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No - the appointment fees are required by the state. They are unavoidable. The only way to avoid the fees would be everyone writing deals under Ali's agent number which would be physically impossible and also an insurance violation.
In case no one here recruits - when you get an agent from let's say Florida there's a $60 appointment fee. If you're a FL agent and get contracted directly with a company you'll have to remit $60. If not, then the company has to pay the $60 for you.
This means Ali gets 100,000 agents with the average state appointment fee being around $25. He's collecting $10. That means he's have to remit 1.5 million dollars in upfront fees. Do you believe that? I don't.
The gig is up because Ali never plans on appointing anyone. If he did you've have to remit the fee that relates to your state with the app. If anyone's trying to say you can sell an insurance product without an appointment that's a stone cold lie.
Busted.
Thanks for the clarification John. Are you going to be able to be on the call tomorrow? I'm very interested to hear how (if) they respond to that. It may just be more fuzzy math, but hopefully, they'll have the answer.
Thanks!