Industry Life insurance Website AccuQuote.com Founded 1994 Type Privately held company | Area served United States Headquarters Wheeling Number of employees 110 | |
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Key people Byron Udell
(Founder, President and CEO) Products Term Life Insurance, Permanent Life Insurance, Child Life Insurance, Accidental Death Insurance, Disability Insurance, Final Expense Life Insurance, No Medical Exam Life Insurance, Long Term Care Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, and Annuities Profiles | ||
AccuQuote is an independent life insurance quoting and brokerage firm based in Wheeling, IL, a suburb of Chicago. AccuQuote currently has a staff of 110 employees and nearly 200,000 clients across the country.
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History
AccuQuote's operations commenced in 1994. It was founded by President and CEO Byron Udell, with a vision to provide easy access to life insurance products to those who had specific short or long term needs.
Products
AccuQuote is an online insurance brokerage firm that provides its users with quotes for a variety of insurance products. These include:
Associations
About the Founder, President & CEO
Byron Udell, Founder and President and CEO of AccuQuote is a leading life insurance expert. In addition to his JD law degree, he has earned the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU), Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC), and Certified Financial Planner (CFP) professional designations. Byron is a contributing author of two popular financial and estate planning books, "Wealth Enhancement and Preservation" (1996) and "Wealth 2000" (2000). In 2014, he took over as the President of LIDMA. He appears regularly on and in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Today, CNBC, Kiplinger’s, USA Today, Forbes, Chicago Tribune, CNN and Fox News.
Awards and Recognition
Finalists Ad-tech Limelight Awards 2009 – AccuQuote along with marketing partners Direct Agents’ online campaign – the 'AccuQuote Affiliate Program' was nominated in the 'Best Performance Marketing Campaign' category.