http://www.hiu-digital.com/hiu HIU is the official publication of the National Association of Health Underwriters (www.nahu.org) en-us Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT 720 28 http://www.hiu-digital.com/hiu http://h-cdn.dashdigital.com/hiu/include/icons/navbar_logo.gif?lm=1327625581000 http://www.hiu-digital.com/hiu/201202 http://www.hiu-digital.com/hiu/201202        Contents
    FEATURES
        Do Elevator Speeches Defeat Sales?
        It's Not Too Early to Start Thinking about Long-Term Care Awareness Month
        Why Critical Illness Insurance?
        Differentiate Your Agency through Technology
        Resolutions for Increased LTCI Sales
        Five Social-Media Mistakes to Avoid in 2012
        Trends in Healthcare Consumerism
    Columns
        A Word (or Two) from the Editor
        This Month's Experts
        President's Page
        Noteworthy
        Member Spotlight: Ja'Nene Kane
        COBRA Conundrums
        Industry Innovations
        Stock Watch
        People on the Move
        The Last Laugh
    Etcetera
        Where in the World is HIU?
        NAHU Membership Application
        Welcome to NAHU
        Community Service in the Spotlight
        Where in the World is HIU?
        Gordon Award Nomination Form
        Marketplace
        Where in the World is HIU?
        LPRT Membership Forms
        Insurance Events
        Advertiser Index
        NAHU's Board of Trustees
        Your NAHU Staff

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    FEATURES
        New Year, New Approach: Success in 2012 Means a Fresh Perspective on Dental
        Building a Consultative Benefits Practice, Part 4
        Five Strategies for Business Growth in a World of Customer Networks
        Solutions for Dental Insurance under Healthcare Reform
        NAHU's Federal Legislative Priorities for 2012
        Employers and Advisors Seek Solutions to Control Healthcare Costs
        Invest in Technology to Expand Your Benefits Business
    Columns
        This Month's Experts
        President's Page
        Industry Innovations
        Member Spotlight: Emily Maushardt
        Noteworthy
        Stock Watch
        People on the Move
        The Last Laugh
    Etcetera
        Gordon Award Nomination Form
        Where in the World is HIU?
        Capitol Conference Info
        NAHU Membership Application
        Welcome to NAHU
        Where in the World is HIU?
        NAHU Board Nomination Form
        Marketplace
        Where in the World is HIU?
        LPRT Membership Forms
        Insurance Events
        Advertiser Index
        NAHU's Board of Trustees
        Your NAHU Staff

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    FEATURES
        Why It's Tough Selling Disability Insurance to Entrepreneurs
        The Medicare Consumer Online: Listening to the Conversation
        Debunking Myths about HSAs
        CLASS: What Happens Now?
        A Comparison of CDHPs
        It's about the Story, not the Storyteller
        How Health Reform Will Impact Consumer-Directed Plans
        Service after the Sale: A CDHP Conversation
        Building a Consultative Benefits Practice, Part 3
        Critical Illness and Accident Plans: The Silver Lining to Consumer-Driven Plans
        Passion Is Required for a Winning Culture
    Columns
        Letters to the Editor
        This Month's Experts
        President's Page
        Industry Innovations
        Taming COBRA
        Noteworthy
        Worksite Marketing
        Stock Watch
        People on the Move
        The Last Laugh
    Etcetera
        NAHU Membership Application
        Capitol Conference 2012
        NAHU Board Nomination Form
        Marketplace
        Where in the World is HIU?
        Where in the World is HIU?
        Where in the World is HIU?
        Where in the World is HIU?
        Welcome to NAHU
        Where in the World is HIU?
        Insurance Events
        Advertiser Index
        NAHU's Board of Trustees
        Your NAHU Staff

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    Features
        Add Mobile Messaging to Your Marketing Toolkit
        Choosing an Agency-Management System
        LTCI Campaign Raises Awareness and Boosts Sales
        Building a Consultative Benefits Practice, Part 2
        A Comparison of Agency-Management Software Systems
        To Tablet or Not to Tablet
        Our Bill: An Update on H.R. 1206
        Consumer-Directed Ancillary Products: Be the Hero in the Great American Story
        Measuring ROI for Social Media Marketing
    Columns
        A Word (or Two) from the Editor
        This Month's Experts
        President's Page
        From the Boardroom
        Industry Innovations
        The Referral Coach
        Taming COBRA
        Worksite Marketing
        Member Spotlight: Chad Schneider
        Noteworthy
        Stock Watch
        People on the Move
        The Last Laugh
    Etcetera
        NAHU Membership Application
        Capitol Conference 2012
        Marketplace
        Welcome to NAHU
        The Benefits of Belonging
        Why I Belong to NAHU
        Where in the World is HIU?
        Where in the World is HIU?
        Insurance Events
        Advertiser Index
        NAHU's Board of Trustees
        Your NAHU Staff

