Quotit Joins the Forum

[Mark Quotit]

Hello,
I have a read several posts on this forum in previous weeks, and have made the decision to join the forum and begin to contribute.
I am a health insurance technology professional, having began my insurance career many years ago working as a carrier executive (Internet/tech/e-business) and a technology executive (business development) and an independent consultant to carriers (tech and e-business). I have worked for many years with agents of all levels, and I care very much about their uses of technology and improving agents' efficiency/effectiveness.

For the last year, and hopefully for many more, I head up business development for the Quotit Corporation, an Irvine-based health insurance quoting company.

I see many posts out here about Quotit and our competitors, and it is good to read them, whether they be positive or negative. All are useful to me, if they are presented in a productive, honest fashion- which seems to be the flavor of this forum overall.

Please feel free to contact me via email, through this forum, or as a RESPONSE TO THIS POST for all to see. I'd like to know how you use quoting services like Quotit, what we do well, and how we could improve. We won't always be perfect, but I guarantee you I will do all I can, always, to strive to get there. Your input helps tremendously.

Thank you,
Mark at Quotit

 

[jbage007]

Your prices are too high.

And especially your sign up fees!

 

[somarco]

Hi Mark

Welcome aboard.

I have used Quotit for over a year. While not perfect, I have had much better customer service from Quotit than I ever did with Norvax.

I found your system to be more user friendly as well.

 

[Mark Quotit]

Your prices are too high.
And especially your sign up fees!

While we strive to be competitive, we will not always be the lowest price. Similar to a Honda/Acura analogy, we believe one gets what one pays for.

At Quotit, all we do is technology. We do not sell retail leads, although we have cooperative relationships with several leads companies. This singular focus on quoting services and related tech help us create and support what we believe is the strongest, most flexible, and easiest to use professional selling system available. We are not a "leads company that also has a quoting service."

I look at it this way. If a more flexible, more professional presentation (plus increased confidence from same) - and better customer support - helps you get ONE more sale than you would have had otherwise, this can pay for the monthly price difference between us and our competitor for THREE YEARS or more.

Secondly, regarding setup fees, we generally do not lock in our agent customers into long-term CONTRACTS. Our competitor has gone as long as 5 years with their contracts, often calling agents and offering free leads if they will lock into multi-year contracts. I personally wouldn't sign up for Sports Illustrated for a five year contract, much less technology that I rely upon for my business.

Thirdly, on setup fees, we sometimes have carrier- or general agency-launched endorsements wherein you can get a SIGNIFICANT discounts on setup fees if you are contracted with a specific carrier. Currently, we have endorsements in effect with one carrier and one general agency.

Thank you for your comment. I hope you will give us a shot at some point in the future. I think you'd be happy you did.

- Mark at Quotit

 

[JRoot]

Welcome to the forum.

I used Quotit in the past. Used it for a year and really only used it for proposals and loved it. Didn't get many leads off it as an online marketing tool...but then again I'm still new at online marketing.

When I ditched Quotit's website feature, it was just more economical to use Zapquotes since I'm only selling in CA and need it for quick comparisons. If you charged $50 a month with a website, I would switch back because your customer service and product are outstanding.

 

[dmiller90]

Hi Mark

Welcome aboard.

I have used Quotit for over a year. While not perfect, I have had much better customer service from Quotit than I ever did with Norvax.

I found your system to be more user friendly as well.

Kiss Ass!!!

 

[somarco]

Say what you want Dave, Quotit isn't paying me anything to be a shill.

But if they would like to . . . .

 

[dmiller90]

Say what you want Dave, Quotit isn't paying me anything to be a shill.

But if they would like to . . . .

Just messing with you Bob, you ought to hook up with Norvax, I hear they are looking for a few good shillers!! or better yet maybe Benepath.com and then you can contract with healthchoice one and make a million with all your Humana advances.

 

[Mark Quotit]

Say what you want Dave, Quotit isn't paying me anything to be a shill.

But if they would like to . . . .

I will see if I can justify a budget for "blog shillers." These days that might not be a bad investment. I will consider you when we start interviewing for that newly created position.

Thank you.

Mark Quotit.

 

[somarco]

you ought to hook up with Norvax, I hear they are looking for a few good shillers!! or better yet maybe Benepath.com and then you can contract with healthchoice one and make a million with all your Humana advances.

Nah, that's too much like work.

Think I would rather set up an association for recovering Mega agents . . .

I will consider you when we start interviewing for that newly created position.

I may be tawdry but I am not cheap.