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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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Telehealth Barriers In Medicaid and CHIP Loosened By CMS Toolkit

Telehealth barriers in Medicaid and CHIP should be getting easier to deal with after the release of CMS' new 25-page telehealth toolkit. While COVID-19 is still on the move, CMS hopes to make it easie...

Senior Director of Business Development, Monica Quintana

Meet Monica Quintana Empower Brokerage is known for programs that give agents a better opportunity to grow and develop key relationships, expanding their book of business. A key to our growth in this...

Derek Baltimore: New Empower Brokerage Annuity Specialist

Empower Brokerage is expanding its reach to the Memphis and mid-South area, particularly in the Annuities side of the business with our new Annuity Specialist, Derek Baltimore. Derek Baltimore's Resum...

Underwriting Changes From Gerber Life Insurance

Underwriting Changes From Gerber Life Insurance   Effective April 3, 2020, Gerber Life has set new guidelines due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Applicants over the age of 60 must be standard or bette...

Medicare Coverage for COVID-19

If you are a Medicare agent, you may be wondering if there is coverage for COVID-19. The short answer is, yes, coronavirus (COVID-19) testing and treatment is covered by Medicare. Part B (outpatient s...

Rise Program: UHC Partners With Goodwill To Give Back

United Healthcare and Goodwill are joining forces for a common goal. Goodwill, is an American nonprofit 501 organization that provides job training, employment placement services, and other community-...

Social Security (SSA) Temporarily Closed

Social Security (SSA) Temporarily Closed Social Security (SSA) offices are temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as of March 17. For now, the closure has been extended through April 30. See...

Liability And Avoiding Plans/Companies That Put You At Risk

Agents, as we move closer to the AEP and OEP seasons, we want to remind you of your liability.  Texas Department of Insurance is reminding all insurance agents and third party administrators (TPAs) th...

Recovering from COVID-19

Hearing survival stories of COVID-19 has been a light during these dark times. Patients' recovery process has been brutal, no doubt, but how exactly are they recovering from the virus? There is only s...

Florida is Needing Help with an Insurance Extension

While 11 new states have come out and stated they would be re-opening their Affordable Care Act enrollment due to the current state of the country with the Coronavirus spreading, Florida is needing he...