American Guardian Launches Contest for Agents
American Guardian Warranty Services Inc. (AGWS) announced plans to launch a football-themed contest next month that will award agents who sign the most new business with trips to exotic destinations.
GLEN ELLYN, Ill. — American Guardian Warranty Services Inc. (AGWS) announced plans to launch a football-themed contest next month that will award agents who sign the most new business with trips to exotic destinations or to the 2013 Super Bowl in New Orleans. The contest starts on Jan. 1 and lasts the duration of 2012.
AGWS is offering four different all-expenses-paid trips, with each requiring agents to meet a different level of criteria depending on the trip. The “Draft Pick” level, the lowest qualifying level of the four, will reward agents record 500 new contracts with a seven-day trip to Palm Coast Fla.
The third level, “Super Bowl Champion,” will reward all agents who get 1,000 contracts signed with a four-day trip to New Orleans and a set of tickets for Super Bowl 2013. The next level will reward all agents who get 1,500 contracts signed with a seven-day trip to Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamans.
The highest level, “Hall of Fame,” will reward agents who get 2,500 contracts signed with a seven-day trip to Scotland, London and Paris.
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