Medigap Agents More Likely to Sell Life and Indexed Annuities: Agent Link

Agents who focus on selling Medicare supplement (Medigap) insurance policies seem to be a lot more likely to cross-sell many other life, health and annuity products.

(Related: More Medicare Advantage Enrollees Slide Away: Deft)

Stu Gramajo, market research director at Agent Link, has published data supporting that conclusion in a new summary of results from a survey of 1,200 licensed insurance agents.

The Clearwater, Florida-based insurance marketing firm provided ThinkAdvisor with special access to the summary. The summary is not currently available to members of the public.

Gramajo found that 29% of the agents surveyed are active in the market for products aimed at older consumers. About one-third of those agents sell Medigap policies,  and about one-fifth sell Medicare Advantage coverage.

Both types of agents were equally to sell indexed universal life (IUL) policies: 27% of Medigap specialists and 27% of Medicare Advantage specialists sell IUL.