.
Mike Paffhausen’s devotion to serving his community extends to ensuring students have access to financial literacy education.
In 2024, employers are required to provide health care cost comparison tools to their workers and will face penalties of $100 per day per employee for failing to do so.
The Medicaid Unwinding is nearly a year old, and more Medicaid recipients than expected have been disenrolled from the public health insurance program, statistics show.
However, some bipartisan health care reforms could come before Congress at the end of 2024.
Long-term care is an issue for states as well as consumers. Are publicly funded programs the answer?
The insurance industry will be impacted by three trends in 2024.
A California task force makes recommendations for a publicly funded long-term care program in that state while Washington state looks at ways to supplement its own program.
Marketing of Medicare Advantage plans and Affordable Care Act marketplace plans is a priority for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Improper Marketing of Health Insurance (D) Working Group.
Women who are in high tax brackets tend to be busy professionals who don’t have the time to manage their money or plan for their financial future. So they turn to someone like Samantha Holowka for help.
More than two years after No Surprises was enacted, 10 million consumer health claims were protected from unexpected bills. But the independent dispute resolution process is being used more than expected, and eligibility disputes are complex.
Two retirement industry thought leaders believe the industry’s “failure” approach to retirement planning is faulty, so they conducted their own research and created a tool to help consumers make the best choice for a successful retirement.
Half of the 50 states are projected to get an “A” grade in financial literacy education for their high school students by 2028, according to a Champlain College report.
