AGREEMENT made this day of, 20, by and between American Insurance Organization, hereinafter referred to as AIO and, hereinafter referred to as Agent. The Agent is being offered the position of. RECITALS AIO is in the business of procuring health & life insurance coverage for individuals and groups. AIO has a relationship with various health insurance providers who supply coverage to qualified customers of AIO and the Agents of AIO. The health & life insurance providers are referred to herein as affiliated insurance providers or carrier. Agent is an independent insurance Agent whom is licensed in each State he / she conducts insurance sales and is willing to serve AIO as an insurance policy sales Agent upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Upon the mutual covenants and promises herein and other good and valuable consideration, the parties agree as follows: GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS 1. Independent Contractor: The Agent acknowledges and represents that the Agent is an independent contractor and is not an employee of AIO. As such, Agent is at full liberty to represent the products and services of other companies. Agent shall not be required to work any minimum or maximum number of hours and Agent shall be required to establish or procure on its own any and all items needed by the Agent to engage in business, including but not limited to office facilities, office equipment and transportation. The Agent is responsible for all expenses incurred in the process of soliciting and selling insurance policies, including but not limited to telephone and internet expenses, travel and meals. Agent further understands and agrees that Agent is not an employee of AIO and he shall not be eligible to participate in any benefits extended by AIO to it s employees, and further, he is not in any way insured under policies or insurance issued to AIO. The Agent shall have no authority to act on behalf of AIO except as expressly provided in this Agreement with respect to the sale of health insurance policies issued by affiliated providers. 2. Product Availability: AIO does not guaranteed that any affiliated provider will provide coverage. AIO does warrant that so long as an Agent is not in breach of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, AIO will allow the Agent to place customers with affiliated insurance providers. 3. Leads: AIO may provide leads to Agent in return for such compensation as determined by AIO, however, AIO shall have no duty to provide leads. The - 1 -
distribution of leads shall be within sole discretion of AIO. Agent understands and agrees that all leads shall remain the property of AIO and AIO, at all times, reserves the right to re-distribute to any other Agent of AIO, a lead which has not resulted in a sale, which is dormant, or which is not actively being pursued by Agent in AIO s determination. In the event AIO redistributes a lead, the Agent herein shall not be entitled to return of any compensation paid for said lead. 4. Lead Credit: AIO will provide lead credits, based on production level. An AIO lead credit is equal to $5.00 per credit. Lead credits are distributed based on position title within AIO. a. AIO Producer: Receives 60 lead credits per $10,000 of annual premium written and approved. b. AIO Agent: Receives 50 lead credits per $10,000 of annual premium written and approved. c. Senior Agent: Receives 40 lead credits per $10,000 of annual premium written and approved. d. Sales Manager: No lead credits. e. Sales Director: No lead credits. f. Sales VP: No lead credits. Agent will be paid lead credits once per month, based on approved policy sales with AIO. If Agent receives leads from AIO or iwebquotes.com, lead credits will be applied toward outstanding balance for leads received. Lead Credit will be paid to Agent is considered Misc. Income and will be reported as 1099 income paid to Agent. 5. Promotional Materials: Agent shall not create or disseminate any literature, sales aids or promotional materials, or make any written or verbal representations which are misleading or which contain misrepresentations or incorrectly characterize the relationship between Agent and AIO, and between Agent and the affiliated providers. 6. Termination: This contract shall terminate on the occurrence of any of the following: a. Written notice by either party, with or without cause, effective the date of mailing of said notice by either party to the other; b. Commissions of any felony by the Agent; c. Commission of any other crime or violation of any law by the Agent which relates to Agent s performance under this Agreement or relates to Agent s relationships with customers; d. Agent encouraging the policy holder to cancel coverage; e. Loss of Agent licensure; - 2 -
f. The Agent depositing any premium check in any bank account, or any other misappropriation of premiums or other monies received from customers; g. The Agent knowingly misrepresenting the terms, provisions or obligations under any policy or the Agent making any misrepresentation to AIO, any customer or any affiliated provider. Actions b. through g. will result in the immediate loss of vested commissions. Termination of the Agreement without cause shall not affect the vesting of commissions. 7. Return of Records: Upon termination, the Agent shall immediately deliver to AIO all supplies, records or materials connected with the business of AIO. AIO shall be relieved of any liability to pay any compensation thereunder if the Agent fails to return to AIO it s materials and property. 8. Rebates Forbidden: Agent hereby expressly agrees not to reduce any premium to be paid by any individual or entity so that the premium is less than the regular charged and published by the carrier providing coverage. Further, the Agent expressly agrees not to rebate or refund to any individual or entity any money or valuables or other consideration so as to result in the premiums being paid by the individual or entity to be less than the regular rate charged and published by the issuing carrier or in an effort to minimize the customer s premium. 9. Compensation: The compensation to be paid to the Agent shall be as set forth on the compensation schedule which is prepared by AIO from time to time, shall be maintained in the office of AIO, and shall be provided to Agent upon request. At any time, the current Compensation Schedule shall be incorporated into this Agreement by reference. AIO shall distribute commissions received by AIO and payable to the Agent on the 10 th day of the month. In the event the 10 th day of the month is a weekend or legal holiday, the commission shall be paid on the following business day. AIO shall not be liable and shall be held harmless with respect to any delay in the commission payment that is caused by the failure of the issuing carrier to timely make a commission payment to AIO. AIO shall have no duty to distribute accrued commissions which are less than $100.00. In the event the commissions received by AIO and payable to the Agent for the month are less than $100.00, AIO reserves the right to hold the commissions and distribute said commissions to Agent on the 10 th day of the first month in which total commissions received are payable to Agent equal or exceed $100.00. - 3 -
