Season 238 Episode 8000
Own Your Wellness: S3E3
Janice L. Wood describes herself as a “very young” 70-ish, who enjoyed a great first career working for her native City of Los Angeles. Soon after she retired, she realized that her hobbies of volunteering and fundraising just weren’t going to be enough for her organized, service-oriented, people-focused personality. She began pursuing a second career in insurance but had to put it temporarily on hold to take care of her aging mother. After her mother passed away, Janice returned to it with a renewed vision: she would put her skills in health insurance to their best use by focusing them on seniors and people with disabilities, all of whom typically qualified for Medicare. Janice had already seen that trying to figure out the complicated Medicare system was a challenge for most of the very people it was designed to benefit, and she knew her own knack for deciphering it could be of huge service to them. She further decided that instead of working for one insurance carrier to pursue that mission, she would create her own company so she could offer more options in products from a wide range of carriers. The result was her own dream job: it involved working with a diversity of people, from medical professionals and activities directors at senior centers, to seniors themselves. It let her get to know and care for clients on a personal level. It presented the exciting challenge of staying abreast of the fascinating dynamics that drive the nation’s leading-edge health insurance companies, as well as mentoring and training new agents. Janice derives immense satisfaction from this second career and has assembled a team of agents who have much the same passion for the work that she does. Janice has a number of favorite pastimes. She enjoys live performances of nearly any kind, from plays and musicals to classic rock concerts. She also loves to experience different cultures, so she travels extensively. She has family in Hawaii as well as the Midwest and frequently visits those places, but she has also toured extensively in Europe and other parts of the world.
