by Laurel | Sep 20, 2018 | Medicare Advantage Plans/Medicare Part C
The Benefits of a Medicare Supplement over a Medicare Advantage Plan This is a personal recount of how one can spare themselves of having the financial burden of a Medicare Advantage plan. During the annual election period in the fall of 2016, I had...
by Laurel | Sep 16, 2018 | Insurance and Retirement Planning
What is an indexed annuity? An indexed annuity is a contract issued and guaranteed1 by an insurance company. You invest an amount of money (premium) in return for protection against down markets; the potential for some investment growth, linked to an index (e.g., the...
by Laurel | Sep 14, 2018 | Long Term Care insurance, Medicare Advantage Plans/Medicare Part C
The Trump aministration is trying to change how doctors and hospitals are paid for treating senior citizens and give insurers in the Medicare Advantage program more control over themedications doctors can prescribe. The agency says its proposals would give...
by Laurel | Apr 17, 2018 | Home Health Care, Long Term Care insurance, Medicare Advantage Plans/Medicare Part C
All Medicare Advantage Plans must provide at least the same level of home health care coverage as Original Medicare, but they impose different rules, cost and restrictions. Depending on your plan, you will need to: Get care from a home health agency (HHA) that...
by Laurel | Apr 17, 2018 | Insurance and Retirement Planning
Dive Brief: The federal government won or negotiated more than $2.4 billion in healthcare fraud judgments and settlements in FY2017, according to the HHS/Department of Justice’s new Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program’s (HCFAC) annual report. In total, $2.6...
by Laurel | Sep 1, 2017 | Insurance and Retirement Planning
Your Hendersonville annuity insurance specialists here at Laurel Insurance Partners are back at it again with another blog post about insurance facts. While we might be beyond our blog post about bizarre insurance scenarios and insurance claims, you might find some...
by Laurel | Aug 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
In our previous blog post, we covered several bizarre and ridiculous insurance claim scenarios that have occurred throughout time. In a slightly more tame blog post, your Hendersonville life insurance experts here at Laurel Insurance Partners are going to go over some...
by Laurel | Aug 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
Having the right insurance coverage is important because there are numerous, legitimate circumstances in life that warrant an insurance claim. But does insurance leave any potential for manipulation? Absolutely. After all, with as big as some insurance payouts can be,...
by Laurel | Jul 25, 2017 | Life Insurance
Protecting the loved ones in your life, including yourself, is one of the most important things that you could ever do. Whether you’re buckling the seatbelt of your young child or sending your recent high school graduate off to college with a well-stocked survival...
by Laurel | Jul 10, 2017 | Insurance and Retirement Planning
Okay, so you might not typically think of something like insurance as particularly interesting or intriguing, but hear us about – there might be some facts that really surprise you! From one of Microsoft’s stock desktop images to a time where one could only...