In the event the Agent receives prepaid commission which ultimately is not earned, or in the event an affiliated insurance provider or AIO is entitled, for any proper reason, a refund of a commission paid to the Agent, the Agent shall immediately refund said commission or, if acceptable to AIO and provider, authorize the commission to be refunded from future commissions that may be earned by Agent. In any event, Agent shall pay any costs incurred by AIO in recovering such commissions, including the payment of court costs and attorney s fees. The Agent shall be entitled to receive commissions paid by the affiliated insurance providers with respect to policies sold to customers by the Agent, notwithstanding the Agent s termination of this Agreement, so long as the Agent continues to service the customer and keep the policy in force. However, at such time the total monthly commissions earned become less than $100.00 per month, commissions to the Agent shall terminate. Further, commissions to an Agent shall discontinue if the Agent is no longer be able to service the customer. 10. Payment by Affiliated Insurance Providers: Any duty of AIO to pay a commission to Agent is expressly conditioned upon the affiliated insurance provider that issues the policy which is the subject of the commission paying to AIO or Agent the commission. Agents hereby expressly releases and withhold AIO harmless with respect to any claims for commissions which are not actually received by AIO from affiliated insurance provider. AIO is not responsible for paying commissions from any policy which has not yet been paid by the affiliated insurance provider, payable to the Agent. 11. Duties Upon Termination: Upon termination of this Agreement and continued for a period of 24 months thereafter the Agent shall not directly or indirectly: a. Contact individuals or entities who are customers of AIO or customers of other AIO Agents for the purpose of selling said customer policies of insurance and further, said Agent, after termination, for said period shall not, directly or indirectly sell health insurance policies to said customers; b. Solicit or contact customers who are customers of AIO or other AIO Agents for the purpose of inducing such customers to cancel any policy instituted during the term of this Agreement; c. Solicit or contact Agents of AIO for the purpose of encouraging them to discontinue the Agency relationship or to encourage them to direct their customers to other health insurance providers, or to in any way interfere with the relationship between AIO and its Agents. - 4 -
In the event of any breach of the above restrictions by Agent, Agent agrees to pay all of AIO s expenses, including reasonable attorney s fees, incurred by AIO in enforcing the terms and provisions of this Paragraph 11. Furthermore, Agent will forfeit any and all commissions or renewals paid to AIO from affiliated insurance providers payable to Agent. 12. Licensure and Conduct: Agent agrees to do all things necessary so as to maintain in full force effect all licenses or permits that are required by the State or other government body or authority which Agent conducts business relating to the solicitation and sale of insurance policies. Agent further agrees to abide by all statutes, administrative regulations, and all other rules and regulations regulating and relating to the activities of individuals or entities engaged in the solicitation and sale of insurance policies and products. Agent agrees at all times to conduct himself or herself in a manner calculated to promote the good will of AIO and the carriers affiliated with AIO. Agent shall at all times maintain expertise with respect to all insurance products offered by the AIO affiliated carriers and to stay current with all relevant developments within the insurance industry. Agent shall provide to Agent s customers a superior level of service, including but not limited to promptly responding to all inquiries, immediate processing of all applications, promptly returning all phone calls, and answering all questions and inquiries of customers. 13. Errors & Omissions Coverage: You shall maintain adequate Errors & Commissions coverage at all times during the term of Agreement. We reserve the right to request written proof of this coverage at any time. 14. Jurisdiction of Law: This Agreement shall be governed by the law of either Pennsylvania or Wisconsin, at the sole discretion of AIO, without giving affect to conflict of laws of principles thereof, except as may be required to obtain equitable injunctive relief, the federal courts within, Northampton County, PA or Outagamie County, WI, shall have exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate any dispute arising out of Agreement and each party hereby waives any defenses based upon lack of personal jurisdiction and venue thereto. 15. Separability: If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid for any reason, the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby. 16. Entire Agreement: This Agreement together with all amendments and attachments, including the commission schedule, set forth the entire understanding between both parties hereto and supersedes all prior agreements, arrangements and communications, whether oral or written, with - 5 -
respect to the subject matter hereof. Nothing in the section shall be construed to release any obligation or debt incurred under a previous producer Agreement or any other agreement between the parties. This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding between parties an no verbal agreements or understanding exist or have been entered into which are not set forth herein. No modifications of this Agreement shall take place except that the same be in writing and signed by both parties. Dated this day of, 20. AMERICAN INSURANCE ORGANATION By: AIO Representative Print: Dated this day of, 20. By: Agent Print: - 6 -