Craig Wm. Earnshaw
Entrepreneurship and Technology, Center for
Office: 470 TNRB
Phone: 801-422-7437
Email: cfe@byu.edu
Biography:
Craig Earnshaw is founder and president of LifeLink Corporation. Craig is a 1977 graduate of Brigham Young University with a degree in computer science. He earned his CLU designation in 1982 and his CHFC designation in 1985. After a short career as a life insurance salesman, he formed his company in 1978, originally known as United Systems, to provide advanced sales proposals for insurance professionals through a nationwide timesharing network. LifeLink Corporation was on of the first companies to develop an advanced sales proposal system for the PC. When InteFlex was first released in 1983, it was immediately accepted by top producers because of its power and flexibility. WinFlex, the Windows version of InteFlex, continues to be the most powerful system available to the industry. In addition to WinFlex, LifeLink Corporation has developed VitalSigns, a life insurance carrier reporting system containing the ratings and financial data on over 400 major U.S. and Canadian companies, and VitalTerm, a term comparison system for the desktop and the Internet. Craig speaks to many agent groups and life insurance company meetings across the country. He has also written several articles for life insurance trade magazines. Craig is active in his church and community. He has worked for many years with the Boy Scouts of America and in the local leadership of the LDS church. His hobbies include running, skiing, and mountain climbing. He summitted Aconcagua the highest point in South America in 1996 and also made two unsuccessful attempts on Mt. McKinley in Alaska. Craig recently returned from serving as mission president in the Brazil Porto Alegre South mission.
