Now is a great time to buy a house. Homeownership is a dream for many, but it’s also a major financial investment – one that you need to protect. That’s why paycheck protection is especially important for homeowners. The Housing Market Is Hot. The housing market has...
When employees have financial stress, they are less productive. This is a big problem in the workplace. According to a 2017 PWC Survey, 53% of employees feel stressed about their personal finance situations, and 46% said that financial challenges cause them the MOST...
Business owners are one of the top markets for selling disability insurance. While traditional W-2 employees may have their employer and/or the government providing a safety net in the event of a disability, self-employed individuals often have neither. That is,...
Did you know that April was National Financial Literacy Month and May is Disability Insurance Awareness Month? Just as April showers brings May flowers, financial literacy often leads to an increase in disability insurance protection. According to Andrea Hasler at the...
It’s been 18 years since the unemployment rate fell below 4 percent. After six months of hovering right around 4 – 4.1 percent, the Labor Department announced the unemployment rate dropped to 3.9 percent in April. An important side note is that wages have not...
The NFL draft is just around the corner. What can you, as insurance agents, learn from an NFL general manager? Just as they are out seeking the perfect college football player to fit their team, you are out there searching for the best clients who need paycheck...
Simply by taking the time to review his existing client files, broker Bob wrote a 5-life DI case generating $8,320 first-year commission and vested renewals and more future business – all guaranteed issue with substantial discounts. The client was very pleased. So was...
Are you overwhelmed by the intricacies of selling disability insurance? If so, you are definitely not alone. Since individual disability insurance policies are dependent on many variables like occupational duties, income history, and health status, there is a lot of...
Long-term care insurance is a tricky topic. It’s easy to make the case that it’s needed, but much harder to convince prospects that it’s worth the price. That’s why our recent article “Is Long-Term Care Insurance Worth It?” was so well-shared. It made an objective...
They say hindsight is 20/20. That’s certainly true in disability insurance sales. When we look back on all the sales we didn’t close, we wish we would have known then what we know now. Many of those prospects would have purchased a DI policy, if only we’d presented...
