insurance markets

Feds analyze PPACA market

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar | April 1, 2013

The exchange builders are focusing on the young, the sick and the passive.

PPACA turns 3

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar | March 22, 2013

As some states race to meet implementation deadlines, others act as if the law had not passed.

Applying for PPACA coverage isn't easy

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar | March 13, 2013

Applying for benefits under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) could be as daunting as doing your taxes.

N.H. commissioner prefers partnership exchange

By Holly Ramer | February 4, 2013

A new state law prohibits regulators from setting up a New Hampshire-based exchange.

AP to consumers: PPACA won't create universal coverage

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar | January 31, 2013

A reporter explains the coming health premium affordability rules to a general audience.

Ernst & Young's Doug French prognosticates on advanced sales in 2013

By Warren S. Hersch | January 21, 2013

NUL Senior Editor Warren S. Hersch recently chatted with Doug French, a managing principal of the insurance services practice at New York-based Ernst & Young. The interview explored, among issues, prospects for advanced markets sales in 2013, the evolution of agent compensation and challenges that advisors will face in the...