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Chris Island

Final Expense Specialist · Mentor

Division 1 in the Big 12. Then the WWE. Now he mentors agents with one promise: give me 90 days, get the world.

Chris Island, final expense mentor at Checkmate Financial Group, on the waterfront
Division 1Big 12 wrestler
WWEFormer pro wrestler
Final ExpenseSpecialty

Chris Island is a competitor. He wrestled Division 1 in the Big 12, then took it all the way to the WWE.

Then he pointed the drive somewhere new.

When he stepped away from wrestling, he did not want to leave the drive behind. He wanted to take it and build a career off of it. He found that career in final expense insurance at Checkmate Financial Group.

Give me 90 days, get the world.

Now he builds agents.

Today Chris is a mentor on our floor. He knows the products cold, delivers them clearly, and solves the problems that stall a new agent. Most of all he teaches the mindset it takes to persevere, the same one that carried him through a wrestling career.

His favorite win is not his own.

Ask him for his biggest milestone at Checkmate and he will not point to a number. It was watching the first agent he mentored get a paycheck.

Chris Island with Salim Hamideh, Director of Agent Development, at the IGNYTE sales conference
At IGNYTE with Salim. Two guys who take training very seriously.
The reputation

What he is known for

Product knowledge, delivery, and problem solving. Families get someone who knows the coverage inside and out and explains it plainly. The agents he mentors get the same, plus the mindset to keep going when the work gets hard.

Off the clock

The team behind the title.

Chris Island with the Checkmate Financial Group team at a team dinner
Team dinner with the Checkmate crew. Nobody had to be told to smile.
Start today

Talk with Chris.

A free, no-pressure conversation with a licensed agent. Leave your details and Chris (or a licensed teammate) will reach out. Prefer to talk now? Call (833) 997-6934.

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