How Do Health Insurance Agents Get Paid? 
Typically a health insurance agent is paid a commission that is based on a certain percentage of the premium paid by the insured . This percentage can vary from carrier to carrier and my even vary from level of plan to level of plan . There are some new restrictions on how much these types of costs can be within the new healthcare law so the commissions should be lower than they were before 2014 . Hope this helps . 