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Chuck Mankamyer

Chuck Mankamyer
After his discharge from the Navy in 1970, Chuck Mankamyer started his insurance career with a small health and life agency in Florida. Within a few months, he was promoted to Agency Manager and was completely responsible for agency growth through recruiting and training. Less than a decade later, Chuck had grown the agency from one office to five offices with 125 career agents and 1,800 outside brokers. Chuck opened a new agency in 1979 and contracted to represent United American. Starting with a three-person office, Chuck grew to ten offices located throughout Florida and Georgia. He later opened his wholesale brokerage company, American Life and Health Group, Inc. Throughout his career, Chuck has recruited more than 40,000 agents nationwide. In 2009, after 30 years as a General Agent for United American, Chuck brought his extensive recruiting expertise to the United American Home Office in McKinney, Texas. No one knows how to recruit like Chuck Mankamyer.

Making Lemonade Out of Healthcare Reform

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Headlines related to the Affordable Care Act and the new healthcare and insurance landscape seem to change more often than the weather. But one thing seems certain in its uncertainty: The future of Medicare Advantage plans. A recent online article stated that, “Because of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, seniors enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans are paying higher …

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Don’t Phone It In: The Subtle Art of Prospecting by Telephone

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These days, so much of our everyday exchanges happen online. Sure, it’s convenient, but not always the most appropriate venue for an insurance sale to take place. I happen to work with Medicare Supplements, and I find that phone calls are vastly underrated in terms of a way to close those sales. Initiating applications by phone actually makes great sense …

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