Practice and client management

A $267 million computer system built by a unit of UnitedHealth Group Inc. is one of the most important determiners of whether the Affordable Care Act succeeds.

Premiums for health plans to be sold to the uninsured next year will be less costly than government analysts expected under President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, his administration will report today.

A survey released Wednesday by Aflac shows brokers may be timid about their future. Find out why and more details from the report.

Health insurance premiums will drop by about 50% on average for consumers in New York who buy new plans through a state-run marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act.

Weighing the dilemma of a potential individual mandate delay may have consequences for brokers.

Despite the ACA’s employer mandate delay, a variety of key provisions still go into effect for employers in January, 2014.

While the decision yesterday by the White House to delay this key provision in ACA was unexpected, what businesses is it really going to effect?

The Obama administration will delay a crucial provision of its signature health care law, giving businesses an extra year to comply with a requirement that they provide their workers with insurance.

Americans collectively have millions of pets, but few are covered by insurance.

A strategy to protect your clients’ interests in the new world of health care reform.

Chad Parks and Andrew Meadows of The Online 401(k) make it their mission to address America’s retirement problem.

Nelson Griswold on using voluntary sales as back-door strategy.

Mel Schlesinger on how important online testimonials are to closing an important sale.

John Lamb on why advisers should meet with HR to make open enrollment work smoother.

Craig Davidson on the relationship between health reform and the National Labor Relations Act Section 7.

Jack Kwicien on how brokers can change their business to meet their client’s needs through a variety of ways.

The Affordable Care Act will fundamentally change the way health insurance works across the country, and in most cases it will increase cost. What can be done to mitigate the impact?

Mercer’s George Lane on why life and health agents should consider being in the financial services industry.

Enrollment in private health insurance exchanges will likely match the public exchanges by 2017, when about 18% of Americans are expected to purchase their plans through the HIX model, according to Accenture research.

At NAHU’s annual conference this week, brokers said navigators couldn’t begin to replace the roles that they’ve held in their communities for years. The real question remains: what’s the point of navigators at all?