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Archive for February, 2009

NAHU comments on Stimulus Bill

Posted in News on February 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Congressional leaders and the Obama Administration agreed last week on the details of a nearly $790 billion economic stimulus package (H.R. 1, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009), an effort by the federal government to invigorate the economy, create millions of jobs and ease the financial woes facing individuals, businesses and states.  To reiterate [...]

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Shenandoah Life will continue to pay Commissions on In-Force Business: Final Expense, Life and Medicare Supplement (Med Supp); Moratorium on New Business Continues; More Updates Coming

Posted in Shenandoah Life on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This came out Friday afternoon.  Great News!  The 2/12/09 commission run which was being held was supposed to be processed on 2/13/09. shenandoah_2_13_2009

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Short Notice! Aetna to host Web-Based training on Aetna Medicare Resource Center

Posted in Aetna, Education/Training on February 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »

This web and telephone conference for training on how to use Aetna’s Medicare Resource Center. The AMRC is designed for brokers to: access a single point of reference for all your broker needs, view and track status reports on your submitted enrollments, view commission reports. The teleconference will be held at 10 AM Eastern Time [...]

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Shenandoah Life Taken over by Virginia Regulators; AM Best Downgrades; Shenandoah Immediately Ceases New Business

Posted in Final Expense Life, Medicare Supplement, Shenandoah Life on February 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Late last year, Shenandoah Life announced that it was merging with OneAmerica.  Shenandoah had taken major losses on its Bond Portfolio (mainly from Fannie Mae bonds) and needed a partner.  At the time of the writedown, AM Best downgraded Shenandoah from A- (Excellent) to B++ (Very Good).  News of the proposed merger was posted on [...]

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Medicare Advantage Membership Statistics Released

Posted in CMS, News on February 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I found this website which aggregates the enrollment data from the CMS website.  It provides some interesting insights into how the major players in the Medicare Advantage market are doing recently and information on the Industry in general. Here is the website:  http://www.markfarrah.com/healthcarebs.asp?article=53

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Coventry Revises Agent’s Sales Presentation Checklist

Posted in CMS, Coventry on February 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I encourage you to take a few minutes to review the Sales Presentation Checklist published by Coventry Healthcare. The checklist is posted on our Coventry Submitting Business page under Critical Info under the 5th bullet point!

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Mike Judge from Conseco will host a Webinar on Conseco’s Critical Illness Plan March 19, 2009 at 2PM EST

Posted in Conseco Insurance Company, Education/Training, Insurance Companies on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

For details on how to attend, visit our “Events Calendar“.

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Great American Supplemental Benefits Group wants to save your time & gas and EXPAND your BUSINESS!

Posted in Continental General, Insurance Companies, Loyal American, Medicare Supplement, Provident American L&H, Uncategorized on February 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Join Great American on Wednesday, February 11th at 11 AM CST for an informative webinar on their revolutionary e-App process.  They will show you all the steps to easily complete a phone sale and submit business fast, easy and all without ever having to obtain a client ‘wet’ signature! For details on how to attend [...]

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Great American has updated its software for the At-Home Advantage Product

Posted in Great American Companies, Long Term Care, Uncategorized, Website on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Effective immediately there is new software avaiable for the At-Home Advantage products.  Please include illustrations with submitted applications. To download the most up to date version, click the link. http://www.aimsratedisk.com/aimsgaltc.html

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Proposed legislation would require HHS to negotiate Medicare prescription prices with drug companies.

Posted in News on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

American Medical News (2/9, Silva) reporst, “Democratic lawmakers finally may be close to achieving their goial of giving the federal government the authority to negotiate Medicare prescription drug prices directlywith pharmaceutical manufacturers.” To read complete article click here.

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