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Helping Clients Navigate Marketplace Open Enrollment | Solstiuce

Solstice Insurance Broker

As an insurance broker, you can be the compass your clients need. Key Takeaways : Brokers should stay informed to empower their clients. Key Takeaways : Brokers should stay informed to empower their clients. Brokers should advocate for clients year-round, assisting with claims and policy updates.

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Landlord Insurance in Chicago, Illinois: Everything Brokers and Property Owners Need to Know

Distinguished

However, with opportunity comes risk: property damage, liability claims, and unexpected financial losses can quickly turn a profitable investment into a costly liability. For brokers and agents, understanding landlord insurance in Chicago is crucial for helping clients safeguard their investments while expanding business opportunities.

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Agent Guide to Marketplace Advertising and Marketing Compliance

PSM Brokerage

As an agent, broker, or web-broker, you are tasked with connecting individuals and families with the health insurance they need, all while adhering to strict compliance guidelines. Fair Competition: Compliance creates a level playing field for agents and brokers.

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Understanding the Agent, General Agency, and Carrier Relationship: A Guide for New Brokers

Word & Brown

Why Brokers Partner with a General Agency? Lets look at how an agent/GA relationship works and how a GA can work on your behalf in dealing with carriers and plan administrators. Brokers today more than at any time previously face multiple challenges. But you are still able to remain independent and operate on your own.

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5 Best Practices for Effective Claims Reviews

Risk Management Monitor

With the cost of insurance for businesses rising across many types of coverage, staying on top of trends in the claims portfolio is more important than ever. For this reason, many insurers and TPAs promise to conduct claims reviews with their business customers on a regular basis, but the rigor can vary greatly.

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Insurance Claims-Handling Best Practices: Ensuring Smooth Claims Processing for Your Clients

Word & Brown

According to reporting last year by KFF (the independent source for health policy research, polling, and journalism formerly known as the Kaiser Family Foundation) data from insurers for Affordable Care Act Marketplace plans show nearly 17% of in-network claims were denied in 2021.

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The Rising Cost of Litigation — Social Inflation and E&O Risk

American Agents Alliance

This trend describes the phenomenon of unexpected rising insurance claim costs because of societal trends and views toward litigation. Unforeseen litigation costs can drive up the costs of claims unexpectedly and policyholders may feel they were not advised of their coverage adequately.