This is a good one…

James Hacker was a rich old man dying from a rare disease. On his deathbed, he called for his doctor, his preacher and his life insurance broker:

“I trusted each of you my entire life. Now I want to give each of you $30,000 cash in an envelope to put in my grave. I want to take it with me.”

Mr Hacker died and at the funeral, each one placed the envelope on top of the coffin, then he was laid to rest.

On the way from the funeral, in the limo, the doctor confessed “I must tell you gentlemen I only put $20,000 on top of Mr Hacker’s coffin. I wanted to buy this new machine that would enable me to diagnose his rare disease and save others. It’s what he would have wanted.”

Then the preacher said: “I have to confess I only put $10,000 on top of Mr Hacker’s coffin. We needed that money to help more homeless people. I know it’s what Mr Hacker would’ve wanted”

The life insurance broker was angry at both men and said: “I can’t believe either of you, stealing from a dead man… I wrote Mr Hacker a check for the full $30,000!”

“Nothing?” Well that’s my answer… but of course, that’s just me because I’m probably naive.

However, insurance adviser Andrew Smith claims that the six steps to ‘get a girl’ also work a treat when it comes to selling life insurance. See the original article here.

According to Smith:

1. “Make her laugh – Smith says if you make your clients laugh, a lot of barriers are broken down.”

2. “Get her talking about herself – Smith believes once you start listening to a client, they open up more.”

3. “Be confident – don’t be the pussy cat… be the lion”, is Smiths advice. “If you are on a date and you’re not confident in your own abilities, the date will fail.”

4. “Be friends first. The girl will be expecting an ulterior motive to your date.  Be informative.  Smile. Be friendly. In insurance we are only after one thing really and in our terms… it is the sale.”

5. “Find out what’s important to her. It’s time for the “TED questions”. “Tell me more about your family?  Describe what would happen to them if you failed to come home from work next Monday”.

6. “Take her out for ice-cream. Sweetness releases endorphins and a feel good factor, the thought of which, makes a girl smile.” Every time Smith has a client he gives them a box of chocolates.

There are valuable lessons here for everyone.

When you’re next approached by an insurance salesman, you’ll know the drill by heart. Just hope it doesn’t get broken.

Or if you’re not into being seduced… get your insurance online…

Every year around 600 men in New Zealand die of Prostate Cancer.

BTW, that’s more than the total number of people killed in New Zealand road and workplace accidents combined!!

Why so many?

Because men don’t realise how dangerous the disease is, they don’t talk to their doctor about it and basically… they simply don’t do anything about it, period.

That’s why Blue September was invented.

Blue September promotes an awareness of the danger of prostate cancer and highlights that early diagnosis and intervention increases your chances of beating it.

Did you know that the death rate from Prostate Cancer in New Zealand could be halved by men having regular health and prostate checks from age 40 onwards?  So just by raising awareness and increasing early detection and treatment, 300 men’s lives could be saved every year in NZ.

That’s why Pinnacle Life is committed to raising people’s awareness of prostate cancer and why we’re a proud sponsor of the Prostate Cancer Foundation of NZ.

When you buy a Cancer Cover policy online from Pinnacle Life, Pinnacle donates 25% of your annual premium for the first year to the Prostate Cancer Foundation.

So, take a close look at Pinnacle Life’s Cancer Cover.  If you’re diagnosed with cancer, the policy pays you a cash lump sum up to $250,000 to help you make ends meet.

September is Cervical Screening Awareness Month – the aim of which is to raise awareness about the benefits of cervical screening.

Why is cervical screening important to the world of life insurance? Because any positive action that individuals can take that contributes to detecting cancer at an early stage will ultimately result in less people dying from cancer.

Consider how cervical screening changes the odds…

So, with regular screening, women are 6 times less likely to either develop or die from cervical cancer.

Conclusions

• Get screened… sounds like a no-brainer!
• Take a look at cancer insurance… what have you got to lose???

(For more info see NZ National Screening Website http://www.nsu.govt.nz)