I Have Too Many Effing Contracts

[souldeux]

So, I just moved to a new house (it's nice - hardwoods, twelve foot ceilings, porches, just off of the Square in Marietta. Feel free to come by. Bring bratwurst) and am in the process of rebuilding my home office. I figured that this was as good a time as any to reorganize where I had started to let things decay a little into chaos.

And...hoo boy. I just realized that I am contracted with a ton of companies. Twenty-two, to be exact, with three more pending.

How the heck did I do that? Surely I don't sell all of these guys. Let's go down the list:

Aetna: Sell them a bunch, love em.

Humana: My #1 seller, the best!

Golden Rule: Where the healthy and wealthy go. They get their fair share of airtime.

Assurant: Eh, once in a while. Short-term stuff is pretty good.

West Coast Life: Their medically underwritten term rates rock.



Okay, that's five. Which leaves seventeen companies (soon to be twenty) that I have contracts with that I'm just not utilizing. Anyone else ever get themselves into this kind of spot? What'd you do? I feel like I just realized that I'm WAY underutilizing my...everything. For instance, I just found the product brochure for Colorado Banker's Life's Lifestyle Protector. That thing is awesome. Assurity has some neat stuff. Oooh, hey, look at UHL's simple issue whole life! Wow!

I guess it'll be a long weekend of product reviews.

 

[djs]

I think this is normal. Consider it 'protection' for when the rules change with your favorites...

Of course, it is always good to look at a few of the carriers you don't normally use. Figure out if there is something there that makes sense.

Dan

 

[somarco]

Over time (or thyme) the carriers will have a way of letting you know you are not worth their time.

 

[moonlightandmargaritas]

Is an "effing contract" somehow different from a regular one?

Have you thought about giving out pill cutters with your name on them?

 

[souldeux]

An "effing" contract is classified as one that I have to spend thirty damn minutes looking for that copy of my license or my checkbook (which exists only to be slowly voided and photocopied out of existence) to complete.

 

[somarco]

Pill cutters with Ricardo Montalban on them. Can you fit all that on a pill cutter?

 

[DJM]

So, I just moved to a new house (it's nice - hardwoods, twelve foot ceilings, porches, just off of the Square in Marietta. Feel free to come by. Bring bratwurst) and am in the process of rebuilding my home office. I figured that this was as good a time as any to reorganize where I had started to let things decay a little into chaos.

And...hoo boy. I just realized that I am contracted with a ton of companies. Twenty-two, to be exact, with three more pending.

How the heck did I do that? Surely I don't sell all of these guys. Let's go down the list:

Aetna: Sell them a bunch, love em.

Humana: My #1 seller, the best!

Golden Rule: Where the healthy and wealthy go. They get their fair share of airtime.

Assurant: Eh, once in a while. Short-term stuff is pretty good.

West Coast Life: Their medically underwritten term rates rock.



Okay, that's five. Which leaves seventeen companies (soon to be twenty) that I have contracts with that I'm just not utilizing. Anyone else ever get themselves into this kind of spot? What'd you do? I feel like I just realized that I'm WAY underutilizing my...everything. For instance, I just found the product brochure for Colorado Banker's Life's Lifestyle Protector. That thing is awesome. Assurity has some neat stuff. Oooh, hey, look at UHL's simple issue whole life! Wow!

I guess it'll be a long weekend of product reviews.

HAHA. Of all the problems I would imagine agents having, I would never have forseen this one. Enjoy your weekend refresher couse, Nick.

 

[Mark]

What about mirrors, razor blades, and the little plastic baggies with Mark's name on it?........LOL

What a joke!

They use to put my name and picture on condoms. It helped them sell millions of them. I must have prevented tons of kids.

It also said on it, do you want your kid to turn out like Mark.

LOL

 

[Russ]

Over time (or thyme) the carriers will have a way of letting you know you are not worth their time.

So true. The familiar...."you are being terminated for lack of production".

 

[GreenSky]

So true. The familiar...."you are being terminated for lack of production".

Huh. That's never happened to me. Didn't know companies would do that but then again, I write a great deal of business. (I'm still writing for Executive Life).

Rick