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Urgent action needed to retain health insurance agent commissions!

Tony Ondrusek — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:31:28 +0000

As a direct result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) – also known as ObamaCare – health insurance agent and broker commissions have been slashed by as much as 50%. Agencies have been forced to lay off employees, limit products and services, shift to other lines, and have seen significant drops in compensation.

Urgent action needed to retain health insurance agent commissions! via IFAwebnews.

Group representing 119 in Congress calls individual mandate illegal

Bob Graham — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:20:46 +0000

The American Center for Law and Justice has filed a second brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, this time arguing against the individual mandate in the federal health reform law.

Group representing 119 in Congress calls individual mandate illegal via IFAwebnews.

Bill may ‘fix’ what HHS doesn’t see in agent compensation under MLR

Jaime L. Brockway — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:11:32 +0000

A bipartisan, companion Senate bill to the House bill excluding insurance agent compensation from medical loss ratio (MLR) calculations will be introduced in a few days, although the political environment makes its passage uncertain.

Bill may ‘fix’ what HHS doesn’t see in agent compensation under MLR via IFAwebnews.

FIO’s report on insurance regulation could have many tentacles

Bob Graham — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:44:55 +0000

A report expected from the Federal Insurance Office later this month, addressing how to modernize and improve insurance regulation, could significantly affect the insurance industry, according to an industry regulatory expert.

FIO’s report on insurance regulation could have many tentacles via IFAwebnews.

Rep. Schakowsky: Obama win opens door to public option, single-payer

Bob Graham — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:50:25 +0000

Rep. Jan Schakowsky told health care advocates that the November presidential election is all about health reform and how far it can be taken.

Rep. Schakowsky: Obama win opens door to public option, single-payer via IFAwebnews.

Public safety group urges Obama to push NFIP extension in Address

Bob Graham — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:17:25 +0000

A national group is urging President Barack Obama to push Congress to make “meaningful reform” to the National Flood Insurance Program when he gives his State of the Union Address.

Public safety group urges Obama to push NFIP extension in Address via IFAwebnews.

Attorneys general urge Supreme Court to rule individual mandate legal

Bob Graham — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:38:37 +0000

Attorneys general from 11 states and Washington, D.C., have filed court papers in the federal health reform law case, arguing that the individual mandate forcing all Americans to buy health insurance, starting in 2014, is constitutional.

Attorneys general urge Supreme Court to rule individual mandate legal via IFAwebnews.

Ongoing battle over health reform biggest insurance story of 2011

Bob Graham — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:18:56 +0000

The biggest story of last year is no surprise: the ongoing battle over federal health reform, according to the latest IFAwebnews.com poll.

Ongoing battle over health reform biggest insurance story of 2011 via IFAwebnews.

NAIFA offers its blueprint for Federal Insurance Office’s role

Bob Graham — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:35:23 +0000

A trade group representing insurance agents and financial service professionals submitted its comments on the Federal Insurance Office's Dodd-Frank study on modernizing and improving insurance regulation.

NAIFA offers its blueprint for Federal Insurance Office’s role via IFAwebnews.

Obama, Congress buoy National Flood Insurance Program through May

Bob Graham — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:53:05 +0000

The National Flood Insurance Program has received another temporary extension, this time through May 31, 2012, meaning its future will remain in question for another year.

Obama, Congress buoy National Flood Insurance Program through May via IFAwebnews.