What happened to Cole X-Dates, and what P&C agents are using instead
Agents who log in to Cole for this month’s renewals now land on a court notice. The pages that rank for it are written by the companies selling the replacement. I read Cole’s old site, the replacements’ price lists and the forum threads today, and priced the part none of them do: calling the new list.
What an X-date is and how to call one is on X-date insurance leads; this page is about replacing Cole. Agencies picking a dialer will find each one priced in the best auto dialer for insurance agents, and the whole category in the best power dialer software and the cheapest power dialers.
What happened to Cole X-Dates?
Cole Information Services sold homeowner X-dates to P&C agents for years, through Cole X-Dates Online. On November 9, 2026, every page of coleinformation.com shows the same notice: “This Domain Has Been Transferred by Court Order.” It names the case, Atlas Data Privacy Corporation, et al. v. Cole Information Services, Inc., et al., New Jersey Superior Court, Law Division, Essex County, Docket No. ESX-L-007209-24, and gives three dates:
- October 16, 2024. Atlas and five individual plaintiffs sued, with claims assigned by about 19,295 law enforcement officers, prosecutors and other covered persons under Daniel’s Law, the New Jersey statute that protects their home addresses and unlisted home phone numbers.
- September 19, 2025. The court entered a final judgment by default against Cole, ordering the domain transferred to the plaintiffs and barring Cole from disclosing those people’s addresses and numbers.
- Now. The domain belongs to Atlas. There is no login page and no product page.
Separately, Bresser’s, a directory and list company selling a replacement, says Cole X-Dates Online, Realty Resource, In Your Neighborhood and Retriever “has been discontinued”, and that Cole was acquired before the X-date line was shut down. That is a competitor’s account; the court notice does not say why the product ended, and neither do we. This is a summary of public notices, not legal advice.
The Cole X-Dates replacements, priced
| Replacement | Price | Records | Phone numbers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bresser's emailed X-date list, with phone and email | $179/mo | 2,000 a month, +7.5¢ each extra | Where available |
| Bresser's emailed X-date list, address only | $149/mo | 2,000 a month, +3.5¢ each extra | No |
| Bresser's Property Connect, monthly | $119/mo | 1,000 exports a month, one state | No (email yes; phones on its roadmap) |
| Bresser's Property Connect Core | $895/yr | 2,500 exports a month, one state | No (on its roadmap) |
| Bresser's Property Connect Essential | $1,395/yr | 3,500 exports a month, one state | No (on its roadmap) |
| Bresser's Property Connect Team | $3,595/yr | 15,000 exports a month, one state | No (on its roadmap) |
| Bresser's Property Connect Elite | $4,495/yr | 30,000 exports a month, one state | No (on its roadmap) |
| Datamasters homeowner X-dates | $75 | 500, no subscription | Yes; DNC-scrubbed on a subset |
| Datamasters homeowner X-dates | $150 | 1,000, no subscription | Yes; DNC-scrubbed on a subset |
| Datamasters homeowner X-dates | $260 | 2,000, no subscription | Yes; DNC-scrubbed on a subset |
| Datamasters homeowner X-dates | $550 | 5,000, no subscription | Yes; DNC-scrubbed on a subset |
| TelephoneLists.biz phone lists | $99/mo | 3,000 a month | Yes, but no X-date field |
Read November 9, 2026: bressers.com/Bressers_X-Dates (Property Connect is one user licence; an annual upgrade within 10 days credits the first $119), datamasters.org homeowner X-date lists (no change since our October 30 read; dates are home-purchase anniversaries from county records; no CA, OR or VT residents), telephonelists.biz/cole-information-alternative (it says to contact it if expiration dates are essential).
The column that matters if you call the list is the last one. Bresser’s portal is the closest thing to Cole’s search-and-filter screen, with flood zones, absentee owners and new movers on a map, but its own FAQ says phone data is still on the roadmap, so a portal export is a mailing list until you skip trace it. Its emailed list at $179 carries phones. Datamasters sells by the order, so you can buy one month’s renewals and skip the next.
A year of X-dates, before and after Cole
| Source | A year of lists | Phones | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cole X-Dates (reported, before it closed) | $450 | Reported yes | Gone |
| Bresser's emailed list with phone and email | $2,148 | Where available | 2,000 a month |
| Bresser's emailed list, address only | $1,788 | No | 2,000 a month |
| Bresser's Property Connect Core, annual | $895 | No (on its roadmap) | 2,500 exports a month |
| Bresser's Property Connect, monthly | $1,428 | No (on its roadmap) | 1,000 exports a month |
| Datamasters, 2,000 bought every month | $3,120 | Yes; DNC-scrubbed on a subset | No subscription |
List cost only. Cole's figure is one agent's report from February 2024, not a published price. Bresser's and Datamasters read November 9, 2026; the Datamasters row assumes a 2,000-record order every month, which you do not have to place.
Per year, the replacement that phones like Cole costs more than the $450 agents remember: about $2,148 for Bresser’s emailed list with phones. Per record it is still cheap, about 8.9¢ for each homeowner with a phone number, and the dialing is what decides whether those records become quotes.
