Update News for October 2006

Agencies – please pay attention to the Special Offer we are making to you this month.This could be a classic case of “you snooze you lose”.

Here is a quick run-down on what you will find in this bulletin:

• • Special Offer for Agencies

     

     

  • Why This May Be a Limited Time Offer

     

     

  • What about Updates to QuickerQuoter

     

     

  • Installation/Updating is a SNAP

     

     

  • Call For a Free Sample

     

     

  • Lower Prices on Palm PDAs

     

     

  • Try a Used Palm FREE for 30 Days

     

     

  • FREE PDA Insurance Quote Button

     

     

  • Compulife Forms Library

     

     

  • Help Us Add More Companies and Get a FREE PDA!

     

     

  • FREE PDA software for Life Companies

     

     

  • QuickerQuoter now on Palm and Windows Mobile

     

     

  • Historical CD – Compulife from the Past

     

     

  • What’s Next for Compulife

     

     

  • Next Monthly Update

     

     

These topics will be dealt with in more detail throughout this bulletin.

Special Offer for AgenciesCompulife is introducing QuickerQuoter software for insurance agencies.

QuickerQuoter is a Compulife-like comparison software program, containing only the companies that you want, that your agency can purchase and provide FREE to your brokers.

IMPORTANT: FREE software for your brokers.Translation: If you don’t give this software to your brokers for FREE, then maybe your brokers will get it from your competitors for FREE. And then your brokers will be quoting the companies that your competitors want them to quote, instead of the ones that you want them to quote.

Now before you say, “But we already have quoting software for our brokers for FREE”, pay attention to the fact that this software includes FREE PDA software. If you don’t think PDA software is important, read some of the following testimonies that Compulife has received from subscribers using insurance comparisons on their PDA:

http://www.compulife.com/agentpda.htmAnd before you say that you don’t think your agents are using PDA’s, let me assure you that you are probably wrong. More and more are buying Palm Treo phones and those phones ARE PDA’s that can run QuickerQuoter although your agent may not realize it. But again, do you want to be the one pointing that out to your agent, or do you want your competitor pointing it out. And if the agent doesn’t have a PDA, do you think they might want one if they can buy it for only $69?

This Special Offer may be for a limited time only (further details follow). I make the point to warn you that you could find your competitors having access to this software but you may not be able to get it in the future. In other words, you snooze you lose. And if you do act immediately, we will give you a Special Guarantee that you will want to read about – KEEP READING.

QuickerQuoter will give you a Compulife-like comparison system for 3 to 6 life insurance companies. The software will run on your agent’s PC (just like Compulife) and your agent can transfer the software to his PDA (just like Compulife). To obtain the software you purchase it and then you can give it to as many agents as you want; FREE.

Your cost for QuickerQuoter is $300 per year for a basic 3 company product. If you want to add more companies, it’s $100 per year per company. If you purchase a 6 company QuickerQuoter your total cost would be $600 for the year. But that’s it! Once you have purchased QuickerQuoter you can give it FREE to as many agents/brokers as you want.

Why This May Be a Limited Time OfferIn making this offer Compulife is/was concerned about how it might impact our existing retail business to agents. We think some agents may elect to use your FREE QuickerQuoter software rather than pay for our software – and that’s not good for us. However, we also think that some agents that you give FREE software to may want the full Compulife package – and that’s good for us. By the way, if your agent does want the bigger, better Compulife, that’s more good news for you. Compulife typically charges an agent $199 per year for the software, but if you purchase the software for your agent you can obtain a discount and help your agent save money. Call for details.

The point is this: if at some point Compulife determines that the QuickerQuoter program for agencies is having a net negative impact on our gross revenue, Compulife will discontinue the QuickerQuoter agency program without notice.

But that’s where our Special Guarantee kicks in, and it’s exactly why you need to act NOW. Compulife guarantees that if we discontinue offering the program to new buyers, we will continue to offer the program to existing QuickerQuoter purchasers for a total of 36 more months. Whether we continue to offer the software or not, YOU WILL HAVE IT – GUARANTEED!

Therefore, by buying QuickerQuoter for your brokers now, you are guaranteeing your right to be able to buy it for 36 more months even if we no longer offer it to new customers.

At the end of 36 months we have a further guarantee to buy the agent version of Compulife at a deeper than normal special discount. Call Bob Barney at (888) 798-3488 for details. The special discount will only be available to you IF we discontinue the QuickerQuoter program providing that you were a customer of QuickerQuoter at that time.

Either way, by getting on board with this program you are getting a guarantee for software products, software services and software prices that you can’t get if you don’t buy the QuickerQuoter program. We are not kidding, this offer can vanish at any time without any notice.

I’ll say it once again, if you snooze you lose. And I will have no sympathy for those who say, “But I didn’t see it in the bulletin”. If that’s the case, you weren’t snoozing you were sleeping.

