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S A L E S K I T &<br />

B U S I N E S S G U I D E L I N E S<br />

L I F E B O O K


LIFE INSURANCE IS LIFE ITSELF<br />

You may feel that<br />

a <strong>life</strong> insurance policy is just<br />

a piece of paper filled with<br />

figures and legal phrases;<br />

But once it is baptized<br />

with a widow's tears<br />

or a retired or a sick man's anguish,<br />

it becomes a modern miracle.<br />

It is transformed into<br />

food, clothing and shelter.<br />

No longer it is a legal document;<br />

it becomes a love letter.<br />

It eases the broken heart<br />

of the partner who remains behind<br />

and furnishes new hope<br />

and courage to carry on.<br />

It makes a mortgaged home<br />

a deed instead of a debt.<br />

It puts milk in a bottle<br />

to quiet a hungry baby in the night.<br />

It provides a college education for a child.<br />

It is a father's "I love you"<br />

to his children on their wedding day.<br />

It is survival for an old man.<br />

It is a medicine for a sick man.<br />

Life insurance means LIFE itself.


L I F E B O O K<br />

S A L E S K I T &<br />

B U S I N E S S G U I D E L I N E S<br />

COMPILED FOR JADEITE GROUP<br />

UPDATED 24 MAY 2017


You are now a Financial Consultant for<br />

Pru Life UK under Jadeite Branch.<br />

This <strong>book</strong> will guide you to better understand<br />

the business. This is your manual.<br />

As promised, we will assist you from day one,<br />

this is the beginning of it.<br />

In our career, we value professionalism, integrity, honesty,<br />

put others above ourselves and<br />

most of all put God at the center.<br />

We expect commitment and compassion to<br />

our team, business partner and to our clients.<br />

We can only achieve this by having ONE MIND<br />

towards our business. But of course our working<br />

relationship should go beyond this.<br />

CHEERS!


TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />

BM's Message<br />

Branch Mutual Agreement<br />

Business Plan<br />

Do Well By Doing Good<br />

What's In It For You? (Income)<br />

Projected Income Table<br />

National Achievers' Club Guide<br />

Our Partner<br />

Our Products<br />

Understanding Our Funds<br />

Understanding Our Business<br />

Underwriting Guidelines<br />

Underwriting Guidelines<br />

Other Business Tools<br />

1<br />

2<br />

3<br />

4<br />

5<br />

6<br />

7<br />

8<br />

9<br />

10<br />

11<br />

12<br />

13<br />

14


WELCOME TO JADEITE!<br />

If you are committed to growth<br />

our coaching program will guide you<br />

through each step.<br />

We have useful guide, the key things<br />

that if we do them over and over<br />

again, we get consistent and<br />

predictable results.<br />

SEE IMMEDIATE RESULTS!<br />

Once you experience it in your real-<strong>life</strong><br />

business, you must pass it on in the<br />

form of mentoring and coaching to<br />

other advisors in our industry. In order<br />

to remain sharp, continue refining and<br />

improving your processes.<br />

BM Lani Robles<br />

PAGE 1


BRANCH MUTUAL AGREEMENT<br />

This Mutual Agreement is entered into by and between the “agent” and the<br />

JADEITE Management Team.<br />

It is a real pleasure to welcome you to the JADEITE BRANCH of PRU LIFE UK.<br />

The Management Team of the JADEITE BRANCH is dedicated to helping you<br />

to be a high performing Financial Consultant and making you financially<br />

free, and to partnering with you in achieving your dreams.<br />

Below is an outline of what support you can expect from the Management<br />

Team and what commitments we expect from you as a member of the<br />

JADEITE BRANCH:<br />

THE MANAGEMENT TEAM’S COMMITMENT TO YOU<br />

1. We commit to maintain a winning, dignified and professional<br />

environment that stimulates the best quality of financial advice for<br />

clients and to provide a growth climate for our team members such as<br />

you. With your commitment, cooperation and hard work, we shall mold<br />

you to become a member of the Star Club and the Million Dollar Round<br />

Table (MDRT).<br />

2. We commit to assist you with training and development through Branch<br />

and Company approved methods.<br />

3. We commit to provide you guidance on a weekly, monthly and quarterly<br />

basis.<br />

4. We commit to provide you with high standards of product, technology,<br />

management and administrative support.<br />

COMMITMENT TOWARDS YOURSELF<br />

1. You are in the financial services business. You should be responsible for<br />

your own finances. You should set aside during bountiful days to<br />

compensate for the rainy days. Borrowing and lending money among<br />

area members are prohibited.<br />

2. Dress for success. Business attire is required. Always look and feel at<br />

your best, you only get one chance at first impression. Don't waste this<br />

opportunity.<br />

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BRANCH MUTUAL AGREEMENT<br />

