The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) issued a warning about a new phishing scam targeting insurance producers. From their website https://www.naic.org, the alert says “We are aware of a phishing scam targeting insurance producers regarding a falsified insurance claim related to their company that has been submitted to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. […]
From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, “Fraud Alert: Genetic Testing Scam” – Updated August 13, 2019. The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General is alerting the public about a fraud scheme involving genetic testing. Genetic testing fraud occurs when medicare is billed for […]
Many agents utilize Medicare.gov’s Plan Finder to run their clients’ drug lists each year in the search for the “best” coverage available. In doing so, agents have saved thousands of drug list ID’s and passwords so they can go back into the system the following year, retrieve the list and re-check the results. Starting October […]
September 1st marked the beginning of Life Insurance Awareness Month, making it the perfect time to have conversations with your Medicare clients and prospects to see if they have adequate life insurance coverage, and to see if they have appropriately planned for their end-of-life needs. It is no false tagline, oftentimes a customer can secure […]
The Baby Boomer Generation, those born between 1946 and 1964, represents the single largest group of individuals that will transition from the workforce to retirement, happening from 2011 to 2029. Doing the math, it works out to approximately 10,000 per day or, even more granular, one every 8 seconds. They control over 70% of disposable […]
Agents in Minnesota have had a particularly busy AEP this year with over 300,000 Medicare Cost plan members in that state losing their coverage at the end of this month. In other areas of the county, smaller pockets of Medicare beneficiaries are also losing coverage as some Medicare Advantage and Cost plans are not renewing […]
