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Pre-AEP Guidance + SEP for DE and LIS Guidance from Humana

Pre-AEP Guidance  Pre-AEP is the timeframe between October 1 and October 14.  During Pre-AEP, agents are allowed to set appointments, present plan benefits for the upcoming plan year, assist beneficiaries in completing a paper application, and/or send wet-sig...

5 Tips for Leaving an Effective Sales Follow-Up Voicemail

For insurance agents, leaving an effective sales follow-up voicemail is essential for securing new clients. It’s important to make a good impression and ensure that your message is clear and concise. Here are five tips for leaving an effective sales follow-up...

2024 Medicare Advantage & Part D: Major Compliance Changes Are Coming

Get ready now: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ 2024 Proposed Rule leans toward more regulations around Medicare communications and marketing guidelines for the approaching plan year. In 2023, agents selling Medicare Advantage and prescription drug...
Building Client Loyalty: More than Just a Plan

Building Client Loyalty: More than Just a Plan

Client loyalty can make or break a business. Building relationships with people that are relying on an agent to guide them through the choppy waters of health care coverage makes all the difference. It’s what gives one person an overstuffed book of business, while the...

Cover those Copays with Hospital Indemnity Plans

Cover those Copays with Hospital Indemnity Plans

Now is the time to capitalize on your hard work. Make an effort to follow up with your clients. Find out if they are satisfied with their plans, but maybe just as importantly, see what ancillary products might interest them. Seniors live on fixed incomes and must be...

Are You Offering Multiple LTC Insurance Options?

Are You Offering Multiple LTC Insurance Options?

Studies say 70 percent of seniors can expect to use some form of long-term care during their lives. There are various ways to obtain long-term care (LTC) coverage, but which should you advise for your client? Every option has pros and cons, but we believe the best...

Preparing Clients for Parameds and Cognitive Assessments

Preparing Clients for Parameds and Cognitive Assessments

Phone interviews, paramed exams, and/or cognitive assessments are often required when applying for insurance. When a client knows what to expect, the client can be comfortable with the process, information can be ready, and applications can be approved faster....

Customize Life Insurance with Riders

Customize Life Insurance with Riders

Life Insurance riders bring more value to basic coverage. Riders offer supplemental coverage to your life insurance policy and accommodate many unexpected events that aren’t covered within coverage alone. Here are a few riders you can add to tailor your clients’...

How to Take on an Upset Client in the Insurance Industry

How to Take on an Upset Client in the Insurance Industry

At least once in your sales career, you may meet an insurance client who had a negative experience with another agent, plan, or insurance in general. While these bad experiences were out of your control, you have the ability to make their next experience a positive...