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HealthMarkets was founded in 1983 by Ronald Jensen under United Insurance Companies, Inc. (UICI) [1] Through its focus on the then-untapped market of self-employed workers, the company was able to grow earnings by more than double between 1984 and 1985. In 1986, UICI made its first public stock offering.
The focus was on creating local or regional exchanges that offered a series of standardized health care plans that reduced the complexity and cost of acquiring or understanding health care insurance, while simplifying claims administration. The system was modeled after the standardized stock exchange and banking industry back office processes ...
In 1752, Benjamin Franklin founded the first American insurance company as Philadelphia Contributionship.In 1820, there were 17 stock life insurance companies in the state of New York, many of which would subsequently fail.
HPOne was founded in 2006 as HealthPlanOne in Southport, Connecticut, by Bill Stapleton and entered the brokerage business in 2007. [5] In 2008, the company raised $6.5 million of venture capital to expand its brokerage and enter the Medicare market. [6]
Several companies may authorize the agent to sell for them, but the agent remains an independent businessperson. While the agent collects commissions, they do not collect a salary from the companies they represent. On average, independent agents work with thirteen property and casualty and six life and health insurance companies on a regular basis.
The Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco. In October 1904, A.P. Giannini founded the Bank of Italy in San Francisco. [3] [4] In October 1928, Giannini created a holding company that he named the Transamerica Corporation, which owned Bank of America, Bank of Italy, Bancitaly Corporation, National Bankitaly Company, California Joint Stock Land Bank, and Banca d'America e d'Italia [], which gave ...
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In healthcare, the third-party agent is the patient's health insurer, who is financially responsible for the healthcare goods and services consumed by the insured patient. [citation needed] Health economists evaluate multiple types of financial information: costs, charges and expenditures. [citation needed]