Marketing Annuities: The Do’s and Dont’s
Annuities are some of the more complicated insurance products out there. While even the most basic double as somewhat sophisticated financial instruments, it’s more difficult ... Read more
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Upside Index Potential: A Fixed Index Annuity Breakdown
Which Fixed Index Annuity (FIA) offers the best upside index potential? It depends on the client, the state, the length of contract, and other relevant ... Read more
The Best Fixed Index Annuities Based on Cash Accumulation
One annuity salesman is contracted for many annuity carriers and keeps up on their caps, participation rates, spreads, etc. He appealed to the forum to ... Read more
The Best Annuity FMOs
For agents considering getting into annuities, what would you recommend as some of the best FMOs? Forum agents told us about their preferred FMOs who ... Read more
Getting Started Selling Annuities
What would you tell someone who wants to get into annuities? The agent in question came from a life insurance background, but hoped to sell ... Read more
Deciding If A Series 7 Is Right For You
The debate on whether to get a Series 7 is not only pertinent to bankers: many insurance professionals specializing in annuities debate whether their professional ... Read more
FTC cracks down on health insurance scam; bans bogus trade association
A group of marketers who allegedly tricked consumers into buying phony health insurance are permanently banned from selling healthcare-related products under a settlement with the ... Read more
Six Things Not To Say When Selling Insurance
Selling insurance can be viewed as an art form, and each agent approaches it differently. Plus, with constantly changing technology, regulatory shifts, and other social ... Read more
10 steps to “bowling a strike” with online life sales
I started selling life insurance on the Internet in January of 2001. Direct marketing life insurance was a fairly new concept at that time, and ... Read more
Justifying Critical Illness Benefit Plans
Benefit plans such as cancer insurance or critical illness insurance can sometimes be hard to justify. Critics argue that limited benefit policies are too niche, ... Read more
