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Because the insurance industry is evolving, and rules and regulations change, we help you stay up-to-date by sending carrier, product, and other updates regularly via emails and e-newsletters, post updates in our online Newsroom, and post on social media. Check out the latest news below.

Making the Switch to Online Enrollment Improves Service, Saves Time

An easy way to enhance your service to clients and save time – for you and them – is to make the move to Online Enrollment (OLE), a paperless process that reduces errors and increases employee satisfaction.

California’s Individual Mandate 2020: What You Need to Know

California is implementing its new state individual mandate in 2020. It requires all California residents to maintain Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) – medical health insurance coverage – for themselves and their dependents beginning January 1, 2020.

Using Technology to Serve Clients, Expedite Cases

​Technology plays an important role in the sale of Small Group Health Insurance. It’s a part of so many different facets of the prospecting, selling, quoting, and enrollment process.

8 Ways Word & Brown Can Help You in Q4

The 4th Quarter is now the busiest time of year for a lot of insurance brokers, whether your focus is group health or individual health. Here are 8 ways Word & Brown can help you.

New Q3 2019 Small Group and Large Group HPRGs Available

Word & Brown’s latest editions of the California and Nevada Small Group and Large Group Health Plan Reference Guides (HPRGs) are available for download.

Jessica Word Featured in Technology Publication

Word & Brown president Jessica Word is featured in a news story published this month by Technology Headlines.

How to Determine Whether a Variable-Hour “Hourly” Employee is Full-Time or Part-Time under the ACA

Applicable Large Employers (ALEs) must offer affordable coverage to all full-time (FT) employees (and at least Minimum Essential Coverage [MEC] to their dependents) to satisfy the Affordable Care Act (ACA) employer mandate.