3. This is your business. To make it grow, you should invest back in<br />

yourself. Investing in tools like laptops, office equipment, <strong>book</strong>s,<br />

marketing materials, and personal development tools can improve your<br />

productivity.<br />

4. No rebating and discounting to customers of any kind is allowed by the<br />

company or by regulatory authorities. You deserve the commissions that<br />

you will receive from the effort and time used in closing the deal, the<br />

earnings will also be used for future services that you will be rendering<br />

the client for years to come.<br />

COMMITMENT TOWARDS YOUR LEADERS AND FELLOW MEMBERS<br />

1. Recruiting or inviting your fellow members to other businesses such as<br />

but not limited to multi-level marketing, direct marketing, other financial<br />

institutions, is prohibited. Requesting for solicitation and sponsorship<br />

are also not allowed. Likewise, selling of goods and services within the<br />

company and area premise is prohibited.<br />

2. Respond or acknowledge to text messages, e-mails and phone calls<br />

within the day except when you are out of the country or when it’s<br />

physically not possible. It is also expected of you to inform your leaders<br />

in the event you will be out of town or out of the country.<br />

3. Being on time is a sign of respect not only to your colleagues but to<br />

yourself. Arrive at least 10 to 15 minutes before the start of each activity.<br />

In the event that you will not be able to attend, it is necessary that you<br />

inform your managers about it.<br />

4. We expect you to work harmoniously with your leaders and members,<br />

and maintain a positive attitude. We also expect you to continually<br />

contribute to the professional atmosphere of the branch.<br />

5. Be grateful to the leaders and members who brought you to our<br />

business. Thus, you are to remain with the team of your referrer (e.g.<br />

AUM, UM, etc.) through time. Furthermore, it would also be good if you<br />

would help the team wherein you belong to, in referring clients and<br />

friends to become part of JADEITE.<br />

6. Open emails regularly at least thrice a week. This is our official means of<br />

disseminating information, memos and incentive drive parameters.<br />

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BRANCH MUTUAL AGREEMENT<br />

7. After three months from the time of coding as a Financial Consultant, you<br />

are expected to be able to make sales calls independently. You are also<br />

expected to be prepared during sales calls, including having the necessary<br />

forms, quotation proposals, coordinating with area assistants and<br />

diagnostic laboratories for medical examinations when necessary. You are<br />

assured of full support in preparing and training you for these duties.<br />

8. Our service to our clients begins after closing the sale; you are expected<br />

to maintain a complete and organized filing system prescribed by the<br />

area. We have the forms and tools that you can adapt for your recordkeeping.<br />

9. We treat this career as our business. In this regard, we encourage you to<br />

work full-time.<br />

A. In the event that you decide to pursue other career, employment or<br />

business, then we will ask you to choose which will be your sole<br />

endeavour.<br />

B. However, during the time that you join the business as part-time, you<br />

agree to be re-evaluated after 3-6 months of tenure wherein the<br />

management team and you will draw an agreed time frame for you<br />

to go full-time.<br />

10. We expect you to continue enhancing your knowledge and skills by<br />

attending branch and unit meetings (including all business planning<br />

sessions, and other activities) as scheduled for the purpose of updating<br />

knowledge about products, sales techniques, and technical skills as well<br />

as providing much needed motivational support. In this regard, you<br />

should be present in at least 80% of all area and unit meetings.<br />

COMMITMENT TOWARDS THE COMPANY AND THE INDUSTRY<br />

1. You should attend all company activities such as but not limited to sales<br />

rallies, product launchings, trainings, and economic briefing.<br />

2. You should be a member of our industry association, Life Underwriter’s<br />

Association of the Philippines (LUAP). You should aim to become a<br />

member of the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) and attend MDRT<br />

conventions to foster that sense of professionalism.<br />

3. We expect you to participate to the best of your ability, in all agency/<br />

company/industry contests. We expect you to be a member of the<br />

Achievers’ Club.<br />

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BRANCH MUTUAL AGREEMENT<br />