What calling the replacement list costs, per confirmed X-date
| Homeowners reached in two attempts (example) | Confirmed X-dates | List + one month of DialSheet | Per confirmed X-date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10% | 200 | $289 | $1.45 |
| 20% | 400 | $289 | $0.72 |
| 30% | 600 | $289 | $0.48 |
Bresser's 2,000-record list with phones ($179), two attempts each over 21 working days (4,000 dials, about 190 a day). DialSheet: one Pro seat ($29) on the parallel dialer, the agent's own Twilio from perRepTelephony() (25% of dials reach voicemail, 10% reach a person for three minutes, both legs, one number) and answering machine detection at $0.0075 a dial: about $110. Reach rates are examples, not industry figures; records without a phone are not dialed.
At about 190 dials a day, one agent is past what a single line handles comfortably, which is why the example runs on the parallel dialer: it rings two to 5 homeowners at once and connects the first person who answers. An agent with half the list, or one attempt each, can Power Dial it on one line for less.
Move your Cole lists into DialSheet and call them in renewal order
- Gather what you have. Old Cole exports, your quoted-not-closed spreadsheet, and the new replacement file, each as a CSV with name, phone, address and the X-date column.
- Import. Map the columns and keep the X-date as a Date custom field; the walkthrough is calling a list of leads from a spreadsheet. Duplicate phones across the old and new files are flagged at import.
- Sort by X-date. Soonest renewals first, records without a date last, then Power Dial or start a parallel session in that order.
- Book the quote call. On a confirmed date, edit the field in place and add a task dated for the quote; Tasks shows what is due each morning.
Date fields, sorting by them, tasks and the parallel dialer are in Pro at $29/month per seat. The free plan dials up to 500 leads and 500 calls a month without the X-date field.
Where DialSheet does not fit
Who runs on it
An insurance agency runs 1,000 calls a month, retained month over month. Also: a nine-rep calling floor, and a customer's own story on its own site.
- dialsheet.ioindependent insurance agencyAn insurance agency runs 1,000 calls a month, retained month over month
- dialsheet.ioUK accountancy practiceA UK accountancy practice put a 9-rep outbound floor live in one day
- goodroofing.caHow we book estimatesA Calgary roofer on how a storm-season team calls every homeowner in order, with local numbers and no missed follow-ups. “Our calling runs on DialSheet.”
Cole X-Dates questions
What happened to Cole X-Dates?
Cole Information's website, coleinformation.com, now shows a notice that the domain "Has Been Transferred by Court Order" to Atlas Data Privacy Corporation, in Atlas Data Privacy Corporation v. Cole Information Services (New Jersey Superior Court, Essex County, Docket ESX-L-007209-24). The notice says the suit was filed on October 16, 2024 under New Jersey's Daniel's Law and that a final judgment by default was entered on September 19, 2025. Bresser's, which sells a replacement, says Cole X-Dates Online "has been discontinued". Read November 9, 2026.
Is Cole X-Dates still available?
Not from Cole's old website: coleinformation.com shows only the court-order notice, with no login and no product pages, read November 9, 2026. Bresser's says the X-Dates product, along with Realty Resource, In Your Neighborhood and Retriever, has been discontinued. If you still have a Cole export on your computer, it is your best list this month: load it and call it before the dates go stale.
What is the best Cole X-Dates alternative?
For a P&C agent who calls the list: Bresser's emailed X-date list with phone and email, $179 a month for 2,000 homeowner records, because its Property Connect portal ($119 a month, or $895 a year for Core) exports no phone numbers yet. Datamasters sells homeowner X-dates with phones with no subscription, $260 for 2,000. To dial whichever you buy, DialSheet puts the X-date on each lead as a date field and dials soonest renewals first in a $29 seat.
How much did Cole X-Dates cost?
Cole did not publish a price we can still read. An agent on insurance-forums.com (February 22, 2024) wrote that it was "like $450 a year". The closest replacements today: Bresser's at $119 a month or $895 to $4,495 a year for the portal, $149 to $179 a month for an emailed list, and Datamasters at $75 per 500 up to $550 per 5,000.
What is the Cole X-Dates lawsuit?
The case on Cole's old home page is Atlas Data Privacy Corporation, et al. v. Cole Information Services, Inc., et al., Docket ESX-L-007209-24, New Jersey Superior Court, Essex County. Atlas brought claims assigned by about 19,295 law enforcement officers and other covered persons under Daniel's Law, which protects their home addresses and unlisted phone numbers. The court entered a final judgment by default on September 19, 2025, ordered the domain transferred and barred Cole from disclosing those people's details. This summary is of the notice, read November 9, 2026; it is not legal advice.
What does it cost to call a 2,000-record X-date list?
On DialSheet's parallel dialer with your own Twilio, two attempts on each of 2,000 records is about 190 dials a working day, roughly $110 for the month with the seat, minutes and answering machine detection. With Bresser's $179 list that is $289; if you reach the homeowner on 20% of records (an example, use your own rate), each confirmed X-date costs about $0.72.
Read on November 9, 2026: coleinformation.com (the court-order notice), bressers.com (Bressers_X-Dates and cole-information-alternative), datamasters.org and telephonelists.biz. Cole’s $450 is an agent’s report on insurance-forums.com (February 22, 2024). Reach rates are examples for you to replace. We have no arrangement with any list seller named here. We build DialSheet, so weigh the dialing figures accordingly.