Baseball,
What isn't true?
1. IMOs are not obligated to give you a release unless it's agreed upon before you contract with them.
2. You said, "there are plenty of companies to survive a 6-month transition". I assume you mean you can contract with other companies during the six months while you're waiting for the original companies you wrote for to release. Yes, that's true. But you can not write for the same companies you were writing for with the initial IMO because they won't release you without the IMOs permission.
3. What percentage of new agents would survive that situation if it stared them in the face? Very few I think.
4. If you've "been there , done it" you're an exception by surviving the six months. Wouldn't you advise new agents to make sure it never happens to them by insisting on a release at any time, in writing, before they contracted with an IMO in the first place?
tinman
What isn't true?
1. IMOs are not obligated to give you a release unless it's agreed upon before you contract with them.
2. You said, "there are plenty of companies to survive a 6-month transition". I assume you mean you can contract with other companies during the six months while you're waiting for the original companies you wrote for to release. Yes, that's true. But you can not write for the same companies you were writing for with the initial IMO because they won't release you without the IMOs permission.
3. What percentage of new agents would survive that situation if it stared them in the face? Very few I think.
4. If you've "been there , done it" you're an exception by surviving the six months. Wouldn't you advise new agents to make sure it never happens to them by insisting on a release at any time, in writing, before they contracted with an IMO in the first place?
tinman