The Annuity Shoppe Launches New Services To Enhance Annuity Sales & Presentations

Clearwater , FL , April 30, 2004 – The Annuity Shoppe announced today that phase two of its website www.theannuityshoppe.com has “gone live”.   The Annuity Shoppe, a leading national annuity marketing organization, has greatly enhanced the functionally of it’s website by implementing today’s cutting-edge technology to help agents access to more information quicker and more efficiently then ever before! Specifically, The Annuity Shoppe has added 3 new pages:

1. Annuity Product Search Engine. The annuity search engine is designed to help agents keep track of new products and ever-changing interest rates. With just a click of your mouse, you can locate the exact product or products you are looking for using a wealth of criteria. Narrow your search by state, maximum issue age, length of surrender charges, by guaranteed rate, by premium type, or even by a particular Index option…we could go on and on. The results of your search aren’t static, either. Click on any product name to see detailed information, and with our new forms online feature, you can get just the forms you need within seconds.
   
2. Searchable Forms Engine: Agents must be licensed with a company through The Annuity Shoppe prior to accessing the full online forms database. The forms engine features a comprehensive online database of the forms agent need. These are forms provided by the insurance companies and entered into the system, where they become fully searchable, so agents can easily find just what there’re after on their time schedule not ours. Agents have the option to search by state, company, annuity policy name, and form type. Form type gives the option to limit the type of forms they’d like displayed.
   
3. Equity Index Annuity Hypothetical Calculator: This easy to use calculator creates a hypothetical illustration based on the actual closing values of the S&P 500 Index. Agents have the ability to configure the parameters of the EIA Policy to see what return would have been generated under their product configuration. All the major index interest crediting methods are supported including the hot new monthly cap design.

The Annuity Shoppe hasalso greatly improved their annuity product “grids”:

• Traditional Fixed Annuities grid
• Indexed Annuities grid
• "CD" Type Annuities grid

The new format of the grids is a summary of the annuity plans the carrier that issues them and basic commission information. Each product name is now a hyperlink to a detailed product description. This detail page outlines virtually everything there is to know about a particular annuity policy.

www.theannuityshoppe.com is simply a tool to provide agents what they need when they need it! Our website has been designed to provide the most up-to-date information in a form that agents can use.  The result is our site is functional NOT just an online brochure! Visit www.theannuityshoppe.com today and see for yourself!

Contact:
The Annuity Shoppe Inc
Tel:  888-661-1999 / [email protected]
www.theannuityshoppe.com