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Study Group: Individual Life Insurance Brokers

Council Members in this Study Group: 173

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Anthony Cancela, President, CANCELA INSURANCE BROKERAGE, LLCAnthony Cancela

President
CANCELA INSURANCE BROKERAGE, LLC
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Anthony Cancela Jr., RHU, RFC, is the President and CEO of Cancela Insurance Brokerage, LLC, a New Jersey-based Insurance Brokerage which has provided insurance consultation and implementation for clients in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, since...

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Robert Cohen, Managing General Partner, Alliance Benefits & Compensation, LLC Robert Cohen

Managing General Partner
Alliance Benefits & Compensation, LLC
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Robert Cohen is the Founder and Managing General Partner of Alliance Benefits & Compensation, LLC, a employee benefits services firm in Washington, DC. Mr. Cohen has over 20 years of experience as a human resources and employee benefits professional in...

Daniel Buckle, Principal, Employee Benefit Resources of South Texas Daniel Buckle

Principal
Employee Benefit Resources of South Texas
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Daniel Buckle is the Principal of Employee Benefit Resources of South Texas, an employee benefit consulting firm, where he has worked since July 2004. He has over 22 years of experience in designing health, dental, life, accident and disability programs...

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PBM's Fail Employers with Mail

May 9, 2007

Analysis by:Daniel Buckle, Principal,

Comparison of Mail Order with community Pharmacy Cost | www.amcp.org


Mail did not produce higher generic utilization rates or lower costs for employers who hired a PBM to accomplish both.

Media Smells Blood at Big Pharma

April 2, 2007

Analysis by:Daniel Buckle, Principal,

Under The Influence | www.cbsnews.com

60 Minutes aired its story last night on the impact of The Pharmaceutical Lobby in writing and passing  Medicare Prescription Drug Plan.

Over the course of the upcoming Presidential campaign  the high cost of prescription drugs will become an issue and spill over into employer plans as well with implications for PBMS and Pharmaceutical Margins.

Hello Managed Care!

March 28, 2007

Analysis by:Daniel Buckle, Principal,

Employers Push Health Plans to integrate Onsite Health Centers With Care Management | www.aishealth.com

Edward Deming famous quote comes to mind as I read this mornings Industry Radar about employers pushing health insurers to either run or integrate with the on-site health centers they are either running or planning. hello Health Insurers--the choice is integrate or die. At what point will many of the large managed care carriers realize their large self-funded clients will be walking for vendors capable of fully integrating their services with the strategic direction their efforts to manage health & productivity are taking? Read on


Florida Legislators Research on PBM Business Model

March 28, 2007

Analysis by:Daniel Buckle, Principal,

Legislature Could consider Options to Address PBM Business Practices | www.oppaga.state.fl.us

The attention of state legislators to PBM business practices has implications for investors in the healthcare sector as well as the business models PBMS will use in the future.

The War on Drug Costs

March 28, 2007

Analysis by:Daniel Buckle, Principal,

Why Generics Do not Always mean Cheap | online.wsj.com

While the Wall Street Journal has done an admirable job exposing many of the ways PBMS have boosted profits at the expense of their customers they have not yet arrived at the flaws which make the current business models of PBMS susceptible to competition.

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Members in this Study Group include these company types:

  • Boutique Private Client Services
  • Independent Brokerage
  • Regional Brokerage
  • Private Client Services
  • Consulting Firm

Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:

  • Account Manager
  • Director
  • Account Executive
  • President
  • Senior Account Executive
  • Principal
  • Chief Executive Officer

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