High quality continuing education for independent insurance agents, brought to you via live streaming video.

What's the ABEN Difference?

The ABEN Difference

The Agents & Brokers Education Network (ABEN) is a joint project of state insurance and brokers associations who have a common goal: improving the quality and accessibility of distance learning opportunities available to their members.

Others' Technology

Webinar technology has, for some time, been a common offering of many participating ABEN associations. Combining powerpoint slides delivered via the internet with audio of the instructor, either by telephone or internet, the webinar format allows for the delivery of educational content in a convenient, but visually limited fashion.

ABEN's Technology

The ABEN network is founded on the use of streaming video content over the internet that provides the participant with live, full motion video of the presenter, high quality audio, along with coordinated powerpoint slides. The ABEN platform, provided by Business Professionals' Network and its technology partner, BizVision, also allows the end user to fully participate in the webcast by downloading written materials, emailing questions to presenters in real time, making notes in the viewer "notes" area, and emailing those notes to themselves for later use.

ABEN's Production Values

ABEN programming features enhanced production values and formats appropriate to the video medium. Presenters interact with each other as well as you, the ABEN participant. This delivers an educational experience that is engaging, interesting, as well as professionally rewarding.

It is this unique combination of valuable information delivered using interactive live, video and audio internet technology that define The ABEN Difference.

About ABEN

About ABEN

The Agents and Brokers Education Network (ABEN), founded by state associations of independent insurance agents, is dedicated to bringing highly relevant, interactive, and professionally produced continuing education programs to independent agents in the most convenient and economical ways possible.

ABEN is managed by Business Professionals' Network, Inc., the leader in association-based continuing professional education, using video streaming technology for the delivery of highly produced, valuable information to help the professional succeed. ABEN is intended to provide the insurance agent/broker with an efficient and effective medium for receiving live as well as archived educational courses through the state associations to which they belong.

ABEN was founded by a group of state insurance and brokers associations and will serve state insurance and brokers associations nationally as a platform to showcase and exchange the best in continuing education for mutual benefit of the associations and their membership. Business Professionals' Network manages the network and ensures the performance of the cutting edge technology that is the hallmark of ABEN. A list of all participating associations can be found on the ABEN site.

More information about ABEN course offerings can be found below.

For more information on ABEN, please visit www.aben.tv.

Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of South Carolina

Welcome to ABEN

Please note: You will need to create a login and password the first time you purchase from your association's ABEN catalog. Your association login and password will not work in this catalog. Thanks!
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On-Site Group

Individual Viewer

  • May 28, 2013 4:00 PM EDT   Tablet/iPad Ready
    (live replay)
  • June 11, 2013 10:00 AM EDT   Tablet/iPad Ready
    (live replay)
  • June 25, 2013 2:00 PM EDT   Tablet/iPad Ready
    (live replay)
  • July 9, 2013 4:00 PM EDT   Tablet/iPad Ready
    (live replay)
  • July 23, 2013 10:00 AM EDT   Tablet/iPad Ready
    (live replay)
  • August 13, 2013 4:00 PM EDT   Tablet/iPad Ready
    (live replay)
  • August 27, 2013 2:00 PM EDT   Tablet/iPad Ready
    (live replay)
  • September 10, 2013 10:00 AM EDT   Tablet/iPad Ready
    (live replay)
  • September 24, 2013 4:00 PM EDT   Tablet/iPad Ready
    (live replay)
  • October 8, 2013 2:00 PM EDT   Tablet/iPad Ready
    (live replay)
  • October 29, 2013 10:00 AM EDT   Tablet/iPad Ready
    (live replay)

National Health Care Reform - Part 1

Length: 2 hours

Course Description:

The presidential election is over. Some voters are happy and some are not. It always happens that way. Whatever your feelings regarding the election you -- a business owners -- will no doubt be curious (and perhaps concerned) regarding the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The election confirms that this law WILL be implemented as it currently stands. No doubt numerous questions loom for the business owners and decision makers.

Questions that deal specifically with the ACA may be:

1) How will the ACA affect me, my family and my business?
2) What will a health insurance plan look like in 2014? What will it cover and for what policy limits?
3) Are there taxes, fees and penalties that may impact me and my business?
4) As a business owner do I have to provide health insurance for my employees? What might happen to me and my business if I provide a plan now, but stop doing so in 2014?
5) Is it possible to have a penalty even if I provide health insurance to my employees. How so?
6) I have heard that the income I pay employees might impact potential penalties that could be levied on me in 2014. How so?
7) I am looking at growing, expanding or maybe even acquiring another entity. Does the ACA need to be factored into my future decisions regarding growth?
8) I have heard some businesses are looking at changing some full-time employees to "part-time" status due to the ACA potential impact. Why would they do that and should I consider such an action?
9) I have heard a lot of conversation about the "Exchange". What is it and how might it affect me?
10) I currently provide a Consumer Driven Health Plan (Flex Spending Account - FSA, Health Saving Account - HSA, or Health Reimbursement Arrangement - HRA). Does the ACA impact these plans?

These and numerous other questions will be addressed during this ABEN webcast presentation, National Health Care Reform.


Part 2 is also available in your state's ABEN catalog!

State Specific Details:

FL  - This session has been approved by the DFS for two (2) hours of continuing education credits (intermediate), Agents: CE #84001, CE 2-40 Health

SC - This course is approved in SC - Course#129042

OH - This course is approved in OH - Course # 38524

NC - This course is approved in NC - Course # C11660

WI - This course is approved in WI - Course#68454

MS - This course is approved in MS

NJ - This course is approved in NJ - Course# 88893922

MD - This course is apporved in MD - Course # C12311


Produced By:

Co-produced by Florida Assoc of Ins Agents & Ind Ins Agents of South Carolina

Faculty

  • Jerry Rhinehart, CIC, CLU, ChFC, RHU

Course Materials

  • PLEASE OPEN - IMPORTANT CE INFORMATION AND STATE REQUIRED FORMS
  • Student_Materials_Parts_1&2
  • National Health Care Reform-Parts One and Two-marketing