Maggie Zeller Specializes In Personalized Health Insurance Plans
Independent health insurance advisor Maggie Zeller has been finding the best-fitting health insurance coverage for her clients since 2013. As of January 2018, Zeller has created her own firm, Zeller Health Insurance Solutions LLC, through which she pairs her clients with insurance plans that will meet their unique, individual needs.
A resident of Florida since 1991 and of the western comminutes since 2002, Zeller had an extensive professional career in banking and business development dating back to 1974. She earned her health insurance license in 1994 and fully transitioned from banking to health insurance advising in 2013.
Though there are some similarities between the businesses of banking and insuring, Zeller found her passion and fulfillment in helping people navigate their way in the often confusing and overwhelming world of health insurance, and, more precisely, Medicare plans.
“My real passion is in the Medicare field,” Zeller explained. “I really like helping people find the right plan for them as they age into Medicare at age 65 or during open enrollment in November.”
Zeller is licensed with all major health insurance providers, such as Humana, Aetna, United Healthcare, United American and Florida Blue. Her position as an independent advisor allows her to advise clients with the health insurance provider who offers an ideal insurance plan for their health conditions, budget, preferred doctors and medications.
“Because I am licensed with every major carrier, I have the ability to best advise my clients to a plan that is tailor-made to a client, instead of gearing them only in one direction or to one specific insurance carrier,” she explained. “In the Medicare world, specifically, there is a plan for everybody. But not one plan for everybody.”
Zeller serves clients throughout the western communities, though she does have some as far away as Tampa and North Carolina. Her clients’ medical insurance needs range from short-term health insurance plans to applying for specific plans within Medicare. Since all of her clients’ needs vary, Zeller’s daily work centers on conducting in-depth research in order to find the plans that meet precise medical needs or preferences, as well as aiding those in the process of applying for Medicare and consulting with families about their healthcare plans.
“It’s difficult for people to do the extensive research on healthcare and health providers, and that is why it’s important to meet with an independent consultant,” Zeller said.
In her experience, Zeller has found that a majority of her clients have been on healthcare plans from previous employers or specific prescription drug plans. These types of health insurance plans, Zeller explained, can end up costing people more than average healthcare plans. Her fulfillment comes from helping her clients out of wrong healthcare plans and getting them onto plans that will not only meet their medical necessities, but sometimes save them hundreds of dollars.
“Just recently, I met with a retired client who was paying more than $800 a month for her health insurance through a former employer. After enrolling her in a new plan, she is saving in excess of $500 a month. Many people think it is best to stay on a former employer’s plan or a plan that is not right for them,” Zeller said.
Over the last four and a half years, Zeller’s efforts to work in the best interest of her clients have earned her a solid referral-based client list. Zeller not only gets people on the right medical plan, but she also prioritizes the importance of good customer service.
“I have built my business on referrals. I never know who’s going to call me, [and that is] because customer service is key,” she said. “Truthfully, the greatest complement I can receive is when a client refers me; that is when I know I’m doing the right thing, because when you do the right thing for people, they remember.”
Aside from her business, Zeller works every day to make a difference for the people of the western communities. She is an active board member of the Wellington Rotary Club, the Wellington Community Foundation, Back to Basics and the YWCA.
Zeller explained that she recognizes and values the ties between helping people through her business and giving back to the community.
Zeller is available for morning or afternoon consultations, and regularly advises clients in the comfort of their own home. For more information, call (561) 715-9262 or e-mail medicaremaggie@gmail.com.
