I have been trying to decide on which company to go with norvax or quote it. The pricing is better with quote it, and no contract is required. If so what is your opinion?
Here's my opinion; if you're new, instead of spending the money on a quote engine, use the money for MARKETING.
Without prospective customers, your quote engine will be worthless. You can always add it later.
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What was the quote for? Which website package did they quote you?
I'm curious why Quotit does not publish the price list for their products. Do they do the pricing of their products differently for different agents? Wouldn't it be wise to publish a price list, if in fact, their products are competively priced?
I've researched both companies and I'll choose Norvax when time comes for me to get a quoting engine. Although, both are excellent candidates for quoting online.
What I have been told by someone internally from a prominent carrier here in CA is that their top producers use Norvax. I have checked out there demo and with the brokeroffice service they have it's pretty good. I haven't seen a demo of quotit yet, so maybe I shouldn't be talking.
Having a background in information technology I see Norvax as a stronger company in automating your sales online. I currently use a quoting tool offered for free by LISI Broker. They contract with health connect which gives me a specialized link to a quoting page. I simply have my website, shopyourowninsurance.com, take visitors to this page through an instant meta redirect. I wouldn't advise using their's.
Whether you choose Norvax or Quotit you'll have a great quoting engine. Use it for awhile and if you don't like it switch.
A little birdy told me I should check the forums. Again, it's been to long. I have no excuse.
To answer this question, there have been some updates.
- Insurint is now much faster. This was the primary feedback we'd gotten and we have done a lot to improve our performance! Two agents this week told us we're even faster than the other guys.
- Insurint has taken care of a few other more minor things agents had told us about.
- We believe we are now "ready for prime time." In fact, we are now exclusively endorsed by the IHIAA, the premier association for independent agents. If you are an IHIAA member, you can get a special discount on Insurint.
- For a limited time, we have a great, low price: $49 setup and $49 per month for Insurint, and $69 per month for Insurint Pro. Unlimited carriers, unlimited quoting, unlimited states. We are also a different model- More intelligent and more agent driven than the arms-reach consumer-driven, website-dependent model (although our PRO version does also have a consumer quoting engine available). Please see Insurint Packages and Carriers for details of our packages.
- We have LIVE demos daily- please see our demo schedule at: Insurint Demo & Video
- You can also watch a "canned" demonstration by visiting: Quoting Video
- We actually DO have a contract now, and so do the other guys mentioned in this thread, but ours is 6 months as opposed to a year or two years (or 3 which comes with "$500 of free leads" which was what one vendor was offering).
While I'm trying not to "PUSH"... Feel free to email me here on the forum with any questions you may have.
Speeding up Insurint will certainly help. I dropped them mainly because they didn't include the better plans (my opinion) in California. Can't quote insurance here if I can't offer the Lumenos HSA plans.
In addition, their consumer interface which could be added to our websites...oh, what's the word...sucked!
Rick
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Rick, hello. Always a pleasure.
In CA, we now have Anthem Lumenos 1500, 3000, and 5000 with both maternity and without maternity as well as many other Anthem plans in CA and of course all other states they operate.
I also appreciate the in-depth assessment of our consumer interface. Admittedly, we are not a front-office company. I believe the health sale is ideally driven by the agent, which is why we are more focused on our back-office with the full capabilities of Insurint. While our consumer interface has been improved since you had seen it (and one more BIG update to come), I think companies who sell agents a "web site and a dream" and tell them they can go out golfing and come back with 10 sales "without doing any work!" are doing a disservice to their customers. Then, in some cases, that same company stamps out literally 1000s of phony agent lead-collector web sites to grab any traffic the agent might otherwise hope for.
Our backoffice provides a web sharing tool which allows the agent to invite the consumer in, and show them the full comparative power of the backoffice tool. Our consumer quoting tool, part of our PRO package, exists primarily to provide agents a way to find out who is on their web site, and to give consumers a chance to see some quoting in exchange for their personal information- and while they wait for the agent to connect with them. I would not recommend, however that agents hang their hat on unassisted consumer quoting as an especially effective method of driving sales. Just my take. You're right to say, in your way, our consumer quoting did need improvement. All told, I still believe we have a great deal for agents- and a different model.
