Sigh: Some folks just don't 'get it'

So I quoted as he asked, and the premium came out to $325 per month for the $1,000 deductible plan, and $256 a month for the $2,000 version.

He balked at that, claiming that I’d previously quoted a much lower rate. I pointed out that we had been looking at a $5,000 deductible (which would have been well under $200 a month). He thought that still might be spendy, and he would check with his home country’s options. I wished him well and told him that I’d be happy to write this plan if the home country option didn’t pan out.

This morning, I get this in email:

“This quote sounds good to me.

Please let  me know your thoughts.”

[ed: it was unclear if that was $150 a month for 3 months, or $150 one-time premium]

This is becoming tiresome (we make very little on Short Term plans, and he’s quickly using up the commission)(and my patience).

I replied:

“Great!

No, I can’t do that: I will only sell the maximum benefit (for a number of reasons: E&O liability chief among them, also you really don’t save all that much lowering the maximum vs raising the deductible).”

We’ll see what he does.

Not really on tenterhooks here.

By the way: there’s another very good reason to not skimp on that policy max: insurance is, essentially a gamble (yeah, yeah, I know) and it’s a lot easier to come up with an extra three or four thousand dollars than 10′s or 100′s of thousands.