Category: Individual Health

Today the state of Wisconsin’s Commissioner of Insurance Ted Nickel released the following op-ed titled “Health Insurance Reforms like Wisconsin’s HIRSP Offer Way Forward.” https://oci.wi.gov/Pages/PressReleases/20170517HIRSPOpEd.aspx Commissioner Nickel Op-Ed: Health Insurance Reforms like Wisconsin’s HIRSP Offer Way Forward Date: May 17, 2017 Obamacare is falling apart. One third of US counties have only one health insurer […]

Federal regulators recently announced they are considering a ban on the sale of Hospital Indemnity and Critical Illness policies. The “Tri-Agency” Team – the Internal Revenue Service, the Employee Benefits Security Administration and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – has included this proposal in a new batch of draft regulations that also […]

  The outlook has been bleak for ACA producers as more and more insurance carriers announce drastic cuts (or even eliminations) to their commissions. It’s a hard pill to swallow, especially with all the time and energy it takes for each ACA appointment from prospecting to binder-payment and all the training. While each carrier seems […]