Coronavirus news for Cal Brokers
We interrupt your regularly scheduled e-newsletter to bring you the latest on coronavirus in the industry… The World Health Organization has officially deemed COVID-19, the disease caused by the...
View ArticleHow Are You Handling COVID-19?
California state parks are now closed, San Francisco is sheltering in place, Medi-Cal offices closed as of yesterday, industry events are being rescheduled, workers are telecommuting, colleges have...
View ArticleLet Us Offer a Little Sunshine!
Greetings! We hear some of you are spending hours on the phone with distraught clients and some of you are cleaning out your closets and doing online exercise classes. And then a bunch of you are now...
View ArticleAnother Day in Paradise
We’re getting a lot of reminders lately to be grateful if we have a roof over our heads and we’re not sick. No argument there! So, from the frontlines of Zoom/email/homeschool paradise… IEAHU Offers...
View ArticleHow the Industry Does Social Distancing
Last week, the CAHU Women Leadership Summit folks hosted a Facebook Live event, which was a lot of fun! We’re hearing of other groups doing Zoom conferences, chats, Skype sessions and more. We’re even...
View ArticleLet’s Focus on Mental Health
Republican John Kasich, former governor of Ohio, and Henry Harbin, a psychiatrist and former CEO of Magellan Health, teamed up to write an opinion piece that’s posted to CNN about the dire need to...
View ArticleLAAHU Hosts Happy Hour TODAY!
LAAHU’s first ZOOM Happy Hour last week was a huge success. They’ll be offering this every week. It’s an ideal opportunity to network and meet others in the field. Mix and mingle with other business...
View ArticleGuest Post on COVID -19: FFCRA & CARES Act –Plus a lot more!
Thank you Dorothy Cociu, the incoming vice president of communications for California Association of Health Underwriters, from contributing the an excellent COVID-19: FFCRA& CARES Act article....
View ArticleCovered Cal for Small Biz Announces Premium Deferment Program
Covered California for Small Business announced a new program that aims to help hundreds of small businesses continue to provide insurance to their employees during the current COVID-19 pandemic. The...
View ArticleGuest Post by NAHU’s Pat Griffey! Plus More
There’s not a cloud in the sky where we are today. Hope it’s all blue skies for you too. Today you’ll want to scroll to the end of Insurance Insider News for a very special guest post by NAHU’s Pat...
View ArticleJust Help One- TODAY!
NAHU Region 8 asks you to just help one person today if you can. Make a call, mow a lawn, deliver a meal…whatever you can do. On social media, use #justhelpone to post comments and photos. Need...
View ArticleWhat Is the State of the Industry Now?
‘State of Coronavirus and Insurance Report’ A Must-Read InsuranceQuotes.com recently released its State of Coronavirus and Insurance Report. The report provides an analysis of COVID-19’s effect on:...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter.
Protests turned to riots across the country this week after the George Floyd killing by a Minneapolis police officer. Like many people, the staff of California Broker wish to be part of an anti-racist...
View ArticleLook for Increased Use of Mental Health Benefits
University of Southern California researchers, as well as Johns Hopkins researchers, says health care providers need to brace for an increase in mental health needs. The numbers of Americans suffering...
View ArticleCoronavirus Hospitalizations Increase in Some California Counties
The Los Angeles Times today reported that some California counties — including Orange County, Ventura County and the San Joaquin Valley — are seeing an increase in hospitalizations due to COVID-19....
View ArticleCalifornia Expanding Coronavirus Testing
California has expanded coronavirus testing. To learn more and find a testing facility near you, go here. AHIP Annual Meeting: Why Not More COVID Testing? The annual meeting of America’s Health...
View ArticleA-Z: How Insurance Industry is Responding to COVID-19
The insurance industry has responded in big and small ways to the pandemic. America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) now has an exhaustive list of what nearly every carrier is doing. The list is...
View Article10 Cal AHU Chapters Team Up for Massive Medicare Expo!
Going virtual can have some benefits…take, for instance, what 10 local California Association of Health Underwriters chapters have decided to do August 26-27. The chapters are teaming up to host a...
View ArticleInland Empire, OC and SD Team up for September Virtual Medicare Summit
Whoo hooo! Congratulations if you’re an agent who wants to know more about Medicare! There are now a couple of amazing, virtual conferences coming up: HEALTH The Senior Summit (a collaboration of...
View ArticleInsurance Industry Doing Just Fine
Is this nuts or what? Since May 2020, International Living says its seen a 504.97% surge in traffic to its “How to Move Out of the U.S.” coverage. Welcome to the ongoing saga of the COVID-19...
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