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Supporting agents to help their clients

May 28, 2014 By Kevin Knauss Leave a Comment

Covered California needs to spend more on agent training and support.

Agents and brokers drove in 39% of the enrollments for Covered California during the 2013-14 ACA open enrollment period with the least amount of training and resources of any group submitting applications. As Covered California starts their budget process allocating money for 2014 training, I had to speak publicly at a Board meeting and plead […]

Filed Under: Covered California Tagged With: ACA, Agents, Brokers, Covered California, Funding, Training

Covered California surveys agent experience

May 21, 2014 By Kevin Knauss 2 Comments

Covered California sends out survey to Certified Insurance Agents.

Did you get your Covered California agent survey and how did you respond? It was a pleasant surprise that a survey from Covered California showed up in my email in-box. Does this survey represent a new chapter in communications between agents and the California exchange or will Covered California continue business as usual with the […]

Filed Under: Covered California Tagged With: Agents, Brokers, Covered California, Survey

Health Insurance Agent and Broker Guild for California

May 6, 2014 By Kevin Knauss Leave a Comment

Health agent on hold with Covered California during open enrollment.

Aside from the enumerable website issues of both Healthcare.gov and Covered California, perhaps the largest problem of the ACA open enrollment centered around accessible and reliable information concerning how to enroll for the new ACA health plans. California health agents and brokers, who were handling hundreds of client enrollments each, bore the brunt of this […]

Filed Under: CalHABG Tagged With: Agents, Brokers, California, Health, Insurance

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