Comments from Users
The following e-mail messages are typical of what have been
received by pmreview.com recently. They have been edited only for
spelling, except one, and their names have been deleted.
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Gary
I passed the state exam today on the first try. Thanks for creating this work of art and
allowing me the privileges to use your online pm review-boot camp training program. I could
actually say that the pm review was more difficult than my state exam. It is very possible
that I learned so much with your program that the test was a just a walk in the park. You
are up to date without a doubt.
xxxxx xxxxxxxx
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Hi Gary,
I passed yesterday!!!! I failed the 1st time a month ago. Your questions helped me tremendously.
I saw some of the same exact questions and the rest I was able to answer because of your explanations and
memorization word tracks. I breezed thru most of the questions. The best $25 I ever spent!!! I am soooo
happpyyyy!!!
My boss is extra thrilled also. I feel so good. I passed the series 7 11 years ago and this test was not
nearly as difficult but I still have the same feeling of accomplishment. Please put this message on your
web-site. Believe me I will spread the word the minute I know of someone who has to take the test.
xxxxx xxx xxxxxxxx
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Thanks Gary! If it wasn't for your Web site I don't think I would have
passed my Life and Variable Annuity exam!! I would say at least 60% of your
sample question were on the state test exactly as you asked them. Here is
on of the trick Questions I remember : " Jack committed suicide 9 months
after taking out a life insurance policy, He paid in advance three years
of premiums, how much will his Insurance company pay at his death?" I
don't remember all of the choice's, but I'm sure you can imagine how tricky
they were. Have a great day!!
xxxxxx x. xxxxxxxx
(They return all the premiums paid)
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I took these tests yesterday and passed, thanks to you and hours of study on your website.
There were 8-9 people taking the test with me and I was the only one who passed.
There is no question in my mind that one cannot pass this test by only going to the 40 hour
course, which was the case with my fellow test takers.
There were 50 questions right out of your playbook and they were a snap. There were another
50 that had a relationship to those 800 practice questions but the remainder were from Mars.
Maybe they were in the book, I don't know but they were very difficult and poorly worded as
you said they would be. Anyway it is a distant memory for me now and I am thinking of the
next step in my new career process, Property and Casualty. Does Pmreview do P&C and where
do I take the required 40 hours course?
Again, thank you for being there.
xxxxx xxxxxx
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Gary,
I appreciate the help and advice from your website. I took the test today
and passed and I feel a lot of that had to do with the
pmreview! The test was quite tricky in the way the test builders asked the
questions and created the scenarios. In fact, I would go as far as to say
that over 50% of the test utilized a format that is meant to "trip up" and
puzzle the test taker- it really irritated me! It seemed their idea of
testing my insurance knowledge was to task my reading comprehensions skills
and attempt to confuse me with tons of closely related terminology and
jargon! I can see how individuals who haven’t tested in a while, either
through college courses or something similar, might have a problem with the
way ideas and information on the tests were communicated. Anyway, the Life
and Variable Annuity questions are really similar to the material that is on
pmreview. The Health questions were also similar but I could have probably past
those just by reading the sections in the book on Disabilities,
disability buy-sell agreements and disability insurance.
Also, there were some
questions repeated twice! I had the exact same question
concerning "equity-indexed annuities" twice. I also had
the exact same question about "HMO subscribers"
precisely word-for-word! Oh, and the rule about the string of 20, 15, 90,
45, 60 -- it gave me at least 5 answers on the test - THANKS! The best
advice I can give anyone is to study the questions and soak in all the
advice given on pmreview, ALL OF IT! And, if you don’t read anything
else in the book you have GOT TO read chapters 27, 28, 29, and 30 at least!
That is all I read and to tell you the truth I was kicking myself during the
test because I felt like reading the book would have made things a lot
easier. I think most every question had only two feasible and practical
answers that were relevant, giving me a 50-50 chance for the credit. The
real chore was reading and understanding what the test builders wanted you
to do (deciphering the questions)!
Thanks Again
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Hello Gary:
I took the health life and variable annuities exam today and I am happy to
say that I passed. I started reviewing with your course last Thursday and
I believe that the review was the help I needed to pass the exam. It is
just so coincidentally peculiar last Tuesday morning when I was getting
really ready to get serious about reviewing for the exam; I happened to be
thinking to myself how great it would be if I could attend a cram course!
That very day as I checked my mail I received your brochure on the
progressive review. It was like a Godsend !! Just what I needed and much
more convenient than a cram course. I would certainly recommend the review
to anyone that is trying for the license. Thanks Again!!
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Gary -- Success! I passed both the life and var annuity and the health on Friday!
Your review is absolutely excellent, and I have forwarded your name and net
site to my company. We are always certifying people for insurance exams.
I am convinced that your review was what helped me pass. I was able to
(with my limited time) review 250 life questions and 200 health. Your
answers and details of why you were right or wrong on a question helped
tremendously! There were a few questions on the actual exam that I know I
answered correctly because of this review. I can't thank you enough!
Please feel free to use my "experience" to help solicit your review...I'd
like to share the wealth!
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Hey Gary,
I Passed!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for making your services and your time
available to me.
