Carrier Updates
TRANSAMERICA announces New Insurance Central
Check out Insurance Central to get a personal look at the new design — no login required.
AmeriHealth Caritas recently updated its Agent of Record Changes document. These changes rolled out in May.
Mark your calendars. Alignment Health is rolling out its 2025 Product lineup in September. The in-person events will kick off the the first week of September with presentations in Raleigh, Winston-Salem, and Asheville.
The sessions will showcase products with the opportunity to meet company representatives. The event schedule is as follows, with more information to come:
Allstate is revising regulations on short-term medical plans.
New regulations right around the corner.
Secure your customers' coverage with effective dates as far out as 180 days, starting July 1, 2024.
Important items to note:
- August 31, 2024, is the deadline for quoting and submitting rewritten short term medical plans impacted by the impending regulation changes with January 1, 2025, effective dates.
- On September 1, 2024, quoting and submitting ends for rewritten short term medical plans with durations longer than four months.
- Once approved, a policy number is issued right away. The applicant can either pay their premium immediately, or any time before January 1, 2025.
Search Agent Back Office (ABO) to find all your expiring Short Term Medical policies.
Once you've logged into ABO, click Quote & Enroll to start the rewrite process in ENG and start enrolling your customers now for January 1, 2025, effective dates.
It’s simple.
Submit the application for rewrite. On the Short Term Medical rate questions page of the ENG application, select Yes to:
Are you rewriting an existing Allstate Health Solutions Short Term Medical customer on a new Allstate Short Term Medical Plan?
Complete the application with the customer. Your customer can even select a future initial draft date closer to the effective date that’s more convenient for them.
Your customer will receive an Application Pending Signature email from us. Once your customer esigns and submits the application, we will send you a confirmation email to let you know we received the rewrite. Your customer’s policy will not appear in your ABO until the coverage is issued.
Columbian Financial Group recently ceased sales in New York and Illinois.
Alignment Healthcare is offering its agents a discounted rate for AHIP certification.