Clients in the News.....                               

We extend our congratulations to Empire Financial Group on their recent new product announcement. On January 19, 2004, Empire Financial Group launched the only universal life product currently on the market to offer the triple benefits of optional surrender charges, low cost of insurance and significantly higher potential for tax sheltering.

According to Empire Financial, the creative option package now available within the Trilogy ^{Plus TM} makes it a better offering than ever for advisors to add to their portfolios and is especially attractive to customers interested in protection with premium and coverage flexibility. The product is investment-oriented and is designed to compete with non-registered investment alternatives.

As a long-time illustration software and service provider for Empire Financial Group, illustrate inc was excited to be involved in the pre-launch phase of the project. Empire and illustrate worked jointly to design new functionality and enhancements to Empire's existing illustration system to be able to fully support compliant illustrations for the variety of options and increased flexibility of the new universal life product offering.