Financial Advisers are compensated through commissions, renewals and bonuses. Acorn Life’s remuneration structure is consistent with our philosophy of “pay for performance”. As a financial adviser your potential is as unlimited as your energy, commitment, and drive. Your hard work determines your rewards. By establishing enduring relationships with clients, you develop your skills in fact finding and referral prospecting. These skills are at the forefront of helping your clients achieve their goals and your mission.

We help our financial advisers set standards for their careers by establishing minimum earning levels that all advisers are required to achieve. Your local branch manager will discuss these standards with you; help you project your financial needs and your potential income at start-up and over the long term. Together, you will set strategic business goals.

There is much about Acorn Life that is unique - its genesis; its Galway based Head Office; the efficiency of its administration; the performance of its unit linked managed funds and now, as a direct result of becoming an independent company, every member of our staff and our team of financial  advisers share in the profits that the company generates each year. In a very real sense therefore everybody is a team player and an environment is created where the client benefits most of all.

Acorn Life offers an excellent benefits package for our team of financial advisers, which is linked to performance,  including:

• Bonuses for Quality and Volume of business generated
• Equity Participation
• Professional Training
• Comprehensive Education
• Ongoing mentoring and support
• Working from home
• Career development prospects

Equity Participation

Since its launch, Acorn Life has consistently produced extraordinary results in terms of share price performance. We launched an Equity Participation Scheme for top performing advisers in 1999. Financial advisers can qualify for Equity Participation by meeting agreed targets and thereby share in the company success. The value of equity among our sales team is currently over €3m and the value of equity held by our current MDRT qualifiers exceeds €1m.

Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)

The Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT), The Premier Association of Financial Professionals, is an international, independent association of more than 35,000 members (or less than 1 percent) of the world’s most successful life insurance and financial services professionals from 476 companies in 76 nations and territories. MDRT members demonstrate exceptional professional knowledge, strict ethical conduct and outstanding client service. MDRT membership is recognized internationally as the standard of sales excellence in the life insurance and financial services business.

Each year, Acorn Life financial advisers consistently qualify for our industry’s highest international award - an invitation to the prestigious Million Dollar Round Table annual conference. This is proof positive of how successful our sales force is. This is all the more remarkable when you consider the majority of our 200 strong sales force come from a varied background and many were never involved in any type of selling before joining Acorn Life.

The MDRT Annual Meeting has been described as a one-of-a-kind event, unrivalled in the world of business. Every year, more than 7,000 of the world’s top producers gather in a spirit of camaraderie for one of the greatest gatherings of financial services professionals in the world. Acorn Life rewards you with free MDRT Membership and Convention fees together with flight and accommodation costs provided that production targets are met.

For more information see www.mdrt.com

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