Firm & Final
Firm & Final: The Legends of Stop Loss and Reinsurance is an award-winning stop loss industry podcast from BCS Financial Head of Large Claim Solutions Mehb Khoja. With a new focus each season, Mehb brings together members of the stop loss, reinsurance, and self-funded industries to discuss current and future stop loss issues and trends, and share legendary experience and advice for the next generation of stop loss and reinsurance superheroes.
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Firm & Final
Latest Episodes
Top Strategies for Cost Containment | Jennifer Warren, Mike Linquist, Katie Dudley
The stop loss industry is in a tricky position. Rising healthcare costs are driving loss ratios up, which is forcing stop loss carriers to raise their rates. In turn, higher rates make healthcare less affordable and le...
Managing Cancer Treatment Costs | Pete Scruggs from benefitSMART Cancer Solutions
"Buy healthcare better." That's the guiding philosophy at benefitSMART, an innovative cost-containment solution for the healthcare business that is making headway on one of the industry's biggest problems.The consumption of heal...
High Drug Costs: Innovation, Access, & Affordability | Pat Gleason, Ramesh Jayasuriya, Jim Clement
Pharmaceutical costs are one of the key factors driving increased health care expenditures in the U.S.Which is pretty stunning when you consider that most Americans don’t have any idea how those drugs are priced, or even how they get to...
Hardening Stop Loss Market | Jeremy Freestone, Ryan Siemers, Steve Gransbury
Even veterans of the stop loss industry are scratching their heads these days, wondering if this is the hardest market with which we’ve ever had to contend. With loss ratios peaking at 91% last year and widespread underperformance ...
Stop Loss Sales Under Pressure | Ed Wadhams, Tom Costello, Pete Laio
The dynamics between selling stop loss policies and underwriting stop loss policies have always created a strange dichotomy in the stop loss industry. But the latest NAIC data show loss ratios in stop loss climbing to an astounding...
