Opinion of Parker and Associates in Meridian,MS

[Kamke Insurance]

Nothing good came from my associtation with them. I never received any renewals from them with my Humana contract. And, they wouldn't release a freind of mine. I don't write Humana anynmore anyway, so I don't care. They are worthless. I have some direct contract with the companies that allow it. Glad I went Independent.

 

[stormtracker]

I naively contracted via P&A for their SNP's-- we signed up every dual in Texas that could breathe and write. Agents are charged ridiculious fees for presets (which are supposed to be prequalified). Then, there was the commissions which were chafed by P&A. They are a clever lot, those Parker folks-- what they don't skim off the top of your commissions, they get by inflated lead costs and hide behind the so-called "Medicare reconciliations." Code: they keep ALL your escrow monies even though your MAPD's have long since cleared chargeback. They promise to never deduct monies from your paychecks-- that is what "escrow" is for. Funny thing is-- they did both!!! My advice to anyone is to avoid this FMO at ANY cost-- and if you should be so unlucky as to have already signed on with them-- you are stuck!

 

[G.Gordon]

Nothing first hand, but I know of one noobie agent that got screwed... without lube.

 

[Bob_The_Insurance_Guy]

I was able to get out from under, with the exception of Universal Health Care. I had Coventry through them, but since they are no longer associated with them, if I just stay clear of Coventry for 2009, I can go back to them direct.

That was straight from Coventry's higher-ups.

With every other company, I am with someone else.

I won't even attempt to get my "hold back" money, because I know I'll never get it.

 

[barneyshells]

I recommend staying far away from Parker & Associates, I know several very honest and hard working managers and agents that have had their commissions stolen from the firm. To the tune of 10's of 1,000's of dollars. P & A uses every reason in the book to keep the money, however none are legit. Also I truly believe agents like Hank Perkins who manages USA Brokerage, an arm of P & A, is one of the main reasons CMS has come down so hard on us all. He is as slippery as they come and has shown a high disregard when it comes to respecting seniors wishes. So, unless you like to work hard, for promises alone, stay away!

 

[stormtracker]

USA Brokerage here is the arm of Parker and Asses. They have their fingers in almost everything now-- from medicare to final expense. They ruin the local market in one product by saturating with agents, then recruit for their newest marketing effort until they ruin that. I know of one fellow agent that had his contract with humana terminated because of the shenanigans they put him up to last year. They'll lie to you about anything and always wind up keeping your commissions in the name of "reconciliations." The "administrative" people that are supposed to be managing leads are actually selling cherry picked leads that the agents should have been getting. Then they wonder why all their agents have left...

 

[Bob_The_Insurance_Guy]

Humana told Parker to take a hike in 2008. Coventry did the same in 2009. Blue Cross never partnered with them.

They are, single-handedly, ruining this industry, and what others outside of it think of us. It ain't Humana, coventry, CIP, or anyone else, it's P&A that's causing all these over-regulations.

 

[stormtracker]

Final incident which caused me to abandon Parker and Asses: Last year, they held out 10% of our commissions for "escrow" (which eventually gets eaten up by reconciliation with CMS.) Well, after $5000 in escrow disappeared last October, they raised the escrow withholding to 20% (with no prior notice to the agents.) Then, they "suspended" CIP sales until AEP because they "were overwhelmed with certification training." Net result-- we went three weeks without sales because we had no other SNP to write until AEP started.

 

[Bob_The_Insurance_Guy]

How could such a beautiful woman be such a horrible individual?

Did she tell you the stories of selling Universal's Any Any Any Plan under the boarwalks in Florida?

 

[humshogul]

Greenway has been closed and Great American has taken their contracts. How can that happen if I didn't sign a new contract? Parker sent me a contract and I won't sign it either. I hear Ricky Whitman got canned. In Georgia I hear that they closed the Parker offices and arrested some of the agents for strong arm tatics. Does anyone know anything about this??? Am I still under a contract legally with any of these gangsters. They are holding $2000 of escrow and I have been trying to get it for 5 months. HELP ANYONE!!!!