Thank you again for your constructive criticism, Rick. We have done what we could do to address your points in the last several months since you'd seen us.
Originally Posted by GreenSky
Speeding up Insurint will certainly help. I dropped them mainly because they didn't include the better plans (my opinion) in California. Can't quote insurance here if I can't offer the Lumenos HSA plans.
In addition, their consumer interface which could be added to our websites...oh, what's the word...sucked!
Rick
Last edited by Mark from WI : 08-25-2009 at 09:51 AM.
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I just found out that my website which gets leads in other states where I am not yet set up with Norvax are going to Norvax!
In other words if my Florida health site gets a lead in Alabama Norvax keeps the lead without even telling me and then resells it!
This is not that big of a problem but the reality is that Norvax will resell them to agents from other companies such as Health Markets and their agents who will not only pester my potential clients (thus sullying my own company image) but possibly sell them United American or some other garbage insurance. They also will sell them to discount plan companies as well. This is gross and I am sickened to even know this.
Furthermore, to thank you Norvax is willing to offer $3.50 for a lead which they then will resell usually until they reach an average of $25. Shame on me for not reading the contract (I am fixing the situation immediately), but worse is Norvax for contracting with Health Markets and also anyone that sells Health Markets or that knowingly lets their leads go these agents for $3.50 or even $30. If you create a lead you should control it.
I would sooner refer someone to ehealth or really any broker on this board (like Alstons service) for free then let them end up with a worthless health insurance policy from Mega.
Way back when I had Norvax, and no one bothered to address my service issues either, I got credit for out of state leads generated through my site. My site then was not as prominent as now but I still got $20 - $30 each month in credits that reduced my bill.
Quotit also gives me the chance to earn for out of state leads and applies it towards my account to buy leads from Quotit that are in state.
I just found out that my website which gets leads in other states where I am not yet set up with Norvax are going to Norvax!
In other words if my Florida health site gets a lead in Alabama Norvax keeps the lead without even telling me and then resells it!
This is not that big of a problem but the reality is that Norvax will resell them to agents from other companies such as Health Markets and their agents who will not only pester my potential clients (thus sullying my own company image) but possibly sell them United American or some other garbage insurance. They also will sell them to discount plan companies as well. This is gross and I am sickened to even know this.
Furthermore, to thank you Norvax is willing to offer $3.50 for a lead which they then will resell usually until they reach an average of $25. Shame on me for not reading the contract (I am fixing the situation immediately), but worse is Norvax for contracting with Health Markets and also anyone that sells Health Markets or that knowingly lets their leads go these agents for $3.50 or even $30. If you create a lead you should control it.
I would sooner refer someone to ehealth or really any broker on this board (like Alstons service) for free then let them end up with a worthless health insurance policy from Mega.
It was pretty easy to see in the contract that you signed that this was going to happen....On your Home tab in Broker Office there is a button that says "Affiliate".... Not sticking up for Norvax here but they weren't hiding this from you...
It says in my original post "coins guy" that I am to blame for not reading the contract, and I really don't have a problem with them taking my leads if they are going to responsible brokers and also only going to one or two max. but as these people are on my site and seeing our name it is inherently obvious that my reputation is critical to any future success, perhaps if you were looking forward to such success you would not post your opinion until it was better informed. Does it not say "shame on me for not reading the contract?"
What I can't stand is the fact that Health Markets agents or discount plan agents are getting to profit in anyway from me or my site.
What I can't stand is the fact that Health Markets agents or discount plan agents are getting to profit in anyway from me or my site.
Get over it.
You aren't making any money off those leads any way. Besides, if someone is stupid enough to buy that crap they are not smart enough to be one of my clients.
Re: Comparison Norvax or Quoteit
Feel free to email me here on the forum with any questions you may have. 
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