Medicare Supplement Insurance by GPM Life Now Available Through GoMedigap

Austin tx -- Free-Press-Release.com-- Jul 8, 2011 -- You can now purchase Medicare Supplement Insurance policies by GPM Life through your GoMedigap agent in Texas.

GoMedigap is one of the largest and most respected insurance agencies in the country focusing specifically on the Medicare Supplement Insurance market. The agency offers Medicare supplement plans from top insurance companies throughout the country and works to educate Medicare recipients on how these plans work and to ensure they get the best rates available.

Government Personnel Mutual Life Insurance Company, or GPM Life, while not typically a well-known name has a very proud history and stellar reputation.

The insurance company was established by a retired Army Colonel by the name of P.J. Hennessey back in 1934. Colonel Hennessy was frustrated and embarrassed that his troops could not buy life insurance that would pay if the were to die during an "act of war". So, he set out to change that. His company GPM Life offered the first life insurance policies to qualified U.S. service members that would pay even if the insured died during combat.

As proud a man as Colonel Hennessey likely was (and for good reason), he was not too proud to recognize talent in his wife and elected Blanche Hennessey as President of the company in 1938. This made her the first woman to head a commercial insurance company. This, of course, when it wasn't fashionable for women to work outside the home - much less in a senior management position. This was 20 years before the Equal Rights Movement.

Through the years the company has survived a depression and major wars to continue to expand. The company no longer exclusively offers it's life insurance products to military personnel but also to the civilian population.

More recently, the company has begun to offer Medicare supplement insurance and has come in with very competitive rates in most states.

"This is just the type of company you love to talk about. Colonel Hennessey seems like a marvelous person. He served our country, saw an injustice in not having life insurance plans pay out for our men and women at war, followed his American entrepreneurial spirit and started a company, toughed out the depression, didn't let pride get in the way of electing his wife as president of the company (which was an action that was way ahead of it's time), and has grown a company that has a stellar reputation. I have to say I'm really proud we're offering their Medicare supplement insurance products in Texas. We'll be rolling them out in other states shortly," said Richard Cantu, President of GoMedigap.

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