鈥淭hese seminars have been expressly designed in response to all of theregulatory changes that flow from the AffordableCare Act (ACA),鈥 said Jessica Word, executive vice president of Word Brown General Agency. 鈥淚t is vitally important that brokers stay up todate with the developments and employer requirements under the new lawso they can help guide their clients through open enrollment takingplace later this year.鈥 Each of the seminars will consist of three different classes for whichattending brokers will receive four hours of continuing education credittoward their certification as an insurance professional. It is expectedthat close to 1,000 of California鈥檚 leading healthinsurance brokers will attend these seminars. At the seminars brokers will receive up-to-the-minute information on themost recent regulatory guidelines including how California law AB 103impacts the small-group marketplace under the implementation of the ACAand new regulations for determining group size, calculating rates,enrollment procedures and more. Another session will provide anunderstanding of how to define a 鈥渇ull-time鈥 employee under healthcarereform and how brokers can use this information to help employersdetermine their group size for insurance purposes. 鈥淲e鈥檙e conducting these seminars in person 鈥 rather than throughwebinars 鈥 to encourage interaction among attendees and the opportunityto dialog with the presenters,鈥 said Word. 鈥淭he information is tooimportant and stakes are too high to simply provide one-waycommunication and leave it at that.鈥 The first of the nine seminars will be held on March 5 in RanchoCordova. That will be followed by seminars in San Rafael (March 6),Concord (March 7), Fresno (March 19), San Jose (March 20), Orange (March26), San Diego (March 28), Riverside (April 5) and Glendale (April 9).For further information or to register for one of the seminars, go to The 鈥淗ealth Reform Update鈥 seminars are part of Word Brown鈥檚 nearly30-year history of working with brokers to help them grow theirbusinesses. Throughout the year the company provides brokers withongoing written communication, seminars and webinars to update brokerson current issues and speaks at conferences sponsored by many ofCalifornia鈥檚 leading local and statewide organizations. Word Brownalso supports brokers through innovative sales tools, cutting-edgequoting systems, and a selection of carriers and products that continueto be the industry鈥檚 most desired. The Word Brown General Agency is a part of the Word Brown Companies,which provides insurance services through more than 55,000 brokers tohundreds of thousands of individuals and almost 60,000 employers withnearly 6.5 million eligible employees. The organization also offersbroker-assisted and direct-to-consumer online sales of individual andfamily health and Medicare plans and accident, dental, vision and lifeinsurance coverage. Included in the Word Brown Companies are: CHOICEAdministrators庐, the nation鈥檚 leader in developing andadministrating employee-choice health benefit programs; CONEXIS,providing benefits solutions to clients nationwide, with expertise inCOBRA and HIPAA administrative services, direct bill services, andflexible benefits administration, including flexible spending accountsand Section 132 commuter benefits; Quotit庐 Corporation, theleading Internet application service provider for the healthinsurance/employee benefits industry; and HealthCompare, whichworks with brokers and carriers to help individuals and families easilyresearch, compare, buy and enroll in the right health insurance plan atthe right price. For more information, visit Polly Neves,714-567-4592 pneves@wordandbrowncompanies.com
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