Update News for June 2007

June 22, 2007
COMPULIFE
Update News

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

Press Release – Term to Retire
AIG’s Select-A-Term
Let’s Speculate on Level to 65 Premiums
Internet Engine Release Delayed
April Contest – Here’s the Winner
Palm Zire 31’s are Sold Out
Forms Library
Help Us Add More Companies and Get a FREE PDA!
QuickerQuoter – Now You Can Get 12 Companies
FREE Hosting for QuickerQuoter Updates
Automated Updates for QuickQuoter?
What is QuickerQuoter for Agencies?
FREE QuickerQuoter PDA Software
25th Year in Business

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

Press Release – Term to Retire
In conjunction with the 3 new premium categories introduced into Compulife:

- To age 65 Level Guaranteed
- To age 70 Level Guaranteed
- To age 75 Level Guaranteed

Term4Sale and Compulife issued a press release. A copy of the press release is available at:

www.compulife.com/pressrelease.htmPlease take a minute to read the press release. It will review what Compulife is attempting to accomplish with these new categories.

AIG’s Select-A-Term
We have initially filled the 3 new categories with one company’s new products. AIG has introduced a new product called “Select-a-Term” which allows the buyer to select a level premium period from 10 to 30 years. Compulife has gone to the trouble of manually selecting level premium periods to correspond to the age and level to retire category for all scenarios.

For example, for level to 65 we have chosen the following Select-a-Term level periods for the following issue ages:

Age	Level Period
35	30
36	29
37	28
38	27
39	26
40	25
41	24
42	23
43	22
44	21
45	20
46	19
47	18
48	17
49	16
50	15
53	12
55	10

NOTE: There are no AIG Select-a-Term premium periods for 11, 13 or 14 years.We have had a handful of calls from agents who are wondering if Compulife will be adding the Select-A-Term products for the in-between periods; in other words for periods other than 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30. In discussing this with those agents I have challenged them to explain to me where the demand will be for these in-between periods. I tell the agent that I can’t imagine a consumer looking at a 20 year term product, and saying “Gee I don’t think this is giving me long enough coverage” and then looking at a 25 year product and saying, “Gee I think this is too long”. In each case the agents have responded that the reason they want these in-between periods is for replacement scenarios. For example, imagine a person that has a 20 year term plan that is 4 years old. The agent now wants the ability to compare it to a 16 year term policy.

While Compulife can’t do that yet, please take a look at another close scenario: a 20 year term product that is now 5 years old. To do a theoretical replacement let’s run a comparison in Compulife for a 45 year old for a 20 year term plan. We will base this on $500,000 for a preferred plus non-smoker in California. Running a comparison we find the lowest premium is $615.

Now pretend that our sample client has become 50 years old, 5 years later. We are now looking for a 15 year term. The lowest premium in Compulife is $725. $725 is $110 more than the 20 year term on the 45 year old. It would appear the 45 year old will be hanging on to their 20 year product.

Why is there such a difference in premium even though both policies cover to age 65?

The reason is that in pricing the 20 year product for the 45 year old, versus pricing the 15 year product for the 50 year old, the life insurance company has 5 more years (between ages 45 and 50) to collect extra money over and above the real cost to insure the client.

When we are talking about a coverage period for age 45 to 65, the least expensive period of time to insure the client is age 45 to 50. This period has the least actually mortality expense because it covers the youngest period. That means that any extra money collected during that time can be invested and assist with insurance costs between ages 50 and 65. That is why the 15 year term can’t beat the 20 year product 5 years later.

It is my belief that agents planning to use the Select-A-Term product for replacements may find that if the previous product has been in force for any time at all, and the product was relatively competitive to start with, the product may have a premium that can’t be beat.

Having explained that Compulife would still be happy to add the in-between categories providing that we see a multi-company trend established. Our promise to subscribers is that if there are two other companies (a total of 3 companies) who introduce similar products with in-between coverage periods, Compulife will create categories for those in-between level periods.

Let’s Speculate on Level to 65 Premiums
By contrast Compulife is out front on the level to 65, 70 and 75 categories. Why? Because there is a natural, non-replacement need for those coverage periods. The idea of buying “term to retire” is a natural need scenario and will be a concept that most financial gurus, particularly those who recommend that consumers buy term and only term, will seize upon.

With the introduction of Select-A-Term, we now know what prices for older people, for those scenarios, would be. But what would prices for younger people be?

To understand that let’s turn our attention back to the example that I just gave you. We found that a 20 year $500,000 policy for a 45 year old cost $615 per year, and that a 15 year policy for a 50 year old was $725. Even though both products provide coverage to 65, the 50 year old pays a higher premium. As I explained, it’s because the 45 year old is chipping in money for 5 years longer.

