Expanding Your Income: Recruiting Agents into Your Downline with Ethos
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Expanding Your Income: Recruiting Agents into Your Downline with Ethos

As a non-captive life insurance agent, your earning potential isn’t limited to personal policy sales. By recruiting and mentoring other agents—building what’s known as a “downline”—you can create additional revenue streams through override commissions on their sales. Ethos offers a robust platform to support agents in expanding their businesses by adding new agents to their…

How Ethos Helps Life Insurance Agents Build a Business That Works for Them
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How Ethos Helps Life Insurance Agents Build a Business That Works for Them

As a life insurance agent, you’re always looking for ways to grow your business and streamline your sales process. You want the freedom to work on your terms, offer your clients a variety of options, and maximize your earnings. However, the traditional, captive agency model can often hold you back with quotas, limitations on carriers,…

Why Ethos is the Perfect Partner for Non-Captive Agents
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Why Ethos is the Perfect Partner for Non-Captive Agents

As a life insurance agent, the idea of being tied down to a single carrier can feel limiting. The restrictions placed by captive agencies, from forced quotas to limited product offerings, can often make it difficult to truly serve your clients and scale your business. If you’ve found yourself feeling boxed in by a captive…

How Ethos is Changing the Game for Life Insurance Agents
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How Ethos is Changing the Game for Life Insurance Agents

A New Era for Life Insurance Sales Let’s be honest—life insurance sales haven’t always been the most glamorous career. Between tracking down leads, filling out mountains of paperwork, and chasing underwriters for approvals, many agents spend more time managing obstacles than actually selling. But what if there was a better way? Enter Ethos. This modern,…

Is Ethos Life Insurance Worth It? A No-Nonsense Guide for Agents
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Is Ethos Life Insurance Worth It? A No-Nonsense Guide for Agents

The Life Insurance Industry is Changing—Are You? If you’ve been selling life insurance for a while, you’ve probably noticed the industry shifting. Gone are the days of paperwork stacks, endless follow-ups, and waiting weeks for approvals. Clients today want fast, simple, and transparent coverage without the hassle. That’s where Ethos Life comes in. But if…

How to Hire a Virtual Assistant for Life Insurance Agents: A Step-by-Step Guide
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How to Hire a Virtual Assistant for Life Insurance Agents: A Step-by-Step Guide

As a licensed life insurance agent, your days are packed with client meetings, policy renewals, lead generation, and endless paperwork. While you’re busy helping clients secure their futures, who’s helping you manage your growing workload? The answer: a virtual assistant (VA). Virtual assistants are remote professionals who can handle administrative, technical, or creative tasks, freeing…

Life Insurance Facts You Need to Know
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Life Insurance Facts You Need to Know

Think life insurance is expensive? You might be surprised! Let’s bust some myths and uncover the facts about life insurance—because protecting your loved ones doesn’t have to be complicated or costly. How Much Do You Really Know About Life Insurance? Let’s play a quick game! Ask yourself these questions and see if you know the…

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Best CRM Software for Insurance Agents in 2025: Stop Cold Calling and Start Automating

When I first started as a life insurance agent, my “high-tech” system was a 1½ inch black binder. Inside, I kept my printed leads from my agent portal, along with my sales script and notes. Every day, I would manually dial each prospect three times from my cell phone, write “No answer or left voicemail”…