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Insurance Alphabet: Letter B

B is for: “BROKER” Broker: is one that negotiates insurance contracts on behalf of the insured, therefore representing the client’s interest, not the insurer’s. Brokers already have established relationships with the companies that they contract with. Because of this, they are able to navigate for the insurance consumer more easily. Areas of advantage: https://schweizer-apotheke.de/ Customer Service […]

Benefits Chalk Talk: Consumer Directed Healthcare

This is our first post in our series called “Benefits Chalk Talk.” Much like an after-practice or halftime chalk session in athletics, our goal is to help empower our clients to put all the many different benefits tools in play.  And, much like you face different opponents in a sports contest (and strategies change over […]

Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs): The Employee Benefits Home Run

Note: **this is the fourth (4) of a series of four (4) blog posts that require some knowledge of previous posts to be understood. We recommend that you read them in order. Here is the suggested order of reading: Healthcare Reform: The Major Players Phrases Made Easy: “Defined Benefit” and “Defined Contribution” The Great Transition: […]

The Great Transition: Healthcare Benefits & Defined Contribution

Note: **this is the third (3) of a series of four (4) blog posts that require some knowledge of previous posts to be understood. We recommend that you read them in order. Here is the suggested order of reading: Healthcare Reform: The Major Players Phrases Made Easy: “Defined Benefit” and “Defined Contribution” The Great Transition: […]

Phrases Made Easy: “Defined Benefit” and “Defined Contribution”

Note: **this is the second (2) of a series of four (4) blog posts that require some knowledge of previous posts to be understood. We recommend that you read them in order. Here is the suggested order of reading: Healthcare Reform: The Major Players Phrases Made Easy: “Defined Benefit” and “Defined Contribution” The Great Transition: […]

Healthcare Reform: The Major Players

Note: **this is the first (1) of a series of four (4) blog posts that are related to healthcare reform. We recommend that you read them in order. Here is the suggested order of reading: Healthcare Reform: The Major Players Phrases Made Easy: “Defined Benefit” and “Defined Contribution” The Great Transition: Healthcare Benefits & Defined […]

Information After Election Day

At Policy Advantage Insurance Services… we’re all set to keep-up with the political climate. Begin to check our various outlets over the next few weeks after tomorrow’s election. We’ll share some great information that’s relevant to the results. Thanks for stopping by, we hope our information was valuable to you. Check back at our blog […]

Election Day IF/THEN Advice:

There’s an election coming up soon, and regardless of results… we’ll have some valuable information to share with you. So for now… we have some simple IF/THEN election advice: IF: Obama wins the election, THEN: Start to understand state health insurance exchanges and the Affordable Care Act. IF: Romney wins the election, THEN: Stay tuned […]

Welcome: Fall 2012 Info Campaign!

You probably received a flyer, or heard from us online.  We’re glad that you’re here! Also… hello to all of our current colleagues… Every once in a while, we’ll run a short info “campaign.” We’ll get valuable, up-to-date, and relevant content out to our friends, clients, and potential clients.  If you’re familiar with us, as you […]

Insurance Alphabet: Letter A

A is for: “ADVERSE SELECTION” Adverse selection is the tendency for higher risks to seek more insurance coverage than lower risks. Example: A 57 year old female with diabetes and a history of chronic illness would have a tendency to seek more health insurance coverage than a healthy 23 year old male. Interesting Point: As it […]