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Win a Mayan Vacation

Win a Mayan vacation for two. Empower Brokerage rolls out the red carpet for productive agents, who utilize Empower’s wealth of resources to expand their business. Join us, write business, and you could be on the next trip with us!

2026 Third Quarter Agent Incentives

Agents, more great cash incentives have arrived! Incentive trip opportunities are also ongoing! Please remember that there are less than six months left for you to earn production toward incentive trips. Many carriers have a low threshold for first-year contracted

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2021 Five-Star MA Plans From CMS

2021 Five-Star MA Plans From CMS CMS uses a Five-Star rating system to measure how well Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D plans perform. According to medicare.gov, they use information from member sa...

Step Up Your Game with Annuity and LTC Continuing Ed

Note: The following information assumes you are a licensed insurance agent in the State of Texas. If you are not, please contact us to learn how to sign up for our free new-agent licensing class. (888...

Allstate Hired Only Diverse Companies for Their Recent Bond Sale

In a historic move, the Allstate Corporation decided to avoid big banks and instead hire diverse companies for their recent bond sale. This is one of the largest corporate deals to ever be fully manag...

Changes to Medical Billing in Michigan

New legislation passed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer has made changes to medical billing in Michigan, making surprise billing illegal in the northern state. The law prevents medical providers from send...

Understanding State Application Requirements from Mutual Trust Life

Understanding State Application Requirements from Mutual Trust In today’s remote world and with documents being handled online, it is easy to lose sight of state-specific requirements regarding policy...

What Vaccines are Covered by Medicare?

With two weeks left of the 2021 Medicare Annual Enrollment Period and talks of a COVID-19 vaccination in the works, you may be questioning what vaccines are covered by Medicare. The answer may surpris...

NCAA Tournament Changes

Earlier this week, the NCAA announced its plans to hold the entire 2021 tournament in just one location as opposed to throughout the country to mitigate the risks of COVID-19.  The NCAA tournament wil...

Cancer Care in Medicaid Expansion States Leads to Lower Mortality Rates

A study from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute recently revealed that there is a clear decrease in the mortality rate of three common cancers in states that voted to expand their Medicaid Programs. Thi...

Final Expense Insurance: What You Need To Know

Final Expense Insurance: What You Need To Know Final expense insurance is sometimes referred to as burial insurance or funeral insurance. It is a type of permanent life insurance that provides coverag...

NBA will resume December 22 without a bubble

The NBA Board of Governors agreed Monday that the NBA resumes December 22 without a bubble. That will be the shortest offseason in NBA history, with 71 days between the final game of the 2019-2020 sea...