A collection of the top health insurance executives will discuss an insider’s perspective on health care reform during the Greater Philadelphia Association of Health Underwriters’ annual conference, scheduled for Friday, Oct. 2, in Drexel Hill, Pa.
The new leader of one of Pennsylvania’s smaller health insurers plans to grow through its own efforts and any actions regulators take to expand competition in the state.
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.