The same logic can and will apply to level to 65 products for younger people. Consider the AIG product. A 35 year old male, in preferred plus health, can buy $500,000 of 30 year Select-A-Term for $505 per year. If AIG offered a 40 year version for a 25 year old, what would it cost? I believe the premium would be considerably less than $505 per year. Why?

There are two ways to see the basis of my belief:

First, look at the cost of level to 65 for AIG’s Select-A-Term for the 35 year old. The premium is the same $505 because the price that Compulife is quoting is for a 30 year Select-A-Term product. Now we make the sample client age 36 and check the premium for level to 65. In this case the premium is $525 which is the cost for a 29 year Select-A-Term product. Note that the premium is $20 higher.

Let’s try it again. This time we make the client age 37 and check the premium for level to 65. In this case the premium is $550, which is again higher, this time by $25. So the pattern appears consistent. The older the starting age of the client, the higher the premium for level coverage to age 65. You would expect that the younger the client, the lower the premium for level coverage to 65.

Therefore, you would expect, if there was a 31 year term product, and you quoted the price for a 34 year old, that the premium would be less than $505.

This brings us to the second way to look at this. Suppose our 25 year old purchased a 10 year term policy from AIG. The cost of the policy would be $185 per year. Now assume the same client purchased the 30 year version, 10 years later. We know that the premium at that point would be $505 per year. The difference in premium is $320 per year. Let’s assume our client, who knows that, budgets $505 per year from ages 25 to 35. He would accumulate $3200 by the end of 10 years (no interest). The client now has $3200 to assist him in paying the $505 premium for the next 30 years. That would have the impact of lowering his net cost for that insurance.

Of course this is precisely what the life company could do itself. Instead of the client accumulating the difference, the company can and would. In exchange for that, the company would be able to offer a lower price than $505 for the entire 40 year period.

And our client would secure his insurability. The problem with buying the 10 year product at 25 is that the client is taking a serious chance his insurability could change between age 25 and 35. That would create a serious problem at 35. But the life company can average that risk out over a large group of people, just as it does now when it sells 30 year term products to 35 year old people (versus selling the same group 10 year term).

Finally, we look at the price for 30 year term for a 25 year old. In that example we find the premium for Select-A-Term is $400 per year. We know that a 40 year term product for the same person would be higher. The premium would be something between $400 and $505 per year.

Therefore, it is reasonable to guess the cost for a $500,000 40 year term plan for a 25 year old to be between $450 to $500 per year, with the premium being much closer to $450. That was the premium guesstimate that I used in the press release:

www.compulife.com/pressrelease.htmNow my question to you is what would you prefer to sell to the 25 year old, the 10 year product for $185 per year, or a 40 year product for $450 per year? I can tell you which one I would tell my son or daughter to buy – GO LONG! You could argue that you could sell the 30 year plan for $400 but that ends at age 55, and the argument that they need level insurance coverage to retirement identifies a need that makes sense to the client.

Oh, did I mention the commission difference?

Internet Engine Release Delayed
Compulife has delayed the release of our new Internet engine. As we were wrapping up work on the new categories and state based issue age limitations, we realized it was a good time to also enhance our Preferred Health Analyzer. If we had waited, it would have meant another update – which we are avoiding by doing it now.

The need to change the health analyzer is internal and will not affect the interface. The change will address the fact that some companies are now age banding their requirements.

For example, some companies now have more than one height and weight table. For older ages their table is more lenient with weight – recognizing that as people age, they naturally get heavier. This is not to suggest they have a greater health risk, it simply recognizes that it is a natural fact of life. Insurance premiums at older ages are already based upon mortality experience that is based upon that reality and so we expect more companies, as time goes on, to have age banding in their height weight tables.

Family health history is another example. If a 70 year old is buying a new policy, the concern about their parents’ cardiovascular history before age 60 becomes a moot point. If a parent’s early onset of heart disease was going to be a factor, you would expect it to have shown up in the client by age 70. Once again, Compulife is changing the system to allow age banding of family history tables.

In fact we are adding age banding to all our preferred health criteria, which mean something of a mini-overhaul. That is why the process is taking a little longer than we thought.

Once this new capability is released in the PC based software, sometime in June, and once we are satisfied that we have all the bugs out, the new internet engine will be shipped to those who have asked for it. If you haven’t requested the new internet engine, and you are an internet engine subscriber, send an e-mail to barneyrl@compulife.com.

Thanks for your patience.

Palm Zire 31’s are Sold Out
Compulife has now sold out our remaining stock of Palm Zire 31’s. We are keeping the balance of the units for parts in order to service our extended warranties on the units sold to subscribers.

We are now back to offering Tungsten E’s as our one and only PDA. We have also changed our pricing to eliminate the distinction between Grade A and Grade B Tungsten E’s. The new price is $84 and we are also offering a card and adapter for $15 which means you can get all you need to run Compulife for only $99 (you can get it for even less – but you need to keep reading to find the special offer).

