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Tax Season Is Marketing Opportunity For Medicare Insurance Agents

March 30, 2023 Live Insurance News

April 15 is just around the corner and millions of seniors will be preparing their annual tax filings. For agents and brokers who focus on Medicare solutions, this is another ideal opportunity to solidify your role as the ‘go-to local Medicare professional’. The competition for Medicare business has never made it harder for independent insurance agents. Anyone taking the time to watch daytime television knows that one Medicare-focused commercial is almost immediately followed by another. You can’t beat the ability of these large entities to spend millions of dollars generating…

Companies are using careful recruitment strategies to fill insurance jobs

March 3, 2023March 3, 2023 G. Turner

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Insurers are finding it difficult to hire new talent, with nearly half saying they’re struggling more than ever. Insurance jobs have become increasingly hard to fill in recent years and while a number of industries are finding that the hiring challenges are starting to ease, that is not the case among insurers. In fact, some insurers are claiming that this has become their most challenging recruitment period ever. According to a recent Forbes report, nearly half of insurers have cited greater challenges in filling insurance jobs now than they ever…

The Most Respectful Way To Quit A Job

August 4, 2022December 7, 2022 Guest Author

There are many different reasons for quitting a job. You may hate the job and be desperate to take anything else on offer. Equally, you may feel that you’re stagnating or you may need time off for a sabbatical or some other personal reason. In some cases, you may be quitting because you feel hounded out of your job. If that’s the case then you still need to quit the job respectfully but you’ll want to have a chat with an unfair dismissal lawyer. There are steps you can take…

State Farm holds massive virtual career fair to fill insurance jobs

July 15, 2022July 14, 2022 Logan B.

The largest insurer in the country held the fair full of events and resources to draw applicants. State Farm recently held an enormous virtual career fair to help people across the United States to match up with the insurance jobs currently available within the company. The insurer is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year and has thousands of positions to fill. The insurance jobs were placed in the spotlight on July 13, when the Summer Sizzle – Career fair was held. The virtual event was meant to help people looking…

Millions of state residents could lose their California health insurance

March 16, 2022March 16, 2022 G. Turner

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If the stopgap measures put into place for the pandemic are allowed to expire, coverage levels could fall. Millions of Californians are currently facing the risk of losing their California health insurance this year if the federal measures established during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis are allowed to expire this year. The American Rescue Plan and other assistance made coverage particularly affordable. The increased assistance from the American Rescue Plan made it possible for two of every three Californians enrolled in Covered California health insurance plans to gain access to coverage…

How to Make Your Insurance Company More Accessible

January 31, 2022March 2, 2022 Angela Linders

In order to shake the idea that all insurance companies are untrustworthy, hard-to-reach opportunists, you’ll need to do your part to prove to your customer that you are indeed looking out for their best interests. Perhaps one of the best ways to do this is to make sure your insurance company is as accessible as it possibly can be. From your digital presence to your physical premises and your marketing content, you need to make sure it’s inclusive for it to be effective, and for everyone to benefit from your…

State Farm to hold two massive insurance job fairs to hire thousands

January 21, 2022January 20, 2022 Logan B.

The insurer is seeking to fill over 3,400 positions during the events, which will be held virtually. State Farm announced this week that it will be holding two virtual insurance job fairs as it seeks to hire over 3,400 new employees. The events will be held in the next few days and are designed to help meet with prospective candidates. The insurance company announced in a recent media release that it will be hiring thousands of people in full-time and part-time positions. These employees will have positions across the United…