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Check Out Long-Term Care Insurance Agents before Engaging with Them, Arthur Neibrief of xACSIA Partners Insurance Agency Advises

Cotati, CA July 21, 2015 – If you’re in the market for long-term care insurance, you’ve probably submitted some online forms. And your phone may be ringing. How should you respond? “Cautiously at first,” says Arthur Neibrief, a long-term care specialist with xACSIA Partners Insurance Agency, a leading long-term care insurance agency.

Why?

“Before any agent can develop valid recommendations and quotes, they need a lot of personal information,” Neibrief explains. “Sensitive facts about your health and finances. So you’d better know who you’re dealing with.” Also, Neibrief adds, “Their level of experience matters, so it’s good to check that out too.”

The specialist suggests going online to answer three key questions:

1. Do they have a professional website? Today a site is an agent’s calling card, evidence they’re in business and serious about it, Neibrief asserts. “Their site provides a wealth of information about them and their practice,” Neibrief explains. “To find their site, ask them for its address, or search for it by entering their name and ‘long term care insurance.’” What if they don’t have a site? “That’s not a good sign,” says Neibrief. “The agents in our company have robust sites with their picture, location, states where they’re licensed, carriers they represent, news about them, and more.”

2. Can you find evidence of them beyond their site? “Search for them on Google or Bing, and on social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn.” Neibrief suggests. “Enter their name and the words, ‘long term care.’ Do they come up? How often? Are people recommending them or referring to them? Are they being quoted in the news or industry publications?”

3. Can you find them on specialized industry sites? Many agents have registered with one or more of the following, according to Neibrief:

• American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance. Registered members are listed by zip code here: http://www.aaltci.org/cgi-bin/distance2agents
• Long Term Care Guild. Registered members may be found by entering their name in “Advanced search,” here: http://ltcguild.ning.com/profiles/members/
• National Care Planning Council. Participating agents may be found by state here: https://www.longtermcarelink.net/a7insurancequotes.htm
• Agent Review, the new rating and matching service for insurance agents and buyers. Registered members may be found by selecting “Long Term Care” as the insurance type and entering a zip code, here: http://agentreview.net/

“Once you’ve checked an agent out,” says Neibrief, “you can breathe easy knowing you’re dealing with a pro, and get down to brass tacks.”

Art Neibrief is a leading long-term care solutions agent serving consumers and organizations in AZ, CA, CO, FL, IL, MN, NJ, NV, NY, TX, WA, WI. “We’re glad to help them find the best, most affordable solution for their situation,” Neibrief says. “In addition to long-term care insurance, today's options range from critical illness insurance to annuities and life insurance with LTC riders.”

Information is available from Neibrief at art.neibrief@acsiapartners.com, http://www.artforltc.com/ or .

In California the company is known as xACSIA Partners Insurance Agency; in other states, as ACSIA Partners.

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