- 11,997
That's all on the agent doing the fact finding, I was usually very thorough.
American Income Life Insurance
- Thread starter Britt777
- Start date
-
- Tags
- life insurance
That's all on the agent doing the fact finding, I was usually very thorough.
We were not taught to do any fact finding. We were taught to do sales presentation with a premium of usually between $25-$60 per month.
What other places are better to pay your dues? Every shop I have heard of that offers free or low cost leads to their agents, which tend to be good for someone starting up with no capital, seems like it gets poo pooed on this forum. I know most guys here advocate being independent. What places are good for someone looking for training, low or free leads, introduction to insurance products and services, etc? I know I have looked at a few companies and I hear the complaints here, but rarely hear anyone say "oh such ad such company is good to work with".
I know they have very good training and product knowledge. They teach you various sales techniques that will aide in your education of how the business works. The thing I didn't like about it was that the lead was a bait and switch tactic.
You are to call people about their "free union benefits package" that you are supposed to drop off and then try to transition into selling them an insurance policy. Tough way to make a living when there wasn't any interest to begin with. Some sale were made, but a lot of driving and no interested. Gas is way too expensive now days to try it out now.
You are to call people about their "free union benefits package" that you are supposed to drop off and then try to transition into selling them an insurance policy. Tough way to make a living when there wasn't any interest to begin with. Some sale were made, but a lot of driving and no interested. Gas is way too expensive now days to try it out now.
- 2,103
Excellent post. Great question= who is the good career shop to go work for? Great question. I have been trying since 1986 and I cannot answer that. I tried to start a thread on this, but I went about it the wrong way. I may go edit that post.
Last edited:
I found out for myself, you can waste a lot of time looking for and searching for that perfect agency/company to start with... Just get to work!!!
- 2,103
That is for sure.
Duh!Of course jst get out and work, but if you do not have a shop to work for, just picking any old agency to go work for can and will definately hurt yourself. I did that with one shop and quickly found out they do not deliver on what they promised and got out once I found out they try not to pay you what you do earn.... So yeah I get the get out and work thing, but direction, working in a direction also is key.
I repeat (back to the original post) for the vets who know this industry well, what good shops an agencies are out there for newbies?
I repeat (back to the original post) for the vets who know this industry well, what good shops an agencies are out there for newbies?
You are waisting valuable time waiting for someone to tell you where to work. Just because a "vet" had a great experience at Met Life does not mean you will. I mean open up the phone book and start calling general agents and companies in your area, trust your gut on who to go with. If they claim you will make 300K working 3 days a week run!! I mean you might wait 6 months for someone on this board to tell you where to work. Be proactive!!
Last edited:
- 2,103
Well, I agree with you- AND the other poster who tells you to just get to work! I agree with both of you. There are two choices: find a career shop- or go to work as an independent. I guess after 24 years of screwing around.... I figured out I need to find a good career shop. It sounds like you need a good career shop as well. I can tell you, I have tried dozens and dozens of them, and I am starting to think they are few and far between. So, I am am going to try and explore this issue with you. Finding the best career shop. I started a thread on it, so I shall bump it.
Similar threads
