Newinsurancelady210
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What are your most intersting moments selling ins? I have heard some stories and I think this could be interesting. :p From what I hear there is never a dull moment.
Most Interesting Moments.
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Back in the 90s (80s?) I used to go to the library and xerox (sorry...copy) pages from "The Million Dollar Directory" and send term insurance letters with rates to big business owners in states where I was licensed.
I sent a letter to George Steinbrenner, CEO of the NY Yankees. A few weeks later I got a call from someone (I'll leave the name out).
George wasn't interested but gave the letter to this person and told him to "get more insurance." And he did.
Sorry. That's all I have right now.
I sent a letter to George Steinbrenner, CEO of the NY Yankees. A few weeks later I got a call from someone (I'll leave the name out).
George wasn't interested but gave the letter to this person and told him to "get more insurance." And he did.
Sorry. That's all I have right now.
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I used to fax blast business owners and had a 71 year old business owner respond to it, but he would only do business in person....and my business was all by phone.
At the time, the quote was for a $1m term for about $18k premium to replace an existing business policy, so I decided to take a chance and drive 2 hours to see him.
I pulled up to the address and all I could see was the gated entrance and intercom....I thought I had just been had, but he answered and buzzed me in..
I ended up staying there for hours, learned about his business, met the wife, some aunts and other relatives...When I left there, they gave me some of their homemade wine, breads, eggs from their chickens, t-shirts and bags from their business....
And I left there with apps for close to $225k in annual premium, all of which placed...and have written additional premium with them since then.
At the time, the quote was for a $1m term for about $18k premium to replace an existing business policy, so I decided to take a chance and drive 2 hours to see him.
I pulled up to the address and all I could see was the gated entrance and intercom....I thought I had just been had, but he answered and buzzed me in..
I ended up staying there for hours, learned about his business, met the wife, some aunts and other relatives...When I left there, they gave me some of their homemade wine, breads, eggs from their chickens, t-shirts and bags from their business....
And I left there with apps for close to $225k in annual premium, all of which placed...and have written additional premium with them since then.
Great story! Only problem with Chumps is you never know when he is kidding.
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Newinsurancelady210
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shoot, that would be AWESOME if all the clients you worked with, where like that. :p pipe dream I know. lol
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Great story! Only problem with Chumps is you never know when he is kidding.
Don't tell me that bc now I don't know if he was kidding or not. Is this a true story? lol
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You're right X. This one is real though. One of the few times.
This did not happen to me but to an agent I use to work with. He was working with BLC and was given an orphan client that had to have some minor beneficary change work done. He found an old couple in a very modest two bedroom frame house in an older part of town. The couple was in their late 70's and he was in his 30's and they struck up a friendship but there was no money invloved. He would go over and help them out, sometimes cut the grass because the old man's health wasn't good.
After a couple of years he got a call from them out of the blue wanting him to come over and give them some advice. When he got there he sat down at the kitchen table and they spread out a bunch of papers in front of him. What he was looking at were certificates of deposit and saving passbooks from about six different banks. He came to find out that this couple had over $3,000,000 in liquid assets plus other real estate. Consequently over the next few years at first with BLC and later as an independent he made more than $100,000 in commissions working with these folks.
After a couple of years he got a call from them out of the blue wanting him to come over and give them some advice. When he got there he sat down at the kitchen table and they spread out a bunch of papers in front of him. What he was looking at were certificates of deposit and saving passbooks from about six different banks. He came to find out that this couple had over $3,000,000 in liquid assets plus other real estate. Consequently over the next few years at first with BLC and later as an independent he made more than $100,000 in commissions working with these folks.
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100% true...cases like this happen, but you have to keep your eyes open and ask questions..I was excited just to get the $18k but after speaking with them, there were a number of much better opportunities.
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Was going BtoB and walked into a Remax office. Owner wasn't there but the girl behind the desk told me to put my flyers into each one of the agent's mail boxes.
I get a call the next day - lady identified herself as the owner of the Remax and asked if I was the one who put flyers into all of her agent's boxes for health insurance. I cringed and said yes, waiting for her to unload on me.
Instead, she invited me to speak in front of all of her agents during their Monday meeting and she referred me to a few other Remax owners. I became their agent every time someone needed an individual plan.
Walked into a beauty shop and turns out the owner was organizing a convention in D.C for beauty shop owners. She invited me to speak and hand out materials. I showed up with my wife and spoke in front of around 200 independent salon owners. I was writing deals off that for the next 6 months.
I get a call the next day - lady identified herself as the owner of the Remax and asked if I was the one who put flyers into all of her agent's boxes for health insurance. I cringed and said yes, waiting for her to unload on me.
Instead, she invited me to speak in front of all of her agents during their Monday meeting and she referred me to a few other Remax owners. I became their agent every time someone needed an individual plan.
Walked into a beauty shop and turns out the owner was organizing a convention in D.C for beauty shop owners. She invited me to speak and hand out materials. I showed up with my wife and spoke in front of around 200 independent salon owners. I was writing deals off that for the next 6 months.
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Come on was it....George Costanza?
Say was George
(Somebody....Seinfeld clip, "George says, Please")