What about Updates to QuickerQuoterIf the companies you choose make no changes to their products during the year, you won’t need an update. If they do make a change, updates for QuickerQuoter are “on demand” through Compulife. If you need QuickerQuoter updated or changed, just contact Compulife and we’ll put together a new QuickerQuoter and send it off to you. If the change involves new products/rates those products will be transferred by Compulife into your QuickerQuoter. Because we use the same product entries as in the main program, your QuickerQuoter can be be updated just as quickly by Compulife as the main Compulife program.

You are allowed one FREE update for each company in your QuickerQuoter. What I mean is that if you buy a 3 company version, then you will have 3 updates prepaid and included for the year. If one company does two updates that year, and another one, while there was no update for the third, that’s a total of 3 and those are FREE. If you buy a 6 company version then you will have 6 prepaid updates. If you need more updates than the FREE prepaid updates included in the price, the updates are a flat $100 each. There is no limit to the number of updates on that basis.

Installation/Updating is a SNAPThe QuickerQuoter program comes in a self extracting, self installing SETUP.EXE file. The file is about 2 megabytes in size. When your agent opens the SETUP.EXE file, it makes a folder on his/her computer, installs itself, makes an icon, and he/she is in business. Updates are done exactly the same way. Because this is a single, self extracting file, you can e-mail it to your brokers and/or post it for download on your web site. It just doesn’t get easier than this.

To summarize, QuickerQuoter is ONLY available to agencies which are subscribers paying Compulife $299 per year for the agency version of our software. Once the agency obtains the QuickerQuoter, the agency can pass it on to its agents for FREE.

Call For a Free SampleCompulife has assembled a number of QuickerQuoter programs for various life insurance companies. The software you will receive is exactly the same, it just works with up to 6 companies. If you want to see how easy this is to use, and how it works, give me (Bob Barney) a call at (888) 798-3488. With you on the phone, I’ll help you load a QuickerQuoter onto your computer and answer any questions you may have.

Lower Prices on Palm PDAsCompulife has just lowered our retail prices on used Palm PDAs. You can check out the new prices at:

www.compulife.com/pdaprice.htmRight now we have a good stock of these units and will maintain that stock until December. At that point we will begin listing the units on ebay. I should point out that based upon our current pricing, and the condition of these units, we are already at prices that these units trade for on ebay. If you haven’t bought one now would be a good time to do so. You might find a slightly cheaper deal on ebay, but not backed up by our 90 day warranty, which is the same warranty given by Palm on new units. And there isn’t anything in these Palms we can’t fix (except a broken LCD panel). We have a solid stock of parts and quick turn around.

How can you not have Compulife in your pocket when you can do so for well under $100? And the software is FREE with your subscription.

Try a Palm FREE for 30 DaysThe following offer is available to Compulife subscribers who are “paid” subscribers. This means that those who have obtained a FREE subscription through the “Dare to Compare” challenge may not take advantage of this special deal.

You can order a Palm from Compulife and you do not have to pay for 30 days.

MORE IMPORTANT: If you wish to return the equipment at the end of 30 days, you will receive a full credit including the original shipping charge.

If you don’t believe us when we say that the Palm is a great prospecting tool, this is your chance to find out. Get the Palm and carry it with you for 30 days. If it is of no use to you just return it for a full credit.

CONDITIONS:

1. You are responsible for the cost of returning the PDA and/or accessories.

2. The Palm LCD screen must not be “broken”. In other words, don’t drop the Palm and make sure you pack it carefully when you return it.

3. This offer is subject to availability of Palms. Currently we have only about 125 units in stock and so this offer will be based upon first come, first served.

FREE PDA Insurance Quote ButtonHas “prospecting” become a dirty word in the life insurance industry? I have personally spoken to some subscribers about our FREE PDA Insurance Quote buttons and the response has been, “I don’t like to talk about insurance outside the office.”

What?

Folks this is simple. You put on the button and carry your PDA with you. The idea is that you don’t talk about insurance, you get asked about insurance. The following pin is FREE to any subscriber who asks for it:

Once again, the button is FREE to Compulife subscribers. Call to request your FREE button (800) 798-3488.

The pin comes with a money back guarantee. If it doesn’t work we’ll take it back for a full refund; just kidding; it’s FREE!

Compulife Forms LibraryWe have had very few reports of problems with our new Forms Library. To date the following companies are available:

Banner Life Insurance
Jefferson Pilot Life
Jefferson Pilot Life (NY)
Pruco Life Insurance
Pruco Life Insurance of New Jersey
Reliastar Life Insurance Company
Reliastar Life Insurance Company of NY
William Penn Life Insurance

Help Us Add More Companies and Get a FREE PDA!If you help us convince a life company to provide us with their forms, we’ll give you a Palm Zire 31 PDA as our way of saying thanks. And here’s the best part. We have an important gift for life companies who provide us with forms.