4. You should respect our management, administrative staff, leaders, and<br />

team members.<br />

5. We expect you to be aware at all times of the Branch Mission and Vision,<br />

terms of the Mutual Agreement, goals and work ethics, rules written in<br />

our Career Agent’s Master Agreement (CAMA) and various memos (e.g.<br />

cut-off schedules) of PRU LIFE UK and act accordingly.<br />

6. You should take care of the assets provided by the company such as<br />

office furniture/fixtures, projectors, and other equipment.<br />

7. You accept the consequences of failing to meet the minimum performance<br />

standards by agreeing to resign. Minimum performance standard of the<br />

branch is set at P250,000.00 per year and a persistency of 85%.<br />

8. In the event you fail to produce an OL (Ordinary Life) or UL (Unit-Linked)<br />

sale and non-attendance of meetings for 3 consecutive months, you agree<br />

to be re-evaluated by the management team.<br />

9. In the event that you are no longer connected, you agree to work with the<br />

assigned Financial Consultants and agency leaders to do the necessary<br />

turnover in terms of endorsing the assigned Financial Consultants and<br />

agency leaders to the clients.<br />

I have read and understood this Mutual Agreement and will fully comply<br />

with its provisions and I understand that this is over and above what I will<br />

sign up as Career Agent of PRU LIFE UK. I agree to uphold this agreement<br />

during my stay with the JADEITE BRANCH.<br />

PAGE 5


Should I Become an Advisor in the<br />

Financial Services Industry?<br />

Maybe this question is still running in your head.<br />

To give you clarity and some inspirations,<br />

allow us to give you the words of<br />

Edward G. Deutschlander, CLU CLF<br />

President, GAMA International 2007-2008<br />

Source:<br />

Do Well By Doing Good<br />

Produced by GAMA International<br />

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DO WELL BY DOING GOOD<br />

Over the past 15 years, Mr. Edward G. Deutschlander have invested somewhere<br />

north of 40,000 hours in the financial services profession and<br />

have interviewed thousands of people who expressed interest in<br />

becoming advi-sors. From those thousands, a few hundred were selected<br />

and hired and began training to build a successful advising practice.<br />

Why so few out of so many? Because being an advisor is more than a job,<br />

it is a career; some might go so far as to say a calling. This is one of<br />

perhaps a handful of professions where you will have a direct impact on<br />

the lives of others.<br />

As with any career, there are many things to consider before making a<br />

de-cision. This guide is designed to provide you with information about<br />

the career and to help you identify what questions or concerns you want<br />

to explore as you go through the selection process. Its goal is simple—to<br />

give you the information you need to make a decision that is right for you.<br />

Mr. Edward wishes you the best in your professional endeavours and all<br />

that the future holds.<br />

The Jadeite team wish you the same!<br />

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DO WELL BY DOING GOOD<br />

Why Become an advisor?<br />

This is not a career that you “try on”. Financial advising is a profession,<br />

just like law or medicine, and requires a professional level of commitment.<br />

Like law and medicine, a career in financial advising requires additional<br />

education, specialized training, intense effort and some sacrifice. For this<br />

reason, the same level of thought you would you would put into going into<br />

medical or law school should go into your decision to pursue a career in<br />

financial services.<br />

This is a journey only for those who are truly committed. But for those<br />

few, the rewards are high. You will experience the three Cs career:<br />

Contribution, Control, Compensation.<br />

Contribution.Financial advising is not about selling. It’s about helping<br />

others – helping them to prepare for the risks we all face — and being<br />

there when they need it most. In this career, you will literally change the<br />

course of people’s lives.<br />

Control.You will have control over your practice. You will decide who your<br />

clients are and how you spend your time. Becoming an adviser is like going<br />

into business for yourself, but without the capital investment required in<br />

starting a business and with extensive support from your company and<br />

agency or firm.<br />

Compensation.Advisors invest a great deal of time and effort early in the<br />

career. But for those who stay the course, the rewards can be high. In a<br />

white paper published by Monster Intelligence and based in part on GAMA<br />

Foundation research, financial advising was reported as one of the top 10<br />

highest-paying career in the U.S.<br />

1<br />

Most successful advisors also enjoy a truly balanced <strong>life</strong>style. As your<br />

practice grows, you may actually work less, not more. One advisor in the<br />

report stated, “Now I take 14 weeks of vacation a year, but I had no<br />

vacation during my first three years in the business.”<br />

2<br />

The real competition is death, disability and old age, and advisors see their<br />

role as getting to the client before the competition does.<br />

Advisors do indeed do well by doing good.<br />

1 Financial Services Professional Report, Monster Intelligence Fall 2006<br />

2 Ibid. p.6<br />

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DO WELL BY DOING GOOD<br />

The time is right.<br />

Business and economic trends are promising for a career in insurance and<br />

financial services. Demand for professionals in the industry has never<br />

been greater.<br />

At a 2007 summit of financial services industry executives, former Chair of<br />

the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan stated, “When you get right down to<br />

the bottom line, even if we can fully fund Social Security and Medicare, our<br />

