Agent FAQs

Ladder for Agents FAQs

Ladder for Agents is a program built and designed for agents that allows you to easily refer clients to Ladder for term life insurance. Instead of spending time searching for quotes and sending clients through the traditionally long process of applying for a life insurance policy, you can partner with Ladder to provide your clients with easy life insurance and an instant decision.
Once your background check has been completed and you're approved, you'll receive a welcome email from Ladder with your unique referral link to share with your clients and a direct link to your agent dashboard, where you can find additional materials with more information about Ladder.
Our platform allows your clients to share policy information with you. Sign in to view your dashboard and easily track your clients' term life application progress.
Ladder facilitates fully underwritten individual term life policies to U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents who have lived in the United States for more than 2 years. People ages 20-60 years old are eligible to apply.
If your clients apply for $3M or less in coverage, they will not be asked to complete a health check. However, they will have to answer questions on the application about their health. For a larger amount of coverage, they may be asked to complete a health check. Health checks are free and designed to be convenient. A traveling technician will visit your client's home or office—wherever they prefer. During the appointment, the technician will ask them a few questions, measure their height and weight, take their blood pressure and pulse, and collect a urine and blood sample.
We're here to help. Please reach out to agents@ladderlife.com with any questions, concerns, or feedback and we'll get back to you shortly.
Our customer experience team is licensed and happy to help answer any of your clients' questions. They can be reached at help@ladderlife.com.
Ladder doesn't charge agents any fees. When your clients apply for and obtain a policy, they will get great rates and no policy fees.
  • Our easy, online application & instant decisions
    Your clients can apply for life insurance coverage with Ladder through your referral link via our online application, get an instant decision, and potentially be covered within 5 minutes.
  • The ability to "Ladder" Coverage
    Your clients' needs are ever-changing — shouldn't their life insurance adapt to them? For this reason, we designed the ability for your clients to "Ladder" easily: they can apply for more coverage or decrease their coverage, all online.
  • Customer service that's here to help
    Your clients can always reach out to one of our licensed customer experience agents if they have questions at any point.

Approval FAQs

We designed Ladder for Agents so that you can start referring your clients as quickly as possible. Here's how it works
  1. If you're a licensed agent, contact your network to access the Ladder for Agents sign-up page.
  2. Submit your information and consent to a background check from Choice Screening.
  3. If approved, you'll receive an email welcoming you to Ladder for Agents. This email will include a link to your dashboard with all the tools you need to get started.
Please note: You must hold a life insurance producer license for each jurisdiction where you solicit customers for Ladder products. You may not solicit customers for Ladder products in New York, regardless of licensing status.

Dashboard FAQs

The agent dashboard is where you’ll find all the tools you need to create price estimates and track your clients’ progress from the sending of an estimate to the binding of a policy. You’ll also find your unique tracking link that can be shared with your clients to start their application.
The dashboard tracks the number of price estimates you send using the “Share this estimate” feature. You’ll be able to see which client you sent the estimate to along with their coverage amount, term length, and monthly price. The dashboard also tracks when a client purchases a policy. Unfortunately, at this time we can’t track personalized emails that include your unique link. We will, however, be able to track your client’s progress once they’ve started an application and agreed to share their progress with you.
The dashboard is updated in real-time as your clients progress through the application process.
You’ll be able to see when a client starts an application, when an application is being processed by our underwriting team, and when a policy’s been offered. We don’t provide specifics about status when applications are going through the manual underwriting process. We can provide information directly to your client if they’d like more details about their application status. They can reach out to our customer experience team through their account page anytime, or email us at help@ladderlife.com.
  • Incomplete: Your client started an application, but they haven’t submitted it yet
  • Processing: Your client submitted an application, which is being reviewed by Ladder’s underwriting team
  • Offer given: A policy has been offered to your client
  • Declined: Your client’s application has been declined
  • Closed: Your client’s application is no longer active

Sending an estimate FAQs

You can share the link with your clients via email by simply copying and pasting the link into your message. If you have a preferred customer relationship management (CRM) platform you use to communicate with your clients, you can copy and paste your unique tracking link into emails personalized for them.
Sharing an estimate through your dashboard sends a standardized email from Ladder to your client with the coverage amount, term length, and monthly price estimate. Copying your unique tracking link allows you to draft a personalized email to your client that includes the link.
Instead of a build table, Ladder’s estimating tool can give customers a sense of what their rate might be. It takes into account a client’s health class. We offer 4 preferred classes, as well as substandard ratings to Table 8. We don’t publish a field underwriting guide, but our rates are competitive across all classes.

Credit/Payment FAQs

Your unique tracking link is tied to the email you used to sign up with Ladder for Agents. Sharing your estimate from your dashboard or pasting your unique tracking link into an email will allow you to track a client’s progress from the start of an application to the binding of a policy. Your clients must use the “Get started” button in the estimate email or use your referral link in order for you to track their progress and receive credit for their policy.
Please reach out to your agency or network for help receiving compensation.

Policy/Application FAQs

If you or your clients have questions about Ladder policies, visit our Help Center to learn more. You or your client can also contact us for help.
You’ll be able to track your own progress from your dashboard just as you would a client using your unique tracking link. You’ll also earn a commission or referral fee.
Your client’s rating is based on a number of factors, like age, health, and gender. Because these factors are considered carefully, there isn’t anything that can be done to influence their rating. If your client has questions about their rating, they can reach out to our customer experience team at any time through their account page.
In some cases, Ladder isn’t able to give an instant offer due to a client’s specific situation. When an application is pending, it means it’s still with an underwriter who will potentially reach out to your client to request additional information. If your client has questions, you can direct them to our customer experience team, who they can contact from their account page.
Ladder will email your client with the reasons they were declined. If your client has questions, they can always reach out to our customer experience team through their Ladder account page.

Agency FAQs

Please email agent-help@ladderlife.com with the agent’s information.
Ladder will provide information about Ladder’s policies, along with a Compliance Manual that details how they need to be sold.

Intended for financial professional use only.

Ladder Insurance Services, LLC (CA license # OK22568; AR license # 3000140372) distributes term life insurance products issued by multiple insurers – for further details see ladderlife.com. All insurance products are governed by the terms set forth in the applicable insurance policy. Each insurer has financial responsibility for its own products.
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