Rich Eddy
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Back from vacation (more or less)...
So, Robert Barney, can you address some of my comments about advanced integration of Compulife's quote engine?
Compulife Quote Engine
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Back from vacation (more or less)...
So, Robert Barney, can you address some of my comments about advanced integration of Compulife's quote engine?
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Rich,
It's quite clear that the $99 version of the web quote package, which most customers buy, is not going to be flexible enough for what you want.
The internet engine itself, which sells for $299 plus $995 per year would give you the cgi script (C++ compiled program) that will let you run the software from your own server, which lets you wrap it in any way you want.
Question: Are you a current Compulife subscriber?
If yes, we will need to make sure that you are buying the standard license to our Windows program (that't the $299 component). Once you have that, we will GIVE you the Internet engine (your choice of Windows server or Linux server version) and you can work with it to your heart's content. You only pay the $995 when/if you decide you want to go live with the application that you have developed.
As you referenced in one of your postings, there are some sites who have taken the engine and done something close to what you want. I don't know what they have done because the code they developed, which interfaces with the engine, was not done by us, it's on their server.
If you don't know how to program you will need someone to do that for you and I am sorry, I don't know who to recommend simply because most customers hire their own people because they want to build something they don't want other people to have.
If my response is too vague, you will have to be more specific in your questions.
In essence we are selling engines, and people are buying them and putting them in their automobiles. We don't build the automobiles, we just build wicked fast and reliable engines, and we are cheaper than the alternatives. And unlike the alternatives, the software can be put on YOUR server.
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InsuranceKnight
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Hi Robert,
I tried calling your 800 number but it rings 'busy' each time I call. Is there an alternate number to call?
Thank you
I tried calling your 800 number but it rings 'busy' each time I call. Is there an alternate number to call?
Thank you
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Sorry, missed your call and this post. Jeremiah has been on vacation this week, and his line forwards to mine. I had to pick up my grandsons on Wednesday morning, so I had my toll free line:
888-798-3488 (Jeremiah's is 800-798-3488, it was on forward to the 888 version)
forwarded to my cell. So I think something went wrong with the forward/forward thingy.
If you had hit the voice mail, we tell callers that do not get an answer to NOT leave a voice mail and send an email with your name and phone number to service@compulife.com
Both Jeremiah and I get those emails, and as soon as we can get back to you, we will.
Did you finally get in touch with me?
And now for a commercial:
Compulife has introduced table rating quotes/comparisons to our software. It is now available in our Windows PC software and we will be introducing it to our internet engine software during August. The first roll out for the table ratings in the Internet Quote engine will be our Compulife Basic quote system. That agent version of Compulife is available for only $96 per year. Compulife Basic will work on ANY device or PC that has a browser and internet connection.
NOTE: Windows PC users get Compulife Basic included for free with their purchase of the Windows PC software. It's perfect for phones and tablets that do not have a Windows OS.
You can try out the new Table Ratings in the Compulife Basic by going here:
COMPULIFE Quoter
The password is: great
We are still working on this, some bugs with display functions, but the premiums in the table rating quotes are correct.
MosesNewmanNAAIP
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The Following Actually Happened, (email blast that was opened by 4,553 N.A.A.I.P. agents as of today)
Originally posted here. https://insurance-forums.com/commun...rtant-information-class-action-lawsuit.92882/
The owner of Compulife, Mr. Robert Barney, which sells a term life quote engine to insurance agents, waged a brutal campaign in an attempt to destroy N.A.A.I.P. agent websites. It was brutal - The following is a list of actions that Mr. Barney has done since April, 2015.
Originally posted here. https://insurance-forums.com/commun...rtant-information-class-action-lawsuit.92882/
The owner of Compulife, Mr. Robert Barney, which sells a term life quote engine to insurance agents, waged a brutal campaign in an attempt to destroy N.A.A.I.P. agent websites. It was brutal - The following is a list of actions that Mr. Barney has done since April, 2015.
- April, 2015: Mr. Robert Barney started the first of over 500 posts on an insurance agent forum lambasting N.A.A.I.P. and its agents as being software "pirates."
- Quoting on the forum and other place that 5 years in jail is the punishment for piracy (this forums's negative content has been deleted recently).
- May, 2015: 400 N.A.A.I.P. agents were sent a US mail letter from an attorney's office in Kentucky demanding the N.A.A.I.P. agent cease and desist using their free N.A.A.I.P.website and term life quote engine because continuing to use N.A.A.I.P. would be considered "piracy." Enclosed in this letter was a demand for payment of $540 for prior use. A affidavit affirming this "piracy" was signed by a third party. 11 N.A.A.I.P. agents ended up sending Compulife money.
- Understandably, many N.A.A.I.P. agents that received the legal letter did not want to be involved in a battle. A very high percentage of agents agreed to delete their N.A.A.I.P.website.
- Mr. Barney smelled success and gathered a total of 2,200 names, phone numbers and email addresses of N.A.A.I.P. agents via Google searches.
- These 2,200 agents were bombarded with multiple well-written emails from Mr. Barney demanding a "cease and desist" of the agents' "piracy" as well as a $540 payment. Thankfully, only 11 agents in total sent Mr. Barney money.
