'Tis the season for resolutions, and many insurance agents are setting goals for how much they’d like to grow their agencies in 2016.

“Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right.” –Oprah Winfrey

Selling health insurance gets a bad rap these days. Bad press has convinced some insurance agents not to touch it with a 10-foot pole. But another’s loss is your gain. Here are three reasons you should add health and life insurance to your list of offerings in 2016.

Building an insurance agency is challenging, whether you’re a new insurance agent just starting out on your own or a seasoned agent adding a new line to your agency’s offerings.

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarify. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.” –Melody Beattie

Whether you’re brand new to the insurance business or a seasoned agent, at some point, you’ll likely have the opportunity to roll your book of business over to new carriers.

As an insurance agent, you know that not all insurance carriers are created equal. That’s why it pays to be choosy when pursuing appointments with insurance carriers.

Choosing an insurance cluster group is a lot like choosing a spouse. You hope you’re both in it for the long haul, and you’d like to think that if you put the work in to sign new clients for your cluster group, the cluster group will reciprocate with giving you access to the industry’s top appointments.