ENRG Realty offers health insurance for agents nationwide

ENRG Realty is offering its real estate agents access to medical, dental and vision insurance plans nationwide with no waiting periods or annual enrollment windows, the virtual boutique brokerage announced on Monday. The coverage is positioned as traditional health insurance, not a health care cost-sharing arrangement and includes benefits for pre-existing conditions, according to the company announcement. Plans are available through national provider networks so agents can access consistent care across ENRG Realty’s markets. Health coverage has been a long-standing gap for many real estate agents, who are typically classified as independent contractors and do not receive employer-sponsored benefits. Between 10% and 15% of National Association of Realtors (NAR) members have no health insurance at all, according to NAR data cited by ENRG Realty, and many others rely on individual marketplace plans that can be expensive and restricted to annual open enrollment periods. “An agent can’t successfully build a business, grow a team or take care of clients if they’re worried about their own health first,” Erinn Nobel, co-founder and president of ENRG Realty, said in the announcement. “We w...