If your goal is to make more insurance sales this year, you have two basic options. The first option involves working harder to secure and follow up on more leads. The second option involves working smarter by targeting common sales killers. Unless you have unlimited...
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Succeed in Insurance Sales: 4 Proven Strategies
Insurance sales can be a lucrative career. However, there’s a stark difference between bottom-tier earners and top-tier earners in the industry. To succeed in insurance sales, you need more than a license and a sense of ambition. You also need the right strategies....
How to Set & Achieve Your Insurance Sales Goals
A new year is an opportunity to set and achieve your insurance sales goals. The following six steps will help you make this year your most successful yet. 1. Conduct an Honest Self-Assessment. Before you can decide where you want to go next, you need to figure out...
Why Work with a Disability Insurance Wholesaler or FMO?
As an independent agent selling disability insurance, you may be wondering whether you should work with a disability insurance wholesaler or a disability insurance FMO. The decision you make can have a big impact on your career. Before you make up your mind, it’s...
Marketing Disability Products to Accounting Firms
Accounting firms are a great niche for disability products. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are more than 1.5 million accountants and auditors in the U.S. Earning a median annual wage of $78,000, these accountants have an income worth...
Selling Long-Term Care Insurance: Questions & Answers
As an insurance agent, you may have questions about long-term care insurance (LTCI). As the population ages, more people will need care – and too few people have made plans for the cost. Since November is Long-Term Care Insurance Awareness Month, it’s the perfect time...
Overcome Two Common Disability Insurance Objections with a Return of Premium Rider
Anyone who sells disability insurance has encountered two common objections. One is the dangerous belief that disability is something that only happens to other people. The other is complaints about cost. A return of premium rider can help you counter both these...
Should You Chat with Clients? Pros, Cons, Etiquette, and Compliance
You chat with your friends, family, and colleagues – why shouldn’t you text your clients? Chat and messaging apps are a convenient way to stay in contact with people. Some of your clients may even prefer this channel over more traditional options like email and phone....
Multi-Life Disability Insurance for Professional Offices
If you’re only selling one disability insurance policy at a time, you may be missing out on big opportunities. Most professional offices have multiple people in need of paycheck protection. By offering multi-life disability insurance, you can get everyone coverage at...
Do You Have a Duty to Sell Disability Insurance?
If you know anything about disability insurance, you know there are a lot of good reasons to sell it. Disability insurance provides a great revenue stream with fanatic renewal compensation. It also offers good value because it protects a person’s income, which is...