On the test that I took there were no questions on Social Security,
Medicare, taxes (except for one on the taxation of employer contributions),
and a few other topics that I thought would surely be on the exam. I would
guest-a-mate that about 80%-85% of the exam involved mostly the basics
(i.e. basic conceptual ideas and definitions). Another 10%-15% involved
researching the old memory banks and logical thinking. And about 5%
involved questions that were ambiguous as to the exact situation surrounding
the question. One question was just bad. I doubt that its author could
have answered it correctly with the assumption that he/she even knew what
they were talking about when they wrote it..
I had quite a few questions on disability buy-out plans, HMO's, The Health
Care and Insurance Reform Act of 1993, The Florida Employee Health Care
Access Act, CHPA's, AHP's and a few questions involving situations where an
applicant submitted an application with his first premium, the company
issued the policy without ever attaching the application and later (23
months in one question) the policyowner filed a claim.
There is no doubt that your services were of great benefit to me. Anybody
who passes up the opportunity to utilize your service either enjoys making
life more difficult than it should be or they have become accustomed to
making bad decisions in which case not using your services would just mean
that life continues on as usual.
After taking the state exam I can honestly say that your service was of
much more value to me than the 40 hour state required course THAT I TOOK.
The class that I sat through was a waste of time and in fact, if I did not
have common sense, I would have actually been hindered quite severely by
some of the information provided, as well as that not provided, in class.
Well, to finish making a short story long.........THANKS,
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Gary, I passed. I had no arithmetic questions but I had three on the Disability BuyOut. The answer
to one of the questions was answered in the wording of one of the others. I had no questions that were "none of
the above" or "all of the above" as the answer -- unless I missed the questions. While I was waiting to get a
computer (which we got more hurriedly than planned so I could use your program), I did read about 100 pages of
the manual. So your program is so good that anyone with reasoning skills can pass the test with your program
without reading the book from cover to cover. I did, however, study the glossary and looked up some tables and
page numbers as you might reference for some study.
It was nice to be able to do this in the comfort of my own home. I did not
have to take the prerequisite class because I was licensed in another state--but I didn't use the license much and
was very rusty. Thanks again and again.
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Gary:
2 months after taking my 40 hr. course and a few days before my scheduled test appointment, I received a post
card for your website. Myself and friend both failed the exams, as a matter of fact all seven who took it that day
failed. I immediately took you up on a 2 month subscription to your site. My friend and I couldn't believe how on
the money your questions were. We studied them for at least 5 weeks. When we both took our next exam we no
longer were intimidated and breezed right through... I only wish I would have received your post card shortly after
finishing my 40 hr. course. I know I would have passed the first time if I would have used your website sooner..
many thanks
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Gary --
I wanted to take a moment to thank you for your pm review study
materials over the internet. In seven months I have taken the 40 hour course
three times and the state exam one time. Rereading the book at home has
proven to be very difficult as I work about ten to eleven hours per day. The
800 hundred question test for Life, Variable Annuities, and Health were
instrumental in my success in passing the state exam today. This was really
a learning tool for me as the wrong answers taught me as much as the correct
ones. Once again, Thank You for your informative study materials.
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Hello, This is xxxxx xxxxxx. I called you Sunday two weeks ago. With your
patient help Sunday night, I subscribed to the PMREVIEW. I used the system
for the next week, sat for the test March 2nd and passed. I truly believe
that your exam review was the sole contributing factor to my success. I say this
because I did not open the book beyond the 40 hour class required.
Just thought I would let you know that I have passed the PMRreview information
on to others in our office that are studying to sit for the exam.
Again, thank you for your kind and patient help.
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Gary:
I just wanted to let you know I passed this morning.
Thanks. I'm glad you sent me that card.
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Dear Gary,
I wanted to thank you for putting this review together. I was reading the
book and it was getting sooo boring. Your review was a breath of fresh air.
It really got me to learn the concepts through interactive learning on the
internet. I passed the test this morning and now I am licensed. I spent two
days on the computer and it was well worth it.
You were right when you said that they will try to trick you on the test, but
by the way the answers were explained I couldn't go wrong. I highly
recommend the Internet review to anyone preparing to take the state exam.
I need to go prospecting, so once again THANK YOU!
Sincerely,
xxx xxxxx
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Gary ,
I hope you are feeling better, last time we talk you were very sick,
anyway I write you back to tell you that your study program does work I
was the one who call hysterically I was 4 days away for the test
well I pass both in one time shot.
I guess what I try to say is thanks
for your honesty, and for a very good study test . I have no dought
without the study test the story would it be deferent.
thanks again.
and ye you can use this letter if you whant
xxxxx
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Thank You so much for your review. I read the book through twice, read the
glossary once and used the online review every chance I had. I finished the
test this morning in less than two hours and passed! Not bad for a North
Florida Redneck who six weeks ago did not know anything about the Insurance
Business!
Thanks Again!
xxx xxxxxx
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! I successfully completed my Life, Health and
Variable Annuity Test today, scoring 145 out of 150 on my first attempt.
Your guidance was right on target. I worked the review until I consistently
scored 98 to 100% in practice. Eventually, I would work 200 questions at each
sitting with the pop quizzes at the start and end of each session. I carefully
reviewed your explanations for both the correct and incorrect responses. This
approach provided a good foundation of knowledge to work with and got me used
to answering 200 questions at a time, which exceeded the 150 questions on the
actual exam. The test contained no real surprises as I was very well prepared
from your review. Thank you again for an outstanding product. I felt totally
unprepared for the exam following the completion of the 40 hour on-line school
that I took. Your review made all the difference!
xxxxx xxxx
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