retirees are still not going to receive the 70 percent to 80 percent of the<br />

replacement income a financial advisor would recommend to a client… It’s<br />

not accident that your profes-sion has increased as it has.”<br />

3<br />

A 2008 issue of Business Week addressed the concerns of the Millennial<br />

Generation (ages 18 to 29) as they enter the workforce. “As the<br />

government and employers shift more responsibility for benefits like<br />

health care and retirement onto the shoulders of individuals, many<br />

Millennials see themselves as unwitting victims… This may be the first<br />

generation to fully feel the great shift of risk in their bones.”<br />

4<br />

The Monster Intelligence white paper cited earlier identified the following<br />

trends:<br />

5<br />

The first of the 78 million Baby Boomers generation turned 60 in 2006<br />

and faces retirement. This generation holds an estimated $17 trillion in<br />

assets that need to be managed.<br />

Reliance on Social Security and company-sponsored pension plans is<br />

decreasing, while self-reliance on personal retirement planning is<br />

growing.<br />

Baby Boomer parents are passing their accumulated wealth onto their<br />

children, which requires estate planning expertise.<br />

People are living longer, they will need to plan to make their retirement<br />

funds last over a longer period of time.<br />

Increased <strong>life</strong> spans require that consumers plan for long-term care<br />

needs.<br />

The complexity, choice and sophistication of financial services means<br />

the average consumer needs more advice to effectively accumulate,<br />

protect and distribute wealth.<br />

What does all this means if you are considering a career in the insurance<br />

and financial services industry?<br />

3 LIMRA 2007 Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, Oct. 30, 2007<br />

4 “Youth Quake” Business Week, Jan. 21, 2008, p.34<br />

5 Financial Services Professional Report, Monster Intelligence, Fall 2006, p. 5.<br />

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DO WELL BY DOING GOOD<br />

It means that people entering the workforce, people leaving the<br />

workforce, people in the midst of their careers and all of the people who<br />

are dependent on them are in need of a knowledgeable, ethical and<br />

committed financial advisor.<br />

The need for advisors has never been greater. Those who enter the<br />

industry and establish their practices over the next several years will be in<br />

an ideal position to make an incredible difference to society and to build a<br />

very bright future for themselves.<br />

Why is it that in the most bountiful nation in the world, so few reach<br />

financial security and independence?<br />

What challenges will I face as an advisor?<br />

Statistics from LIMRA International indicate that the average four-year<br />

retention rate for advisors is 15 percent. That means that only about one<br />

in 10 remain in the career after the first four years.<br />

6<br />

With such a great need and so many rewards, why do so few people stay?<br />

Because great reward does not come without sacrifice. This is a career<br />

that requires anywhere from two to five years of training, long hours and<br />

hard work to build a successful practice. The good news is — you are not<br />

the first. Companies in the industry have systems in place that, provided<br />

you follow them, will work. The more than 300,000 highly successful<br />

advisors in the industry today are living proof.<br />

Still there will be challenges, both personal and professional. You should<br />

consider each of them carefully as you make your career decisions.<br />

Finances.During your early years in the career, until you establish a solid<br />

client base, your income will be limited. Many companies offer subsidy or<br />

salary programs to assist you as you build your clientele and begin to<br />

generate revenue. In exchange for this support, most companies will<br />

expect specific activities and results from you. Be sure to ask about this<br />

programs in your interviews. As you consider a career as an advisor, ask<br />

yourself, “Do I have the finances to survive during the early years? Am I<br />

willing to make the sacrifices a limited income requires now for financial<br />

success later?<br />

6 2006 LIMRA statistics, www.limra.com<br />

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DO WELL BY DOING GOOD<br />

Personal Support.A personal support network is crucial in the early years<br />

of your career. This is specially true if there are others who depend on you<br />

financially. It is difficult enough established in this business. Doing so<br />

without the support of your family or friends is even more so. Many firm<br />

or agency leaders will meet with family members to help them understand<br />

both sacrifice and the rewards of the career. as you consider a career as<br />

an advisor, ask yourself, “Does my family support me in this decision? Are<br />

they willing to make the sacrifices needed for the longterm rewards?”<br />

Prospecting. One of the most important steps for any candidate is<br />

identifying how you plan to build a client base. Many people come in the<br />

career focused only on the technical aspects. While these are important, it<br />

will take many years to become a technical expert. In the meantime, you<br />

must build your business. Most agencies or firms you interview with will<br />

help you to determine if you have the marketing mindset needed to make<br />

it in the business. Many include this as part of the selection process<br />

through activities that help you identify and approach potential clients. As<br />

you consider a career as an advisor, ask yourself, “Am I willing to approach<br />

people I know and ask for their help getting started in this new career?<br />

How will I find new clients outside of the people I already know?”<br />

The reality is that most people begin to work with a financial advisor<br />

because the advisor had the courage to reach out and plant a few seeds in<br />

their mind, causing them to think what they want their future to look like.<br />

