X-Message-Number: 6763 Date: Sat, 17 Aug 96 19:19:21 From: Steve Bridge <> Subject: Insurance marketing To CryoNet >From Steve Bridge, Alcor August 17, 1996 In reply to: Message #6760 From: Peter Merel <> Subject: Question about insurance + Re: PooPoo Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 23:25:27 +1000 (EST) > I was wondering whether any of the > suspension providers have any sort of reciprocal arrangement with > insurers? If an insurer was willing to present cryonics as a tick-box > option on a life insurance policy (notwithstanding the eventual need to > fill out the rest of the paperwork) I imagine that this might catch > people in a receptive mood for the idea - people who are actively > considering their own mortality and making arrangements for regular > monthly payments in order to prepare for it. Has any provider considered > or implemented such an arrangement? Peter, this sounds more complicated than you describe it. That would make the insurer a cryonics marketer without any particular benefit for them, since these are individuals who are (presumably) *already* buying a policy. The only possible benefit I could see for the insurer is if the cryonics company provided a kick-back to the insurer for the service; which would probably be a red-flag to the IRS, at least for non-profit, tax-exempt corporations like Alcor. Steve Bridge Stephen Bridge, President () Alcor Life Extension Foundation Non-profit cryonic suspension services since 1972. 7895 E. Acoma Dr., Suite 110, Scottsdale AZ 85260-6916 Phone (602) 922-9013 (800) 367-2228 FAX (602) 922-9027 for general requests http://www.alcor.org Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=6763