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# Insights for Independent Insurance Agents

 Practical strategies, product updates, and field-tested ideas to help you grow your Medicare and senior market business with confidence.

#### [Videos How to Use Short Videos to Grow Your Insurance Business February 16, 2026](https://blog.newhorizonsmktg.com/how-to-use-short-videos-to-grow-your-insurance-business)

#### [Succession Planning Interview with Pam: Retiring After Selling Her Medicare Book In this interview, Pam Hodge shares her experience selling her Medicare book of business to New Horizons and making a clean break into ... December 22, 2025](https://blog.newhorizonsmktg.com/interview-with-pam-retiring-after-selling-her-medicare-book3519)

#### [Succession Planning Interview with Heidi: Navigating Book of Business Sale After Loss In this heartfelt interview, Heidi Fincham shares how she navigated an unexpected and difficult situation: deciding what to do with her ... December 22, 2025](https://blog.newhorizonsmktg.com/interview-with-heidi-navigating-book-of-business-sale-after-loss3519)

#### [Succession Planning Interview with Laura: Selling Her Final Expense Book and Transitioning to Medicare In this interview, Laura shares how she built a successful final expense business in Northern Idaho – including an impressive $18,000 first ... December 22, 2025](https://blog.newhorizonsmktg.com/interview-with-laura-selling-her-final-expense-book-and-transitioning-to-medicare3519)

#### [Succession Planning Selling Your Medicare Book of Business: An Interview with Carrie Sansom When Carrie Sansom reached her 10th Annual Enrollment Period (AEP), she began feeling the need for change. As a successful Medicare agent ... November 25, 2024](https://blog.newhorizonsmktg.com/selling-your-medicare-book-of-business-an-interview-with-carrie-sansom3519)

#### [Succession Planning Selling Your Medicare Book of Business: An Interview with Paul & Lucille Sliker When Paul and Lucille Sliker decided to leave the U.S. and make a life-changing move to Portugal, they knew it was also time to step back ... November 11, 2024](https://blog.newhorizonsmktg.com/selling-your-medicare-book-of-business-an-interview-with-paul-lucille-sliker3519)

#### [Succession Planning Interview with Bill & Amy: Selling Their Medicare Book of Business In this insightful interview, Bill and Amy Betts share how they transitioned from life on a sailboat to building a successful Medicare ... October 21, 2024](https://blog.newhorizonsmktg.com/interview-with-bill-amy-selling-their-medicare-book-of-business)

#### [Succession Planning Sell Your Medicare Book and Keep Selling: with John Knepper In our latest interview, we sit down with Mr. John Knepper, a seasoned Medicare specialist from Illinois. About a year ago, he decided he ... July 02, 2024](https://blog.newhorizonsmktg.com/sell-your-medicare-book-and-keep-selling-with-john-knepper3519)

#### [Sales Tips \[VIDEO\] Succession Planning 101: Webinar Recording Webinar Recording This video is a recording of a webinar hosted by AgencyBloc. In this video, John Hockaday discusses several areas of ... August 07, 2018](https://blog.newhorizonsmktg.com/video-succession-planning-101-webinar-recording3519)

#### [Case Studies Insurance Producer Spotlight: Michael Sams and His $900,000 Year Michael Sams has been in the insurance business for about 13 years now, and in 2017, he had a record year – over $900,000 in production. ... January 23, 2018](https://blog.newhorizonsmktg.com/insurance-producer-spotlight-michael-sams-and-his-900-000-year)

#### [Videos Video: How to Calculate Rates for Aetna’s Recovery Care Product Even if you’ve been figuring up rates for decades, there are a few things you need to know about Aetna’s recovery care product. May 15, 2017](https://blog.newhorizonsmktg.com/video-how-to-calculate-rates-for-aetnas-recovery-care-product)

#### [Videos Fast Med Supp Turnaround with e-Apps Here's an example of just how fast your Medicare Supplement business can get approved if you use e-Apps instead of paper. November 08, 2016](https://blog.newhorizonsmktg.com/fast-med-supp-turnaround-with-e-apps4687)

#### [Sales Tips It's what you do in the dark that puts you in the light Those of you who pay close attention to articles in this newsletter may have noticed that I'm the least likely member of our team to make a ... September 06, 2016](https://blog.newhorizonsmktg.com/its-what-you-do-in-the-dark-that-puts-you-in-the-light)

#### [Sales Tips Packaging Cancer Insurance with a Medicare Supplement In this video, Chase shares his method for cross-selling a Cancer insurance plan with Medicare Supplement insurance. If you're newer to ... August 23, 2016](https://blog.newhorizonsmktg.com/packaging-cancer-insurance-with-a-medicare-supplement)

#### [AEP Video: What the Manhattan Life Med Supp has to offer With AEP season approaching, here is an overview of what the Manhattan Life (MLIC) Med Supp plans have to offer. We feel that this carrier ... August 11, 2015](https://blog.newhorizonsmktg.com/video-what-the-manhattan-life-med-supp-has-to-offer4687)

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