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    FEATURES
        An Update on CAM: Still Complementary. . . Not so Alternative
        How the Health Care Reform Legislation Will Impact Your Clients, Year by Year
        HRAs: The Hidden Goldmine
        Finding New Disability Sales among the Lost Generation
        Five Tips for Communicating Benefits in an Uncertain Economy
        How to Maintain Income in the Face of MLR
        The Value of NAHU Membership
        Guaranteed Standard Issue Individual DI: Profitability through Participation
    Columns
        A New Look and New Home for NAHU
        Letters to the Editor
        This Month's Experts
        President's Page
        From the Boardroom
        Member Spotlight: Susan Rider
        Industry Innovations
        Noteworthy
        Taming COBRA
        Stock Watch
        People on the Move
        The Last Laugh
    Etcetera
        Where in the World is HIU?
        NAHU Membership Application
        Welcome to NAHU
        Where in the World is HIU?
        Marketplace
        Where in the World is HIU?
        Where in the World is HIU?
        Insurance Events
        Advertiser Index
        NAHU's Board of Trustees
        Your NAHU Staff

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    Features
        How to Educate Employees on the Benefits of Participating in CDHPs
        NAHU Honors Carol Cutter and Beth Ashmore
        Annual Convention Recap
        Three Ways to Reckon with the Daily Dealers
        A Legislative Update from NAHU
        A Good Product Idea from Canada, Really?
        Hey, Doc, What's This Test for Anyway?
        The Myths and Realities of Medical Loss Ratios
    Columns
        A Word (or Two) from the Editor
        Letters to the Editor
        This Month's Experts
        President's Page
        Noteworthy
        From the Boardroom
        Taming COBRA
        Industry Innovations
        The Web Gorilla
        Stock Watch
        People on the Move
        The Last Laugh
    Etcetera
        NAHU Membership Application
        Where in the World is HIU?
        Membership Benefits
        Marketplace
        Where in the World is HIU?
        Welcome to NAHU
        Where in the World is HIU?
        Insurance Events
        Advertiser Index
        NAHU's Board of Trustees
        Your NAHU Staff

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    FEATURES
        An Interview with NAHU President Mel Schlesinger
        The COBRA Premium Trap
        The Right Time to Address Long-Term Care Myths
        Health Insurance Exchanges: Let's Do Them Right
        The Voluntary BeneFACTOR
        Building a Consultative Benefits Practice, Part 1
        HICCUP Your Way Past Competitors on Facebook
    Columns
        A Word (or Two) from the Editor
        This Month's Experts
        Worksite Marketing
        Noteworthy
        Taming COBRA
        Industry Innovations
        The Referral Coach
        Stock Watch
        People on the Move
        The Last Laugh
    Etcetera
        Where in the World is HIU?
        NAHU Membership Application
        Where in the World is HIU?
        Marketplace
        LPRT Qualifiers
        Where in the World is HIU?
        Insurance Events
        Advertiser Index
        NAHU's Board of Trustees
        Your NAHU Staff

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    Features
        How to Sell Non-Traditional Voluntary Benefits in a Recovering Economy
        It's Time to Link up with LinkedIn
        The CLASS Act: Threat or Opportunity?
        Diversify for Business Success
        Building Brand Equity through Customer Loyalty: Six Keys for Insurance Professionals
        Getting in the Game
        Fact or Fiction? Accountable Care Organizations Can Transform Health Care by Shifting from Volume-Driven to Value-Driven Care, Part II
        A Single-Payer System for All—the Government Illusion
        Blending Your Social Identity
    Columns
        A Word (or Two) from the Editor
        This Month's Experts
        Worksite Marketing
        Industry Innovations
        Taming COBRA
        The Referral Coach
        Noteworthy
        Clinical Corner
        The Web Gorilla
        Stock Watch
        People on the Move
        The Last Laugh
    Etcetera
        NAHU Membership Application
        Community Service in the Spotlight
        Where in the World is HIU?
        Marketplace
        Where in the World is HIU?
        Community Service in the Spotlight
        NAHU Membership Benefits
        Insurance Events
        Advertiser Index
        Your NAHU Staff

