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Standardized Forms Can Increase LTC Insurance Sales
By Sandra LathamLowering the cycle time and increasing placement rates for selling long term care insurance policies can result in immediate bottom-line impact for brokerage general agencies ...
November 30, 2007
Older Consumers Wish They Had Known About Health CostsMany baby boomers and other older consumers wish they could go back in time and warn their younger selves about what health care and long ...
November 30, 2007
The roaring fortiesWhen advisor Berry Brown recently closed a client on a long term care insurance policy, it was both a personal milestone for him and a harbinger for the LTCI marketplace as a whole. "This was the first time I sold a policy to someone
November 30, 2007
Managed Care Company To Outsource Some AdministrationClear Choice Health Plans Inc. has hired Adaptis Inc. to handle claims administration and other financial services administration tasks.Clear Choice, Bend, Ore., says it expects ...
November 30, 2007
Managed Care Company To Outsource Some AdministrationClear Choice Health Plans Inc. has hired Adaptis Inc. to handle claims administration and other financial services administration tasks.Clear Choice, Bend, Ore., says it expects ...
November 30, 2007
New York Life Releases LTC Cost FiguresThe average cost of nursing home care was about 3% higher this year than in 2006, while home health care costs were up 12%, New ...
November 29, 2007
Older Consumers Wish They Had Known About Health CostsMany baby boomers and other older consumers wish they could go back in time and warn their younger selves about what health care and long ...
November 29, 2007
Health Net To Help UnitedHealth Into TriCare MarketA managed care giant is working with a smaller competitor to woo the U.S. Department of Defense.UnitedHealth Group Inc., Minnetonka, Minn., says its new military ...