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Examining the Negative Stigma Surrounding Insurance

July 19, 2014July 18, 2014 Note From The Editor

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Insurance is often considered a necessary evil by many people, but why? The issue is somewhat complex and sometimes difficult to understand for certain due to the myriad opinions that are involved. For many, insurance is shrouded in a negative stigma because of certain philosophical perspectives. For others, the insurance industry makes questionable business decisions that add fuel to ever-present controversy. One thing to understand is that insurance is a for-profit industry. Companies are formed, thrive, and fail based on their ability to do business effectively within a particular market.…

Agents may be responsible for success of state’s health insurance exchange

May 15, 2014May 14, 2014 Marc

Insurance exchange reaches enrollment goals with the help of agents California officials have been boasting about the state’s insurance exchange achieving its enrollment goals, but insurance agents, rather than the exchange itself, may be the reason behind the high rate of enrollments. Covered California has been working to market its insurance services to consumers throughout the state for several months. The exchange encountered modest technical difficulties that had made the enrollment process problematic for many people, but these issues were overcome fairly quickly. Despite other problems, the exchange was able…

Insurance agents were central to the health care reform successes in California

May 14, 2014May 12, 2014 Julie Campbell

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Regardless of political beliefs with surrounding Obamacare, many achievements were made by these professionals. From the time that the Affordable Care Act truly went into full swing, last October, insurance agents played a key role in making sure that the people who required coverage would be able to find the health plans that they needed, at the best available prices. When the Covered California exchange first started, these professionals were not seen to be as important as they became. Both the officials from California and President Obama, himself, had been…

Oregon health insurance exchange owes agents $900k

May 13, 2014May 13, 2014 G. Turner

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While these professionals enrolled thousands throughout the state, many have not been paid for their services. According to the Oregon health insurance exchange, it owes around $900,000 to the agents who received their training and certification through the program, and who worked to enroll thousands of people throughout the state to make sure that they had the coverage that they needed to comply with the affordable care act, but who haven’t received their own paychecks in six months. Many of these hardworking people haven’t seen a dime of their pay…

California insurance agents are having trouble adapting to health care reform

May 1, 2014April 28, 2014 Logan B.

California insurance exchange creates some problems for agents Some insurance agents in California are encountering problems with the state’s insurance exchange, Covered California, as they begin to clash with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The law allows consumers to keep their medical information private, giving them the option to divulge this information under certain circumstances. In the past, agents were able to obtain medical information from their clients with relative easy. Now, however, this information is becoming more difficult to acquire, which is having a…

Insurance agents prepare for Administrative Professionals Day on Wednesday

April 22, 2014April 23, 2014 Nordstrom

The day provides an annual opportunity to show your staff how much they are appreciated. Administrative Professionals Day is nearly here once again and insurance agents across the country are preparing to make the day a special one for their staff by treating them to something special in order to make sure that they know that they are appreciated. This day occurs on the Wednesday of the last full week in April and it lands on the 23rd this year. While many insurance agents choose to bring treats into the…

Insurance jobs to become widely available in Ohio

April 17, 2014April 14, 2014 H. Cutner

By the year 2020, it is estimated that the industry in the state will require another 26,000 workers. A recent news prediction has revealed that a large number of insurance jobs will be opening up in Ohio as the industry expands considerably between now and the year 2020. This according to a career awareness programs that involves the participation of thirteen insurers. This group, called Insuring Ohio Futures, expects that in just over a half decade, the industry within the state will require an additional 26,000 insurance jobs to be…