- Mr. Barney followed up these multiple emails with a telemarketing campaign. Phoning agents and leaving messages. Mr. Barney went so far as to have an excel spread-sheet of his contacts with the 2,200 N.A.A.I.P. agents.
- Mr. Barney bought a website domain name and started to document the "evidence" of "software piracy." Included in this website were a list of about 1,800 agents and links to their N.A.A.I.P. website. Mr. Barney states on this website page the agent name and the word piracy, pirated, etc. written 12 times (May, 2016).
- Direct quotes from the page that was designed to name and shame agents into forking over $540 - 4 examples of text from that name & shame web-page.
- 1. "archived as evidence of ongoing software piracy by N.A.A.I.P. and the agents who have used N.A.A.I.P. to create their personalized websites..."
- 2. "agents on this list refused to settle and have continued to pirate the Compulife software program ..."
- 3. "The agents/agencies listed here continue to rely upon a pirated copy of the Compulife ..."
- 4. "Over 300 of these agents/agencies have either removed the pirated..."
- Based on my experience with Google and what I saw with my own eyes. This technique of Mr. Barney listing the agent name, link to agent website and the word "piracy" 12 times was designed to having the agent's name appear in Google as a "software pirate."
- During this time period Mr. Barney was in contact with multiple entities to attempt to "shut down" N.A.A.I.P. and harm our insurance agent of record, Binyomin *** and family. Obviously, N.A.A.I.P. and Mr. *** will be filing a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Compulife and Mr. Barney.
- Spring, 2016: Mr. Barney and Compulife sued in Federal Court Binyomin ***, Binyomin's relation, the owner of N.A.A.I.P. Mr. Aaron Levy and myself. The initial complaint mentioned "software piracy" but the subsequent amended complaint and talk at the trial was focused on "copy-write infringement."
- Being involved in a very expensive litigation is not something that I ever desired when accepting the offer to work at N.A.A.I.P.. But once I was served with legal papers, I had to cope with this new reality.
- As an aside, it would have been nice of Mr. Barney to have informed those 2,200 agents that his "beef" was copy-write infringement and not "piracy." lol.
- Late 2016: Mr. Barney and Compulife filed in Federal class-action lawsuit alleging "infringement." 8 agents were named as representatives of the class of 1,826 named N.A.A.I.P. agents. Those 8 agents were served a huge stack of papers which "freaked them out." The other 1,800+ agents may have stumbled on the lawsuit after doing a search on Google for the word "lawsuit + their name."
- Compulife's technique of "name and shame" is going "full metal jacket." Compulife is telling the world that they are real serious about shutting down N.A.A.I.P. and prosecuting the "pirates."
- Compulife also sued entities that were paying N.A.A.I.P. and/or related parties.
- Obviously, the class-action lawsuit was immediately "stayed' by the Federal Judge pending the outcome of the initial claim.
- March, 2017: There is a hearing on Compulife's injunction request to "shut down" N.A.A.I.P. The Judge decision was publicized on June, 2017 denying Compulife's request. The very clear decision by the Federal Judge should have been a "wake-up call" to Mr. Barney and Compulife to stop defaming N.A.A.I.P. and its agents.
- August, 2017: All parties were forced to attend an arbitration hearing before a federal judge and Compulife demanded $5 million dollars and that N.A.A.I.P. to be "shut down."
- October 2, 2017: I, attended a 5 day trial and testified for 15 minutes total.
- Compulife showed up with 4 attorneys, Compulife's investigator, Compulife's programmer and his wife, Compulife's office manager, Compulife's expert witness and Mr. Robert Barney all testified.
- The Compulife team needed a minivan to bring into the court room dozens of huge boxes filled with thousands of pages.
- I, being a NYU educated computer programmer, researched this case. I was certain that the case had no basis from day one.
- I was shaking my head wondering how Compulife had "the culiones" to spend (in my estimation over $700,000 in attorney fees) on these ridiculous claims.
- Thankfully, for N.A.A.I.P. and its agents, the initial Federal Judge who denied Compulife's injuction request persuaded both sides to forgo a jury trial and accept The Honorable Judge James M. Hopkins to decide the case at a bench trial.
- Judge James M. Hopkins is a former computer programmer who is very serious about "not wasting the court's time."
- Judge James M. Hopkins wrote the decision on March 12, 2018 with the exact same words that I envisioned after spending a day researching Compulife's claims.
- Click Here to Read Judge Hopkins Ruling
- In my opinion, Compulife's claims were frivolous and Compulife's Attorney Joel Rothman of Boca Raton should be sanctioned by the court for wasting the court's time in filing the Compulife lawsuit.
- In my opinion, Compulife Attorney Joel Rothman of Boca Raton profited handsomely in the way of attorney fees and is laughing all the way to the bank.
- The defamation website owned and operated by Robert Barney of Compulife was deleted by Compulife's Robert Barney immediately after Judge Hopkins's ruling.
- Obviously, the harm that Robert Barney and Compulife maliciously caused others should be compensated.
