Agent Guide to Important Medicare Enrollment Periods and Deadlines

January 16, 2023

Many Medicare deadlines are critical for your senior clients. Forgetting or missing them could involve a coverage gap or penalty that will follow your client for the rest of their life.

How to Use MedicareCENTER to Sell MA and PDP Plans During AEP

October 18, 2021

MedicareCENTER is the best way to sell Medicare Advantage and Part D plans during AEP. It's powerful, it's efficient, and it's completely free for contracted agents.

2 Tips to Help You Through AEP

October 9, 2020

October 15th marks a big day for all of us in the senior market, and our team here at New Horizons is here to be your support. I'd like to share two quick tips with you to help you through, and I…

What Agents Need to Know to Prepare for AEP During COVID-19

August 25, 2020

In July, Integrity put on a fantastic event called Medicare Live, and DEFT Research had a great session on Consumer Insights. You can watch that session recording at https://medicarelive2020.com.…

Electronic Scope of Appointments (eSOAs) Now Available With Quoting Tools

March 11, 2020

Scope of appointment forms are the bane of any insurance agent's existence during AEP. Thankfully, CSG released a new feature that allows you to do Scope of Appointment forms electronically.

My 2 Favorite Med Supp Carriers as a Writing Agent

September 16, 2019

As we gear up for AEP, I wanted to quickly share my favorite Medicare Supplement carriers. My perspective is as a personal producer, so I'm hoping that my take on these two carriers will be useful…

Planning for the 2020 Open Enrollment Period

September 16, 2019

Back in 2015, we published our first article about planning for AEP – it was called Planning for the Open Enrollment Period. In this short pep talk, I encouraged all of our agents to offer ancillary…

AEP Survival 101: How to Write Apps All Year Long

December 4, 2018

AEP. It's crazy, I know. We've all just experienced it. Most of us are trying to keep our sanity during AEP, and by the time January rolls around, we're totally wiped out and can't believe we even…

The AEP Pep-Talk You Really Need Right Now

October 24, 2018

Good news – you have made it through week one, and you are well on your way through week 2 of AEP. This is the most fun time of the year if you love to write business. I know some people complain as…

2018 AEP is Here!

October 9, 2018

It's that time of year again where we're rolling into the 4th quarter and the Medicare Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) is right around the corner. We wanted to send you a word of encouragement as well…