Marketing Moves Every Agent Needs to Make Now In this week’s Direct Insurance Podcast: Uncensored, Jason & Andy reveal: 

✔ How to turn your book of business into a prospect goldmine 

✔ Social media and community marketing ideas that actually work 

✔ How referral partners can fill your pipeline fast 

✔ Why now is the time to prepare before the changes hit

What if just 100 clients could bring you $150,000 in annual income? In this week’s Direct Insurance Podcast: Uncensored, Jason & Andy break down: 

✔ How agents can easily enroll 100 clients this fall 

✔ Why USA Health Plans pay 3–4x ACA commissions 

✔ The power of building a level-income book you can rely on 

✔ How to stop wasting time on non-commissionable work

In this week’s Direct Insurance Podcast: Uncensored, Jason & Andy break down: 

✔ Why HSAs are the most tax-favored savings vehicle in America 

✔ How they beat ACA plans with broader networks & unlimited benefits 

✔ Why agents earn 3–4x the commission on these plans 

✔ How HSAs can transform your book of business

In this week’s Direct Insurance Podcast: Uncensored, Jason & Andy break down: 

✔ Why agents must add ACA alternatives now 

✔ Affordable vs. comprehensive options for your clients 

✔ How the USA Health Plans platform makes selling easier than ever 

✔ Why the EBA Sigma PPO plan is a game-changer for unlimited benefits & broad networks

In this week’s Direct Insurance Podcast: Uncensored, Jason & Andy break down:
• Why ACA changes could cut customer bases by up to 50%
• The importance of mastering alternative solutions beyond ACA
• How to prepare your clients now so you aren’t overwhelmed in the fall
• Why marketing and AI tools are critical to staying ahead

In this episode, Jason and Andy (“The Insurance Buddies”) break down the major regulatory changes coming to the under-65 health insurance (ACA) market and why these disruptions are actually the opportunity of a lifetime for agents.

What you’ll learn:
• The shortened open enrollment period and how it impacts your ACA book
• New rules for Special Enrollment Periods (SEPs) and subsidy documentation
• Why some carriers are leaving the market (and how to pivot)
• The expected 20–50% drop in ACA enrollments — and how agents can turn it into growth
• Proven strategies to prepare now so you aren’t crushed in November

We break down what an FMO really does and why agents looking to grow need to understand the power of the right partnership.

Join us for our first episode of the second season as we dive into the latest insights from the 2024 Medicarians Conference in Vegas. Our hosts, the Insurance Buddies, Jason McLellan, Andy Duster, Will Smallwood, and Richard Buffkin, share their thoughts on the new CMS regulations, the growing interest in ACA, and the emerging role of AI in the insurance industry.

Welcome back to the Direct Insurance Podcast - or DIP! for short! A podcast for independent insurance agents; brought to you by Insurance Advisors Direct, a full-service FMO.  Today we sat down with 3 of our carrier rep partners; Kyle Ingraham from Health Alliance Plan - or HAP, Robin Kane-Mostyn from McLaren Medicare, and Rob Roberts from Priority Health! With all 3 of these carrier reps having once been independent agents themselves, we sat down to talk about the 5 Habits of TOP Successful Agents. 

What does it take to become an independent agent in today's world? And more importantly - what does it take to become a SUCCESSFUL AGENT in today's world? From mindset, to marketing; Kyle, Rob, & Robin tell us the facts about developing & maintaining an entrepreneurial balance in the insurance industry. We talk about how to find resources for training, education, marketing, and business development. They also give their top tips on how to become successful in the industry, including a habit or two to avoid doing!

Carrier Reps play an important role in the industry - because they help facilitate the growth of the agent, while also being the agent's advocate. As well as being the direct line of communication between the agent's client and the insurance carrier - meaning that they're constantly keeping their ears to the ground in terms of what agents and their members want from their plan!

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Welcome back to the Direct Insurance Podcast - or DIP! for short! A podcast for independent insurance agents; brought to you by Insurance Advisors Direct, a full-service FMO.  Today we sat down with Nick Mancuso from Retirable! Retirable describes the business as "... an experienced team of financial advisors and technologists, passionate about building a way to help you get more from your golden years — and we won't stop until everyone can confidently expect a better retirement." -Retirable.com 

Today we sat down with Nick to talk about the current state of the Financial market in 2023; and how recession impacts investment accounts. Some would say that the market is on a downward trend - but is it? Nick explains that what we're seeing in today's market is played up by media, and exaggerated. Although there have been market declines in the last year, 2023 has seen some interesting investment numbers due to the increase in Annuity investments. Index accounts are seeing the greatest returns of any investment account-types. Due to the cyclical nature of the market, index investments get all of the market growth, without any market decline. Annual resets allow for index accounts to grow with market increases; making index accounts like annuities and IULs to become more and more popular in today's financial world.

Is this the best way to help clients save for retirement?

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