Contributors

Steve Woods
Life/Health Senior Account Executive, Portland

Steve Woods is a Senior Account Executive and Vice President in Gen Re's North America Life & Health division. His primary responsibilities are new business development and client relationships for Individual Disability Income and Medicare Supplement products.
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Medicare Supplement - A Growing but Challenging Market [Infographic]
By Steve Woods and Mike Fullerton Nov 17, 2020 English
The number of Medicare beneficiaries continues to grow every year, and this growth creates an expanding Medicare Supplement opportunity. Medicare Supplement is now a $34 billion market, with new sales in 2019 reaching $4.8 billion. This growth along with...
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Individual Disability in the U.S. - Behind the Numbers
By Steve Woods Jul 28, 2020 English
Gen Re recently released the results of our annual U.S. Individual Disability Market Survey. Overall, 2019 was not a great year from a sales perspective; however, if you look beyond the sales numbers there were some very positive results in certain segments...
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Making the Connection With Disability Insurance
By Steve Woods May 14, 2018 English
I have never sold insurance; however, in my 25 years in the insurance business I have worked with a lot of salespeople. During this time, I’ve made an elementary discovery: It is easier to sell an insurance product to someone that understands the need...
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3 Ways to Change How We Talk About Disability Insurance
By Steve Woods May 05, 2017 English
May is Disability Insurance Awareness Month (DIAM) in the U.S., which means it’s a good time of year to bring consumers’ attention to an often misunderstood and overlooked product. In the spirit of this campaign, I would like to share a few thoughts on...
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