Carrier News

Aetna Has New ACA Small Group Submission Dates for California

Aetna has updated their Small Group Affordable Care Act (ACA) submission deadlines. In most cases, the change will allow new members to be active on their effective date. Starting with May effective d...

UnitedHealthcare Pharmacy Point-of-Sale Discounts Coming 2019

Beginning in 2019, UnitedHealthcare will pass drug manufacturer rebates directly to members when they fill prescriptions through retail pharmacies or home delivery. Currently, UnitedHealthcare has bee...

Health Net Q2 Relaxed Promo Reminder

Health Net is offering a 35% Relaxed Participation promotion for groups with 6+ eligible employees. Groups of 1-5 employees can join with 66% participation, which is the standard participation minimum...

Aetna Small Group Will Stop Selling Life Products to New Business

Effective 4/1/18, Aetna Small Group will stop selling Life products to new business. Aetna Life Insurance was acquired by The Hartford on November 1, 2017. All quoting vendors have been notified to re...

Aetna Small Group - Updated Employer and Employee Applications

For your immediate use, Aetna has updated their Employer and Employee Applications for 2018. All plan names are now updated with the CA SB 137-compliant medical product names. Underwriting will acce...

Q2 2018 Updates from CaliforniaChoice®

CaliforniaChoice® has released rates for effective dates April to June 2018. Five of the seven health plans received a rate pass. Be sure to talk to your LISI Regional Sales Manager for region-specifi...

Blue Shield of California Q2 Update

Second-quarter 2018 rate adjustments There will be a second-quarter rate action of 1.9% for all PPO medical plans and 1.0% for all HMO medical plans. All portfolio dental, vision, and life insuranc...

UnitedHealthcare Owner Only Guideline Change 2/1/18

A change has been made to the Owner Only Guidelines effective February 1, 2018. UnitedHealthcare will no longer write a group that is owner only, where the common-law employee is waiving coverage. The...

Q2 2018 Updates from Aetna

Aetna has released new rates for effective dates April to June 2018. PPO plans have received a rate pass, while HMO plans will increase 5.9% (statewide average). Quoting is now available in HealthConn...

Second-quarter 2018 Rate Adjustments from Blue Shield of California

There will be a second-quarter rate action of 1.9% for all PPO medical plans and 1.0% for all HMO medical plans. All portfolio dental, vision and life insurance plan rates will remain unchanged. Gr...

Kaiser Permanente® Promotions Extended Through February 2018

Great news from Kaiser Permanente®! The following underwriting promotions from Q4 2017 have been extended to December 1, 2018 effective dates: A DE 9C is not required for new groups with 6 or mo...

Heat up the Competition with CoPower

The technology boom brought with it fierce competition to attract and retain top talent. Forward-thinking companies are reimagining the compensation package by offering perks like a paid year of paren...