In June Compulife introduced our new QuickerQuoter software. This version of our quote software is able to quote the products for one company (or affiliated group of companies).

IMPORTANT: QuickerQuoter comes complete with PDA quoting software. This means life companies can give FREE PDA quoting software to their agents. That PDA software will run on either Palm or Windows Mobile devices.

QuickerQuoter and the PDA software is FREE to any life company which agrees to provide us with forms. Updates are also FREE if the life company keeps us updated with the latest forms.

Please pass that message along to your favourite life companies. If you can help us convince them to provide us with their forms, you will get a FREE Palm Zire 31 PDA package (including memory card and adapter) which we normally retail for $94 U.S. The Palm Zire 31 package will let you update and run Compulife on the Palm.

FREE PDA software for Life CompaniesProviding a life company is prepared to provide Compulife with PDF copies of their forms, and keep Compulife updated with those forms, Compulife will give the company PDA software for their insurance products. Once again, the PDA quoting software is FREE providing that the life company gives us their forms.

QuickerQuoter now on Palm and Windows MobileAbout two years ago Compulife introduced a product for life companies called QuickerQuoter. The software is designed to quote and compare the products of ONE company. QuickerQuoter is offered FREEto life insurance companies. They in turn can offer it FREE to their agents and brokers.

We have now introduced Palm and Windows Mobile versions of QuickerQuoter. Given that most life insurance companies have no PDA software of any kind, we think this should be a hit.

IMPORTANT: The PDA and Windows Mobile QuickerQuoter is FREE to any life insurance company that wants it but there is a “catch”. Here’s the catch: we need the life company to provide us with their forms.

Historical CD – Compulife from the PastOne of the projects we have been attempting to accomplish for quite some time is a historical CD which contains past copies of Compulife. Jeremiah has undertaken the task and has now managed to install, zip and archive copies of Compulife going back well over a decade. The month by month archived files can be transferred to a single CD. The history covers almost every month from the current month back to:

• • • April 1990 – United States

 

• • December 1986 – Canada

We are offering either CD to current Compulife subscribers for $99. Life insurance companies, who provide us with their forms, can purchase either CD for $49.

The way that the CD works is that you identify the appropriate zip file on the CD, then open it using winzip (freeware compression software). Once you do, you simply extract the files to a folder of your choice.

DO NOT unzip the files into your current \COMPLIFE folder!

Once that is completed, you open the folder and run the GOWIN program (or GO program depending on the vintage). The program has already been serialized with a licensee name that identifies the historical time period from which it comes.

You will find this CD particularly useful in servicing existing clients. Life companies will find it helpful to plot trends in pricings. It will also prove helpful for those dealing with the media.

What’s Next for CompulifeCompulife will now turn its attention to adding a single company and product look up function to the bottom of the PDA screen. Instead of just a “compare now” button, there will be a second button called “quote product”. The left rocker button will choose that option.

When you click on “quote product” a list of companies will appear. When you locate and click on the company that you want, a list of the products for that company will appear. When you click on the product, the single product display will appear. This will be the same screen that appears when you click on a product in the comparison results.

Once that is working we will enhance the single product display to give you more information about the individual product. You will be able to view all the modal premium options, the various health categories/premiums, etc.

Dueling Web SitesFor those who update by Internet, Compulife has gone to great lengths to provide you with redundancy in our web sites. Our main web site is:

www.compulife.comHowever, we keep a total of four completely separate web sites, on three more completely different servers, at:

www.compulife.us     or     www.compulife.cc     or     www.compulife.caWhatever we update to compulife.com, we are also updating to compulife.ca, compulife.us and compulife.cc. If one web site goes down, for whatever reason, either of the other three are ready to serve you.

For those doing monthly updates by Internet, we rely on three other web sites to supply monthly updates. These are automatically checked and used by our automatic Internet update software.

Next Monthly UpdateWe plan to post the November 2006 Internet monthly update to our seven monthly update web sites on Tuesday, October 31st.

The disk update will be processed Monday, October 30th and the disks will be shipped on that day. You should have the disk update by Thursday, November 2nd.

Monthly Disk UpdatesThose receiving updates by disks must switch over to Internet updates by the end of December 2006. Disk service will not be offered for January 2007 and following.

We would encourage you not to wait until December 2006 to make this change. Not only will you eliminate the expense and hassle of returning disks, it costs less to get updates by Internet.

To switch to Internet monthly updates, go to our web page www.compulife.com and select the second menu choice “Application/License Agreements” Under the section “Application / License Agreements” you will need to select and complete a new License Agreement for the type of license that you have. Indicate on the application form, under “payment option”, that this is a “CHANGE“. After you have printed the new application agreement, please read it, especially the part where you agree that you have successfully downloaded and processed our “mid-month updates”. If you haven’t done that before, call us and we’ll be happy to step you through the procedure. It’s easy.