These are blogs about individual health insurance
Phillips Stafford Insurance Group has opened a second office in the under-served community of Altoona, IA! We have expanded so fast that we have run out of room at our West Des Moines office. Rather than just knock a wall down at our current office we decided to expand our reach and bring the people of [...]
We are excited to announce that Josh Stafford has joined Phillips Stafford Insurance Group as a Managing Partner. Josh will oversee the training and development of new agents as well as be responsible for new client acquisition. Josh brings an impressive set of skills to the company. Both in his ability to work with clients to protect their business, [...]
We are excited to announce that our agency has changed it's name to Phillips Stafford Insurance Group. The new name is part of a majority ownership change from the original three founders. Brad Phillips originally formed BPW Insurance Group with two partners in 2012. Those two partners, Justin Betazza and Gerald Willis, exited the [...]
Many younger, healthier individuals could be surprised to see the cost of their insurance skyrocket 40 percent or more under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2014. What's behind this? The ACA imposes a form of modified community rating which compresses the rate classes, and prohibits rating using gender or health status. The factors that can be [...]
In October of 2010, just 6 months after the PPACA (Obamacare) was signed into law, we saw the first casualty when Principal Financial Group decided to exit the health insurance market. Just a little over two years later Principal has re-entered the market with a slightly different product in a move that could become [...]
The PPACA (Obamacare) passed in March, 2010 will have far reaching implications on not only your health insurance options and decisions but also on your taxes. The law contains several new taxes, one of those is the 3.8% investment income surtax. This tax has been one of the major thorns in the sides of Obamacare opponents [...]
We have fielded numerous questions about health care reform over the last year. We feel it is important for our clients to have a good understanding of health care reform so they know what to expect. Here is an article from Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield that we think does a good job of explaining the [...]
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