Forms Library
Transamerica Life has advised Compulife that they will be shipping us their forms some time in June. That will bring the total number of companies to 13. Slowly but surely, the forms database is expanding.

To date the following companies are now available:

We have also added our new forms categorization function and have categorized the term insurance forms for Pruco and North American. During June we will be apply categories to the other companies in our system. The process takes a little time and so we appreciate your patience. More important we would appreciate your feedback on those categories. The design is highly flexible and we should be able to package forms in a variety of ways.

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 Tungsten E PDA as our way of saying
thanks.

QuickerQuoter – Now You Can Get 12 Companies
In April we announced a change to the pricing structure for QuickerQuoter. Agencies can now buy as little as 3 companies for only $225, and can now buy 12 companies. Here is a copy of the e-mail announcement:

COMPULIFE^{^®}
Software, Inc.

QuickerQuoter is now available for 3 to 12 life insurance companies

Have you heard about QuickerQuoter for your agents?

QuickerQuoter
is a limited edition version of Compulife Quotation System that agencies can
distribute FREE
to their agents and brokers – no matter how many brokers they have.

IMPORTANT:
QuickerQuoter
runs on your agent’s desktop and laptop computers but also comes with
software that
runs on PDA’s and PDA phones.
The PDA software works on both Palm and Windows Mobile devices. This lets your agent
put your companies in their pocket – ready to go – anytime, anywhere.

QuickerQuoter is now available for 3 to 12 life insurance companies

Agencies buying 3 companies can now get started for only $225 per year.

Compulife has changed the pricing for its QuickerQuoter program and is now offering the program for up to 12 life insurance companies.

Here is the pricing:

First 3 companies (minimum):	$75 per company = $225 per year (minimum)
4-6 companies:	$125 per company
7-9 companies:	$200 per company
10-12 companies:	$250 per company

$225 + $375 + $600 + $750 = $1,950 per year

For example, a total of 12 companies in QuickerQuoter will cost:

Most QuickerQuoter buyers have purchased 6 companies – therefore the price is unchanged.

NOTE: Those wanting to add additional companies to their original 6 can do so for $200 per company (6-9) or $250 per company (10-12) and we will pro-rate the cost to the balance of your current QuickerQuoter subscription.

Click Here to try Compulife’s QuickerQuoter.

There are two reasons for this change in pricing:

1. There is now NO REASON for an agency to not get and try QuickerQuoter for its agents.

This gives your agents a way to run quotes their phones and PDAs for your favorite life companies. $225 gives you software you can give to ALL your agents for FREE!

IMPORTANT: The QuickerQuoter program now comes with FREE Windows Mobile Phone software. The current phones running this software are the:

Motorola Q

Samsung Black Jack

T-Mobile Dash

Think about the importance of PDA/Phone software for your agents.
They can carry your favorite companies in their pocket.

2. Some agencies have wanted more than 6 companies.

The rational behind this new stepped pricing is that the more companies in your QuickerQuoter program, the less demand there is for the Compulife program, which we are retailing. That’s also why the QuickerQuoter program is simpler than the Compulife program – we don’t want this product being a substitute for agents who want all the features and benefits in Compulife. But that isn’t all bad for you – there’s less need for technical support, which you must do for this product.

As we have indicated before, if Compulife determines that QuickerQuoter is having a negative impact on our retail sales, we will discontinue the product. But that gives an important benefit to existing QuickerQuoter purchasers who will have a 36 month service extension for service to their QuickerQuoter program (for the number of companies purchased). For complete details refer to the October 2006 Compulife bulletin:

October 2006 BulletinAs before, buyers of QuickerQuoter are entitled to as many FREE updates per year as they have companies in the software. An agency buying 12 companies is entitled to 12 FREE updates. An agency buying 3 companies gets 3 FREE updates. Updates over the FREE number permitted are available for $100 per update.

Here’s Something Else that’s New:

For the first year of a QuickerQuoter Subscription – ALL updates are FREE.

Click Here for more details about Compulife’s QuickerQuoter.

Feel free to reply to this e-mail with any questions you may have
regarding
Compulife’s new QuickerQuoter software or call Bob Barney at (888) 798-3488.

FREE Hosting for QuickerQuoter Updates
Insurance Squared customers, using Compulife’s on-line term quote engine, are now allowed to host QuickerQuoter updates for FREE.

And if you use Insurance Squared to host your QuickerQuoter updates, Compulife will maintain those updates on the Insurance Squared server for FREE.

For QuickerQuoter purchasers it means that all you will need to do is e-mail a link to the page and/or place a link to the page on your web site. Your page will look like either of these two samples:

FREE Download for non-NY life companies

FREE Download for New York life companies
NOTE: The www.compulife.us server used for the above examples is the server provided by Insurance Squared. Compulife rents space on that server, just as we rent space from 6 other Internet Providers for our services to Compulife subscribers.

