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You can’t watch the news, or even go to the drugstore, without hearing about the massive changes in the U.S. healthcare system. Many of the changes are a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed in 2010 , however many of these changes are simply a result of changing demographics and rising healthcare costs. Whatever the source, changes are affecting all aspects of the healthcare community including: Hospitals and other healthcare providers Healthcare insurers and third-party administrators Pharmacies Pharmaceutical companies New State and Federal Healthcare Exchanges Public programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program Employers and individual health consumers The market has been shaken up with a more competitive environment pushed by consumer-driven healthcare and new partnerships between health insurers and retail brands and between healthcare providers and pharmacies. Today, you can get basic health services at your local …

The Property and Casualty (P&C) insurance market is ripe for opportunities for printers. Insurance is a document-centric business where the only tangible evidence of what the consumer paid for is a policy document. P&C insurance has the added benefit of being something that everyone needs and, in most states, is required to have in some form or another. The competition for consumer’s business is fierce generating big-bucks marketing campaigns from major players like Allstate, GIECO, Farmers Insurance, Progressive, State Farm and others. P&C carriers send over 2.5 billion pieces of direct mail annually according to Comperemedia, and that doesn’t factor in the volume of customer mailings of policy documents, billing and required notices. While the biggest spending comes from the top 20 companies in the market, this is a big market with lots of printing needs. There are over 3,000 P&C insurers in the US and another 38,000 independent insurance agencies. More and more, independent …