Have questions about your insurance? Please find answers to our most frequently asked questions below. Simply click on a question to view the answer.

General Questions

Mail: 30101 Town Center Dr, Suite 100, Laguna Niguel CA 92677

Call: (949)249-6768 or Toll Free (888)467-5553

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Kenneth G. Harris Insurance Agency is a full-service insurance agency, serving clients throughout California. We provide a broad range of insurance services, including Employee Benefits, Individual & Family Health Insurance, Medicare Supplements, Life Insurance, Dental Insurance, Annuities, Disability Income, and Long Term Care Insurance.

Individual and Family Insurance Questions

You can locate physicians and hospitals in your area by using our doctor finder

Your coverage will start on the effective date of your plan. The health insurance carrier will not reimburse for any care received before the effective date even if the doctor waits to send the bill until after you are enrolled.

For individual and family health insurance we currently represent, Anthem, Assurant, Blue Shield, Cigna, Kaiser Permanente, and Health Net.

Our agents want to help you attain the right health insurance plan for your needs. We have an online quoting engine which allows you to view rates side by side from multiple insurance companies and apply quickly online. We are not a health insurance company and do not favor a single insurance carrier. Our goal is to find the best insurance coverage for you and act as your advocate with insurance carriers.

In 2014, most individuals will be penalized for not having health insurance. In 2014, the penalty will be 1% of annual income or $95, whichever is greater. In 2015, the penalty will be 2% of annual income or $325. In 2016, the penalty will be 2.5 percent of your annual income or $695. You will pay a penalty when you file your taxes at the end of the year.

We are currently licensed to sell individual and family health insurance in California.

Prices are fixed by law. You can’t find rates lower anywhere else because it is illegal for a vendor to add commission or additional cost to any health plan premium. If you purchase from Kenneth G. Harris Insurance Agency, another agent in the area or directly through insurance company, your rate will be the same.

No. Our services for individual and family health insurance are provided at no extra cost to you, the consumer. Our fees or commissions are paid by insurance carriers, and already built into the premium amount. You will pay nothing to our agency.

Medicare Supplements

You must first have original Medicare or Parts A and B. Please visit www.medicare.gov.

Medicare Supplements help pay for the gap between Medicare Parts A and Part B and the amount you pay out of your own pocket. This includes medicare deductibles, copayments and coinsurance.

Dental Insurance

An in-network dentist is one contracted with the dental insurance company to provide services to plan members for specific pre-negotiated rates. An out-of-network dentist is not contracted with the insurance company. Typically, if you visit a dentist within the network, the amount you will be responsible for paying will be less than if you go to an out-of-network dentist.

Yes, there are three main types of dental insurance plans: Indemnity, Preferred Provide Network dental plans (PPO), and Dental Health Managed Organizations (DHMO).

Dental insurance rates are regulated by each state’s Department of Insurance. Whether you buy your dental insurance plan through us or directly from the dental insurance company, you will pay the same monthly rate for the same plan.

Life Insurance

For life insurance, our agency works with individuals ages 18 to 85.

Typically the life insurance company will make another offer. If our office thinks we can find a better offer from another company, we will go to additional carriers.

If no doctors records are ordered, the process typically takes 3 to 4 weeks. If doctors records must be obtained, the process takes 4 to 7 weeks since we are dependent on the promptness of the doctor.

Our agency works with companies that have strong financial ratings as determined by rating agencies. You can look up insurance company ratings at A. M. Best, Standard and Poor and Moody’s Bond Ratings.

Complete a request an appointment form or call to schedule an appointment at (949)249-6676 for a custom quote. Our agency takes a hands on approach to carrier selection. In order to place you in the best policy, we have you complete a health questionnaire and answer some simple questions.

Disability Income

Metlife
Standard
Principal Financial
Mass Mutual
Mutual of Omaha
Assurity
Lloyd’s of London

Our agency takes a hands on approach to carrier selection. Complete a request an appointment form  or call to schedule an appointment at (949)249-6676 for a custom quote.

Long Term Insurance

John Hancock, Transamerica, MedAmerica, LifeSecure and Genworth.

Our agency takes a hands on approach to carrier selection. Complete a request an appointment form or call to schedule an appointment at (949)249-6676 for a custom quote.

You can have long-term care provided at your home, adult day care centers, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, and hospice facilities.

Long-term care is assistance individuals need to perform activities of daily living such as eating, bathing, continence, dressing, going to the bathroom and transferring. These needs typically arise as part of the normal aging process, or due to an injury or illness.

Annuities

Our agency works with companies that have strong financial ratings as determined by rating agencies. You can look up company ratings at A. M. Best, Standard and Poor’s and Moody’s Bond Ratings.

EquiTrust Life Insurance
North American Company
The Standard
Integrity Life Insurance
American National Insurance
American General Life Insurance Company
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America
American National Insurance Company
Protective Life Corporation
Principal Life Corporation
Principal Financial Group
American General Life Insurance Company
Liberty Life
Lincoln Financial Group
ING Annuity and Asset
Minnesota Life
Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company
Athene Annuity
Fidelity Guaranty Life
New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation
Great American Life Insurance Company
Life of Southwest

Complete a request an appointment form  or call to schedule an appointment at (949)249-6676 for a custom quote. Our agency takes a hands on approach to carrier selection. In order to place you in the best policy, we have you complete a health questionnaire and answer some simple questions.

Group Insurance

Since 1972, Kenneth G. Harris Insurance Agency, Inc. has worked with businesses on their employee benefit packages. The family run business cultivates close connections with their clients and prides themselves on being highly accessible and responsive.  The agency has a comprehensive portfolio of carriers and performs a thorough review of the marketplace for clients. At Kenneth G. Harris Insurance Agency, you have found your employee benefits solution.

Kenneth G. Harris Insurance Agency, Inc. provides a full range of employee benefits services to companies in California. Our agency works with small 2 person groups up to companies with several hundred employees.

Kenneth G. Harris Insurance Agency, Inc. represents Aetna, Anthem, Blue Shield, Health Net, Kaiser Permanente, and United Healthcare.

Kenneth G. Harris Insurance Agency, Inc. assists groups with designing and implementing benefit packages for their employees. Our services include health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, vision insurance, disability insurance, voluntary benefits, 401k plans, executive compensation programs, and business continuation planning.