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PPACA: Moody's Makes MLR Variability a Rating Factor
By Allison BellMoody's Investors Service, a major rating agency, is responding to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act changes by looking harder at how steady health carriers hold their medical loss ratios.
May 16, 2011
3 ways to make sure your clients love you tomorrowListen up. You don't want to be a one-project stand. You have to take certain steps to make sure that your clients will love you tomorrow. So pay attention and put these to work now.
May 16, 2011
House GOP Members Issue Second Round of Fannie, Freddie ReformRepublican members of the House Financial Services Committee introduced Friday seven bills as the second round of legislation to reform government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
May 15, 2011
Advisor opportunity: Take advantage of the CFP campaignThe Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards just launched a campaign called "Let's Make a Plan" to raise awareness of CFPs practicing in the U.S. among the "mass affluent initiators" demographic.
May 14, 2011
Advisor goals: 7 steps to achieve successIn their book, "Business Mojo: Achieving Success Through Mystical Exploration," brother and sister Dan and Judy Smith highlight seven steps to help people visualize success, believe it and then achieve it.
May 13, 2011
Medicare Trustees: Don't Believe Our NumbersThe trustees of the Medicare trust funds say the financial projections in their latest annual report are probably unrealistic.
May 13, 2011
Analyst: MLR Rules Are Lowering Some Health RatesThe new Affordable Care Act medical loss ratio requirement may be leading to health insurance rate cuts in some communities, Charles Boorady says.
May 13, 2011
PPACA: CBO, NAIC Tackle Health Exchange IssuesThe Congressional Budget Office has taken another look at how federal health insurance subsidies might perform in a health exchange environment, and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners has updated an exchange governance draft.