American Republic...captive?

healthagent · 08-12-2008, 06:52 PM

Got a call from an agent friend of mine in CT who decided to get appointed with AR. He called the company directly and was promptly informed that they are no longer taking independent agents - "career" agents only.

somarco · 08-12-2008, 07:42 PM

I believe they still allow Pinnacle to represent them and appoint brokers. AR has flip flopped back and forth from captive, to brokerage, and captive.

TRK3031962 · 08-13-2008, 01:00 AM

Call Mike Agee at Pinnacle Benefits Group @ 800-259-3959...best individual health commissions that I've found.
Todd

bill3173 · 08-13-2008, 07:53 AM

Originally Posted by healthagent

Got a call from an agent friend of mine in CT who decided to get appointed with AR. He called the company directly and was promptly informed that they are no longer taking independent agents - "career" agents only.

I don't know about new appts., but they cut us out of selling their major med products and retained us on contract for supplemental health, including med supps.

They are not competitive on ind. health anyway, and their rate increases are severe. They will do better selling it captive imo.

joshril · 08-13-2008, 11:22 AM

American Republic is not competitive in TX at all... The commission are good (around 30%), but the product is a build-a-plan with Pinnacle...

Paradigm · 08-13-2008, 11:32 AM

I agree with previous post call Pinnacle. up to 32% commission depending on production

HomeService · 08-13-2008, 02:36 PM

I applied to work for them here in TX at the captive/career side. They never really firmly told me to get rid of my other appointments, but then, I did not stick around. So maybe it was coming. They kind of danced around the captive issue.