Very few will seek out a financial advisor on their own.<br />

Rejection.In order to build a client base, you will have to talk to a lot of<br />

people. Many of them will not be willing to meet with you, won’t listen to<br />

your advice and won’t be willing to introduce you to others. You can’t take<br />

it personally. You have to be willing to persevere to find those people who<br />

are interested in speaking with you and understand the value of the<br />

services you offer. As you consider a career as an advisor, ask yourself,<br />

“Will I be able to handle rejection? Do I believe strongly enough in the<br />

value of the products and services I would be offering to persevere?”<br />

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DO WELL BY DOING GOOD<br />

Isn’t working on commission risky?<br />

Many consider commission-driven or performance-based compensation<br />

risky. It certainly can sometimes be “feast or famine” and it isn’t for<br />

everyone.<br />

Another way how to view risk, however, is the risk associated with how<br />

many people pay you. For example, if you are a business owner with 40<br />

accounts and two of those accounts make up 80 percent of your revenue,<br />

there’s a very real risk that your business would not survive if one of those<br />

accounts is lost. Advisors have hundreds of clients compensating them.<br />

They do lose clients from time to time but there is little risk several<br />

hundred clients paying them.<br />

When considering risk, you should also consider investment and return. As<br />

an advisor, your financial investment is low—perhaps the cost of<br />

licensing. Business owners and other professionals, physicians and<br />

attorneys, for example, make them higher initial investments, especially<br />

when the cost of tuition is factored in.<br />

The chart below illustrates this concept. A career as an advisor requires<br />

minimal investment and offers low risk with a very high rate of return.<br />

Advisors are often earning six-figure incomes in three to five years,<br />

sometimes sooner.<br />

CAREER INVESTMENT-RISK-RETURN MATRIX<br />

Investment Risk Return<br />

Advisor/Representative Low Low_Med High<br />

Small Business High High High<br />

Franchise High Med-High Med-High<br />

Professional High Low-Med Med-High<br />

Employee Low Low-Med Low-Med<br />

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WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?<br />

YOU<br />

UP TO 45% COMMISSIONS<br />

UP TO 20%<br />

PRODUCTION BONUS<br />

UP TO 20%<br />

PERSISTENCY BONUS<br />

10% OVERRIDE<br />

COMMISSION<br />

FROM YOUR RECRUIT<br />

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WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?<br />

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WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?<br />

QUARTERLY PRODUCTION BONUS (QPB)<br />

Percentage Based on NAP*<br />

Percentage<br />

12% 14% 17% 20%<br />

150,000<br />

190,001<br />

300,001<br />

NAP<br />

500,001<br />

TO<br />

TO<br />

TO<br />

BRACKET<br />

AND UP<br />

190,000<br />

300,000<br />

500,000<br />

Notes:<br />

NAP: Net Annualized Premium (Total Annual Premium less Lapse)<br />

QPB is an additional incentive given by the company to all its agents who reached<br />

a certain NAP bracket for a certain quarter. (Subject to terms and conditions)<br />

QPB is computed as (commission for the quarter x % based on the NAP bracket)<br />

PERSISTENCY BONUS<br />

1. Computed at the end of each calendar quarter based on the persistency as of the<br />

end of the calendar quarter.<br />

2. Persistency requirement and corresponding bonus rates:<br />

FY Persistency<br />

Percentage of 2nd<br />

year commissions<br />

FY Persistency<br />

Percentage of 2nd<br />

year commissions<br />

Below 85%<br />

Nil<br />

93<br />

26%<br />

85<br />

10%<br />

94<br />

28%<br />

86<br />

12%<br />

95<br />

30%<br />

87<br />

14%<br />

96<br />

32%<br />

88<br />

16%<br />

97<br />

34%<br />

89<br />

18%<br />

98<br />

36%<br />

90<br />

20%<br />

99<br />

38%<br />

91<br />

22%<br />

100<br />

40%<br />

92<br />

24%<br />

3. PIA Plus, PRUMillionaire, top-ups, Accident & Health Products (e.g. Personal<br />

Accident, PRUWellness, PRU Shield, Stand Alone Critical Illness), and Group Products<br />

(e.g. Group Life, Group PA, PRUSecure) are excluded from the persistency bonus.<br />

Note: All agent renumerations shall be paid in Philippine pesos.<br />

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