After being on the otherside of insurance for eight years doing insurance verifications and authorizations at the local hospital I now find myself with a life/heath license for the state of michigan and no desire to work with my peers that have tried to teach me.
I started my insurance career in Oct 2009 when I was approached to become an agent for a big supplemental insurance company and had the drive to succeed. I took my test within two weeks of taking the course, with a newborn baby, and passed the first time.
Then went to all the sales school sessions and meant with my district , thats when everything changed. My local office was under a new district due to some issues with the past district. I was still optimistic but when I realized he was from another state I started to worry.
Everyone in the office wanted his time and the office was unstable due to the change. And yes I know that every company in no matter what profession has had office turmoil but this was weird.
I had agents telling me things about the other agents and at the same time trying to get my own feel for the industry. I have had a few enrollments and did very well with selling and approaching the business owner.
After one enrollment I had one agent try to rip me off stating that I did nothing to earn my share, after approaching the business group presentation and enrollment (which he did all the talking due to wanting high commissions) which we did it all together, he made me realize that I didnt want any part of this.
Another problem has happened at the office where the new district was now living with and sleeping with an agent with a good record but not a good life she used her good looks, to each his own, to get leads and appointments from him.
I went out with her for business and realized some horrible things in her past and her current addiction to prescribed pills, their is much more bad things I have heard from my mother in law which grew up in the same town as the family and then I really turned away.
Basically it has been a few months since I have worked and am itching to learn and succeed, I just dont know where to go are all insurance agencies this way? I am a very ethical person, have four children, and want to provide for them without having to deal with quacks that are not very educated trying to block me from success.
I know there is more out here for me to be doing and I am also running out of funds so any help would be greatly appreciated.
O
I started my insurance career in Oct 2009 when I was approached to become an agent for a big supplemental insurance company and had the drive to succeed. I took my test within two weeks of taking the course, with a newborn baby, and passed the first time.
Then went to all the sales school sessions and meant with my district , thats when everything changed. My local office was under a new district due to some issues with the past district. I was still optimistic but when I realized he was from another state I started to worry.
Everyone in the office wanted his time and the office was unstable due to the change. And yes I know that every company in no matter what profession has had office turmoil but this was weird.
I had agents telling me things about the other agents and at the same time trying to get my own feel for the industry. I have had a few enrollments and did very well with selling and approaching the business owner.
After one enrollment I had one agent try to rip me off stating that I did nothing to earn my share, after approaching the business group presentation and enrollment (which he did all the talking due to wanting high commissions) which we did it all together, he made me realize that I didnt want any part of this.
Another problem has happened at the office where the new district was now living with and sleeping with an agent with a good record but not a good life she used her good looks, to each his own, to get leads and appointments from him.
I went out with her for business and realized some horrible things in her past and her current addiction to prescribed pills, their is much more bad things I have heard from my mother in law which grew up in the same town as the family and then I really turned away.
Basically it has been a few months since I have worked and am itching to learn and succeed, I just dont know where to go are all insurance agencies this way? I am a very ethical person, have four children, and want to provide for them without having to deal with quacks that are not very educated trying to block me from success.
I know there is more out here for me to be doing and I am also running out of funds so any help would be greatly appreciated.
O
