Ritter Insurance Marketing Selected as an FMO for Johns Hopkins HealthCare's Medicare Advantage Plan Launch

HARRISBURG, PA--(Marketwired - September 16, 2015) - Ritter Insurance Marketing ("Ritter") is pleased to announce that they have signed a Field Marketing Organization ("FMO") agreement with Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC ("JHHC") for their Medicare Advantage ("MA") products. Ritter will assist JHHC in launching their new MA plans, which are being released for the upcoming 2016 Annual Enrollment Period ("AEP") starting October 1, 2015.

"We are extremely excited to begin our relationship with Johns Hopkins HealthCare," Craig Ritter, President and Owner of Ritter, commented. "Johns Hopkins Medicine is one of the most highly-regarded health care systems in the country, and we are very pleased to have been selected as the FMO of their insurance subsidiary, Johns Hopkins HealthCare."

Currently, JHHC is in the process of finalizing their appointment and certification process. In addition to becoming appointed and certified through JHHC, agents will need to be licensed in the state of Maryland to sell their products. More details regarding JHHC's MA product will be available upon final CMS approval. Additional information will be coming within the next few weeks.

To help agents prepare for the upcoming AEP, Ritter will be hosting an AEP Kickoff Event on September 18 at Camden Yards in Baltimore. At the event, insurance providers will unveil their products for the upcoming selling season to insurance agents in Maryland. More information regarding this event is available through Ritter.

Over the past eight years, Ritter has worked with numerous "new-to-brokerage" Medicare Advantage carriers and sponsors, including Independence Blue Cross, Excellus BCBS, Health Partners Plans, Piedmont WellStar, and Geisinger Health Plans. Besides providing their agents with a variety of competitive products to sell, Ritter offers their agents free Customer Relationship Management and customized quoting tools that deliver sales results.

Ritter Insurance Marketing, based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is a national Field Marketing Organization for Senior Insurance Products. With more than 250,000 Medicare policies in force, six offices, and 110 employees, Ritter is a national industry leader in the external marketing and distribution of Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement and Medicare Part D plans.