Complete Guide to Becoming a Medicare Insurance Agent
If you prefer to work for yourself but appreciate strong support, consider working as an independent insurance agent for Assurance. Take the marketability of each product into account as well. Many carriers have minimum product requirements, for example, at least one enrollment per product. Certain carriers allow you to skip the contracting process if you already sell their other products. Others require you to contract for each new product line you sell. Double-check with your point of contact at each carrier to make sure you understand the proper procedure. Currently a licensed health agent, she draws on her knowledge and more than 15 years of experience with the Medicare benefits counseling program. She also teaches health care insurance at UC Berkeley Extension and works with a non-profit, After-Innocence, that helps exonerees transition to medicare agent life after wrongful incarceration. A licensed agent can quickly and efficiently search dozens of plans from different insur...