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    FEATURES
        How Technology Makes Producers More Successful
        HSAs and Ancillary Coverage Drive New Business for Brokers One Year after Passage of Reform Legislation
        Social Media Vocabulary: What You Need to Know
        Fact or Fiction? Accountable Care Organizations Can Transform Health Care by Shifting from Volume-Driven to Value-Driven Care
        Using QR Codes for Your Organization
        Outpace Your Competition with a Benefits-Management System
        What Does it Take to Get a Good TPA for Your Consumer-Driven Health Plan?
        Easing the Pain of Contracts for Insurers and Patients
        The Growth of HRAs and the Technology to Properly Administer Them
    Columns
        A Word (or Two) from the Editor
        This Month's Experts
        President's Page
        From the Home Office
        Letter to the Editor
        Noteworthy
        Taming COBRA
        Industry Innovations
        Stock Watch
        People on the Move
        The Last Laugh
    Etcetera
        NAHU Membership Application
        Annual Convention Preview
        NAHU Membership Benefits
        Convention Sponsors
        Marketplace
        Where in the World is HIU?
        NAHU's 2011-12 Board Candidates
        Insurance Events
        Advertiser Index
        NAHU's Board of Trustees
        Your NAHU Staff

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    FEATURES
        Consumer-Driven Health Plans: Does Lack of Transparency Impact Their Success?
        Summer Highlights the Need for Accident Protection
        Grandfather the Company Health Plan?
        An Interview with Ed O'Malley, President of National Financial Partners
        A Simple Strategy for Group Clients to Embrace the Cost Savings of Consumer-Driven Products
        Civil Wars
        Five Tips That Will Help You Sell the CDHP Concept
        Trends in Employer-Sponsored Dental Insurance Plans
        Speak to Be Remembered and Repeated: Seven Rules to Remember
        Small Businesses Blaze a New Trail with Self-Funding
    Columns
        A Word (or Two) From the Editor
            All I Really Need to Know. . .
        Letters to the Editor
        This Month's Experts
        President's Page
            I Hope to See You in San Antonio
        As I See It
            Strengthening Consumer Knowledge and Access to Health Insurance
        Noteworthy
        From the Boardroom
            Covering America's Blind Side
        Taming COBRA
            Don't Fall into the COBRA Pit
        Industry Innovations
        Stock Watch
        People on the Move
        The Last Laugh
    Etcetera
        An Open Letter to All NAHU Members
        NAHU Membership Application
        Annual Convention Preview
        Where in the World is HIU?
        Marketplace
        NAHU Membership Discounts
        Insurance Events
        Advertiser Index
        NAHU's Board of Trustees
        Your NAHU Staff

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    FEATURES
        In the Blink of an Eye . . . Disability Happens
        Our Changing Roles
        An Update on State Exchanges
        Critical Illness Insurance: A Cure for That Sinking Feeling
        Highlights from Capitol Conference
        Three. . . Two. . . One. . . LaunchPad!
        Will Congress Pass on CLASS?
        Funding Flexibility Has Become Unique
        Be the Ball—Remove Obstacles for Your Clients by Bundling Products
        Current IDI Trends and Strategic Implications
        Harness the Power of Membership Diversification
    Columns
        Letter to the Editor
        This Month's Experts
        President's Page
        Worksite Marketing
        Industry Innovations
        Taming COBRA
        Noteworthy
        The Referral Coach
        Stock Watch
        People on the Move
        The Last Laugh
    Etcetera
        Community Service in the Spotlight
        Where in the World is HIU?
        Gordon Award Nomination Form
        Annual Convention Preview
        NAHU Membership Application
        Marketplace
        Insurance Events
        Advertiser Index
        NAHU's Board of Trustees
        Your NAHU Staff

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    Features
        NAHU: It's a Wonderful Organization
        Voluntary Benefits Open the Door to Employee Engagement
        Taking a Cue from Maya Angelou... and What It Can Mean for Your Business
        Making the Business Case for Corporate Wellness Programs
        My Health Insurance Fix for America
        Physicians Can Truly Reform Health Careâ?¦ if Only they Would Take up the Challenge
        Medication-Management Programs: A New Call to Action
        Health Care Reform? Stick this in Your Pipe and Smoke It!
    Columns
        This Month's Experts
        President's Page
        Up Front
        Industry Innovations
        As I See It
        Taming COBRA
        From the Boardroom
        People on the Move
        Noteworthy
        Stock Watch
        The Last Laugh
    Etcetera
        Gordon Award Nomination Form
        Membership Application
        Marketplace
        LPRT Info and Applications
        Insurance Events
        Advertiser Index
        NAHU's Board of Trustees
        Your NAHU Staff

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