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NAHU asks members to call senators to get broker compensation exempt

Bob Graham — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:58:54 +0000

The National Association of Health Underwriters is urging its membership to contact their senators to support a bill that would exempt agent and broker commissions from the medical loss ratios controlling health insurers' spending.

NAHU asks members to call senators to get broker compensation exempt via IFAwebnews.

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.

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.

Fla. insurance brokers lobby McCarty for MLR waiver for commissions

Bob Graham — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:24:42 +0000

About 30 health insurance agents and brokers in Florida sent letters to the state insurance commissioner's office, urging him to work harder to free their commissions from the administrative portion of the new medical loss ratios included in health reform.

Fla. insurance brokers lobby McCarty for MLR waiver for commissions via IFAwebnews.

HHS doesn’t exempt insurance agent commissions in final MLR rules

Bob Graham — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 03:08:24 +0000

The U.S. Health and Human Services Department issued final rules for its medical loss ratio, declining the request of insurance agent trade groups and state insurance regulators to exempt agent and broker compensation.

HHS doesn’t exempt insurance agent commissions in final MLR rules via IFAwebnews.

NAHU moves closer to Capitol Hill, changes logo

Bob Graham — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:32:50 +0000

The National Association of Health Underwriters has moved to Washington, D.C., putting it closer to elected officials who play such a large role in determining the future role of insurance agents and brokers.

NAHU moves closer to Capitol Hill, changes logo via IFAwebnews.

Maryland group joins national health care coalition

Jaime L. Brockway — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:05:17 +0000

The Annapolis, Md.-based Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative announced it will join a national coalition of health groups with the mission to enroll uninsured people under the federal health care reform in 2014.

Maryland group joins national health care coalition via IFAwebnews.

Health agents, brokers join Enroll America’s effort to trim rolls of uninsured

IFAwebnews Staff — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:39:01 +0000

A national trade group for health insurance agents and brokers is participating in Enroll America, a group waging a national effort to reduce the number of uninsured Americans and provide educational resources on both public and private coverage options.

Health agents, brokers join Enroll America’s effort to trim rolls of uninsured via IFAwebnews.

Landrieu joins agents’ call for delay in tying compensation to MLR

Bob Graham — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:57:07 +0000

Health insurance agents and brokers have found a friend in Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), who has penned a letter asking federal officials to delay including agent compensation in the medical loss ratios controlling health insurer spending.

Landrieu joins agents’ call for delay in tying compensation to MLR via IFAwebnews.

NAIC group favors freeing agent commissions from health reform’s MLR

Bob Graham — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 18:08:12 +0000

A task force in an association of state insurance commissioners has endorsed a bill in Congress that would exclude insurance agent and broker compensation from health reform's medical loss ratios.

NAIC group favors freeing agent commissions from health reform’s MLR via IFAwebnews.