FirstCarolinaCare's January billing statements did not get mailed or posted on member and broker portals on Friday, January 13 as communicated in their last broker flash. FirstCarolinaCare is working diligently to get January billing statements mailed out to your Individual and Medicare clients and loaded onto the member and broker portals before January 22.

With tax season just around the corner, National Guardian Life wanted to let you know that a 1099-NEC (Non-Employee Compensation) will be issued to those producers with net earnings of $600 or more in 2022.

Nevada agents: If a consumer has completed their application on or before January 15th, but has not selected a plan and enrolled, they have until 11:59 p.m. on Friday, January 20th, to select a plan.

NEW FOR 2023 - SPECIFIC TO MEDICARE PARTS A & B:

Per Medicare and You 2023, beginning January 1, 2023, consumers who missed enrolling in Medicare when eligible due to special circumstances may be able to sign up for Medicare during a Special Enrollment Period. Consumers should contact Medicare for more information.

On March 1, 2023, premium rates will increase for Health Alliance's PPO and POS Short-Term plans for the first time in over three years. This premium rate increase does not impact any of your Short-Term clients who are enrolled or will be enrolled prior to the March 1 effective date.

American Equity is thrilled to share that they recently increased the Minimum Guaranteed Surrender Value-Minimum Guaranteed Interest Rate (MGSV-MGIR)* across all of their products, including the Shield Suite of fixed index annuities. This increased rate provides even more protection for your clients by bolstering the minimum guaranteed surrender value on American Equity contracts.