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David R.utstein is the individual who posts here as MosesNewmanNAAIP. During his deposition Moses Newman testified he does not post on this Forum. At trial, David R.utstein admitted that he posts here.
The following numbered paragraphs are taken from the court decision's finding of facts
http://compulife.us/compulife-lawsuit-decision.pdf
http://compulife.us/consentorder.pdfr
In order to avoid prosecution for insurance fraud, David R.utstein signed and admitted in the "Settlement Stipulation For Consent Order" that:
Once again, the Consent Oder barred David R.utstein from from any participation in the insurance business. Here is that portion of the order:
The following numbered paragraphs are taken from the court decision's finding of facts
http://compulife.us/compulife-lawsuit-decision.pdf
67. David was previously licensed by the Florida Department of Financial Services as an insurance agent
68. At one time David had insurance licenses in 40 different states.
69. Beginning in 2010, insurance regulators began to terminate and/or stop renewing David's insurance licenses.
70. On April 19, 2012, in the Matter of David Brian R.utstein, Case No. 115256-11-AG, a Consent Order was entered revoking the license to sell insurance previously issued to David, and David was immediately and permanently removed and permanently barred from any and all direct or indirect participation in and/or affiliation with, any entity which is licensed or regulated under the Florida lnsurance Code, and any individual or entity which is otherwise involved in the business or transaction of insurance.
(Paragraphs 67-70, pages 11-12, FINDINGS OF FACT, March 12, 2018)
http://compulife.us/consentorder.pdfr
In order to avoid prosecution for insurance fraud, David R.utstein signed and admitted in the "Settlement Stipulation For Consent Order" that:
3. On February 14, 2012, the Department issued an Administrative Complaint alleging that Respondent [David R.utstein] aided or represented an unauthorized insurer in transacting business and that he [David R.utstein] misappropriated approximately $200,000 in consumer funds in the form of commissions received for nonexistent insurance products. In order to avoid formal litigation of this matter, Respondent has determined that it is in his best interests to enter into this Settlement Stipulation for Consent Order. [emphasis added]
(c) Respondent [David R.utstein] shall be immediately and permanently removed, pursuant to Section 624.310, Florida Statutes, from all of his positions with, and shall otherwise be immediately and permanently removed and permanently barred from any and all direct or indirect participation in and/or afiliation with, any entity which is licensed or regulated under the Florida Insurance Code, and any individual or entity which is otherwise involved in the business or transaction of insurance. Respondent shall not engage in or attempt or profess to engage in any transaction or business for which a license or appointment is required under this code or directly or indirectly own, control, or be employed in any manner by any insurance agent or agency or adjuster or adjusting firm.
(d) Following the issuance of the Consent Order, Respondent shall not make application to the Department for any license or permit issued under the authority of the Department, and Respondent shall be permanently ineligible to receive from the Department any license or permit issued under the authority of the Department.
(e) If the Department has good cause to believe that the Respondent has violated any condition of this Consent Order, Respondent authorizes the Department to seek the immediate enforcement of this order in the circuit court of the State of Florida. If such an enforcement order is granted in the circuit court, Respondent agrees that he or she shall be liable to the Department for all costs and attorneys fees expended in the enforcement action. Further, if this order is enforced in the circuit court, Respondent shall be subject to contempt sanctions for violating any such enforcement order.
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MosesNewmanNAAIP
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Ok, Mentioning one guy over and over - very cute - N.A.A.I.P. free agent websites is a very large enterprise. over 10,000 insurance agents work with us. We test all employees for mental stability.....
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David R.utstein wrote:
David, I am going to keep mentioning you every time you post here. I have told you before, if you want me to end my references to you, including the website which ranks number one here:
davd n.aaip - Google Search
Then you need to TAKE DOWN the term life insurance quotes you are publishing at your N.AAIP agent websites. Those quotes were taken from my software without authorization or permission. You have been repeatedly told to cease and desist, but you continue to ignore and persist.
As to testing employees for mental stability, you would know something about that.
Judge Rules to Proceed with Slander Suit Against Peres
says:
David, I am going to keep mentioning you every time you post here. I have told you before, if you want me to end my references to you, including the website which ranks number one here:
davd n.aaip - Google Search
Then you need to TAKE DOWN the term life insurance quotes you are publishing at your N.AAIP agent websites. Those quotes were taken from my software without authorization or permission. You have been repeatedly told to cease and desist, but you continue to ignore and persist.
As to testing employees for mental stability, you would know something about that.
Judge Rules to Proceed with Slander Suit Against Peres
says:
R.utstein believes that the parties truly responsible for the murder and the subsequent cover up had to have been very high up in the ranks of Israeli power. He goes so far as to claim that Shimon Peres is responsible for the murder of Yitzhak Rabin. In a Labor Party publication, Peres' office labeled the operators of the website ShimonPeres.net "psychos that should be institutionalized," calling for R.utstein to be "silenced and locked away in an asylum." Peres spokesman, Yoram Drori added, "a warrant for the arrest and incarceration in a psychiatric hospital should be issued to those behind the web site."
