The study usedfederalsurveydata to comparethecost of both insurance premiumsandout-of-pockethealthspending with gross incomes from 2001 to 2006-the last year for which data wereavailable.
Its network of 14, 000 agents have made Allianz No. 1 in Germany's traditional life insurance market, with Euro4.2 billion in grosspremiums written in Germany in the first half of 2000.
One unintended consequence some of our clients are seeing as a result of their conversion will be a one or two year spike in their Medicare B payments, since such premiums are based on two-year trailing modified adjusted gross income.