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  7.   How to sell life insurance despite our struggling economy, Pt.1
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    Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 3:17 pm
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    Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 12:15 pm
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    "Another thing I hope you address is the disparity between actual and illustrated performance of whole life. In the following table there is a big difference.
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    Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 12:04 pm
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    "Not exactly, Craig.
    First, the differences between whole life policies and UL policies are much more significant than just the perfor...
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