Automated Updates for QuickQuoter?
In the next few months we would like to introduce a more automated update procedure for QuickerQuoter updates, but this would be in conjunction with the Insurance Squared update hosting. If we are able to do so, the QuickerQuoter program would be able to alert your agents that new updates are available, and the system can get those updates automatically.

NOTE:
The decision to put automatic updates into our QuickerQuoter software will be dependent on the number of QuickerQuoter buyers who elect to use Insurance Squared to host those updates. If there is an insufficient number of agencies using Insurance Squared for those updates there is no point offering automatic updating. Updates will continue to be manual updates just as they are now.

If you do NOT use Insurance Squared as your on-line term quote provider, you can do so for ONLY $179 per year. Once you do your QuickerQuoter update web page and update hosting is FREE.

ALSO IMPORTANT: Insurance Squared now offers an on-line forms library option which can be added to that on-line term quote service for only $120 per year.
Click Here to obtain full details.

What is QuickerQuoter for Agencies?
QuickerQuoter is a Compulife-like comparison software program containing only the companies that the agency selects. The agency pays a single, low cost license fee and can then provide unlimited copies of the software to all its brokers for FREE.

Click Here for more information on QuickerQuoter. The web page contains a FREE sample of QuickerQuoter.

NOTE: The products and companies included in the FREE samples of QuickerQuoter are up-to-date and current. The companies we have selected are those companies which have provided Compulife with their forms for our Forms Library. If you are a life company, and would like to be added, please call Bob Barney at (888) 798-3488.

IMPORTANT: FREE software for your brokers.

THINK ABOUT IT: 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.

The agencies who act sooner will be the agencies to benefit the most. To date over a dozen agencies have acquired QuickerQuoter.

FREE QuickerQuoter PDA Software
Just as FREE PDA software comes with Compulife, QuickerQuoter comes with FREE PDA software. So before you say, “But we already have on-line quoting software for our brokers for FREE”, please pay attention to the fact that this software includes FREE PDA software.

Some agencies have told me they don’t think that’s important because their agents aren’t using PDA’s. There are some points I would like to make:

- First, more and more agents are buying Palm and/or Windows Mobile phones. Those phones ARE PDA’s and they can run QuickerQuoter. Do you want to be the one pointing that out to your agent, or do you want your competitor pointing it out?

- Second, agents who do not have PDA’s don’t have them because they don’t appreciate what they can do. There was a time when no one owned a calculator. Does your agent own a calculator now? Of course they do. Why? Because it’s cheap and it’s a great tool. Ditto for PDA’s. Compulife can provide PDA’s that run QuickerQuoter for as little as $69. Click here for complete details

- Third, read some of the following testimonies that Compulife has received from subscribers using insurance comparisons on their PDA:

http://www.compulife.com/agentpda.htm
The point is this: Agents are going to find out about this capability – one way or the other. The sooner they do, the sooner they will make money with it. And that means they will not only be making money for themselves but for the agency they do business with. Do you think agents will appreciate the agency that was first to bring that to their attention?

25th Year in Business
Compulife incorporated in Canada in October 1982. The U.S. company was incorporated 5 years later in October 1987. That means we are now in our 25th year in business (20th year here in the U.S.)

We note this to first and foremost express our thanks to our loyal subscribers (thousands of subscribers) many of whom have been with us for a majority of that time. It goes without saying that we could not have done it without you. Many, many thanks.

THIS MONTH’S HIDDEN SPECIAL:
Get a 64meg SD card and an SD card adapter for only $10 – FREE shipping. The card and adapter is all you need to put Compulife on most PDA’s. But it also gives you an inexpensive “Jump” or “Thumb” drive that lets you easily transfer up to 64 megabytes of files between computers. This special offer is over on June 29, 2007.

We are using these specials to help underline our longstanding commitment to this marketplace and our subscribers – a commitment that has never changed and a commitment that is as great today as it has ever been.

Two things are true about companies that have been around this long – they are either resting on their laurels or they are continuing to push forward aggressively. I think it is clear that the latter applies to Compulife.

Here are just three recent examples:

In the last year we have introduced PDA software, both for PDA’s on-line
and off-line – the latter at prices too reasonable for agents to ignore.
The PDA software is FREE with your subscription to Compulife and we can provide
backlit color PDA’s for as little as $84.

We have recently rolled out a Forms Library which introduces an innovative web library / local library system for automatically storing forms on your own computer – making retrieval fast and easy – regardless of web connection problems.

We have introduced QuickerQuoter for agencies, giving agencies our comparison technology (including PDA technology) which they can turn around and provide to their agents for FREE.

We draw this to your attention to underline that Compulife appreciates your business and we will continue to EARN your business, by improving and expanding our product offerings.

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