Monthly Archives: February 2017

Medicare sales for dummies This blog will simplify Medicare sales for anyone – that’s why we call it – Medicare sales for dummies.  Medicare sales offer a rare opportunity to sell a product that everyone must have. The Medicare-eligible population  is expected to exceed 72 million Americans over the next three decades.  The Medicare market
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Anthem Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Contracting Anthem Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Contracting for the Caremark Part D plan is now available through Crowe and Associates.  This plan is branded by Anthem, but administered by Caremark.  There is no separate certification for this plan.  If you are certified and ready to sell Anthem Medicare products, you are
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Anthem Medicare Retail Sales We have partnered with Anthem to offer our contracted brokers Anthem Medicare Retail Sales at CVS locations.   Agents and brokers can market Anthem Medicare products in CVS locations.   Kiosks are available all year long.   Kiosks are designed to grab consumers attention.  These are a great way to network with
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United American Insurance Sales Agents and broker can offer clients one of the lowest cost Medicare High Deductible F plans with a United American Insurance Sales contract.   United American is named First United American Insurance in NY.  UA and FUA offer Medicare Supplement plans in all 50 states including NY.  They have very low
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Selling Medicare Plans Do you want to start selling Medicare plans?  If so, there are some things to consider and some basic steps needed before getting started.  There aren’t many agents or brokers who would say Medicare sales is easy to break into.  There are a number of regulations. As an example, to be compliant
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Guaranteed Life Insurance Contracting Gerber AIG Guaranteed Life Insurance Contracting Gerber AIG:   This blog has all the rates, benefits, applications as well as the contracting  agents need to be set up to sell both the Gerber Guaranteed issue whole life plan and the AIG guaranteed issue whole life plan.  Both products offer the best
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Getting an insurance license Getting an insurance license requires a few basic steps. Keep in mind there are slight differences from state to state.  In general the steps are very similar regardless of the state you are applying in.  There will be some costs for obtaining the license which add up to about $500.  Costs
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Medicare Supplement Sales There are three different type of Medicare products sold by agents and brokers.  Medicare Supplement plans (Also called Medigap plans), Medicare Advantage plans and Medicare Part D rx plans. A number of sales people sell all three while others will sell only advantage plans or only Medicare supplement sales.  In my opinion,
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Petersen Short Term Health Contracting Crowe and Associates has now partnered with Petersen International to offer Petersen Short Term Health Contracting to our agents.  Short term health insurance is  temporary catastrophic health insurance.  Short Term health insurance plans do not meet the minimum essential coverage requirements under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as
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Medicare Advantage Plan Commission Medicare Advantage plan commission rates are both set and regulated by CMS.   As a result, CMS typically posts Medicare Advantage commission rates each fall.  Click here for current commission information.    CMS has raised the maximum  broker commission for 2017.   In addition, compensation for Medicare Advantage plans an Part D (RX)
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