New Recruit with the Duck

[Crabcake Johnny]

Just spoke with a former Duck agent in my city, Baltimore. His experience? On his second day out BtoB an owner told him that the next time an Aflac agent walked in to his business he was going to file either trespassing charges or try to get a restraining order barring reps from walking in.

The rest of his day was filled with owners just rolling their eyes; "You guys AGAIN!"

Is THAT enough said?

 

[legendrider]

Just got some good new from NYL the manager want me to write a letter which he will forward to the COO to explain my reasons for where I am debt wise. He wants me on board, said he was very impressed at my interview and with my commucation abilities. I am disabled from government work which how i got so bad off my credit was great until i got injured and workmans comp turned me down, so got a pension instead took 2 years with all the legal issues. Meeting with a lawyer today, we shall see.
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I am in a rural area so i hope that helps, but i can allready tell there is heavy aflac saturation.

 

[carol369]

That has been my biggest problem-too many Aflac agents have been in the same company too often. I working on phone call, but am finding the same thing. I've also been looking into options other than "the duck".

 

[Labman]

As a newbie myself of 7 months I found voluntary sales to be extremely difficult. Unfortunately the Duck has screwed up so many times, a lot of business owner want nothing to do with voluntary benefits, regardless of what company you represent.

I've found that combining group health sales with the possbility of offering voluntary to be much, much easier. That way you kill two birds with one stone. Not nearly as much rejection either.

 

[stuy119]

Just set yourself on fire. It will be much less painful and you'll get to the same endpoint.

 

[Labman]

Now that is hilarious but unfortunately true. AFLAC had a great idea of flooding the market with reps, but I'm afraid it has backfired on them. Just recently I talked with one group who AFLAC enrolled. Three months after the enrollment 80% of their employees had already dropped the products. I don't know if the employees were oversold, or what. But regardless of the reason, this is a very common scenerio. I'd hate to be a duck agent counting on these commissions.

Except for a few instances, I believe you would make more money with less hassle flipping burgers for McDonalds.

 

[xrac]

Just set yourself on fire. It will be much less painful and you'll get to the same endpoint.

I think this is right except you will gain experience and your license but my point is that there are other lower tier companies you can do this at and actually make money.

 

[stormtracker]

Liberty National, Aflac, etc... They continue to flood the weary worksite market with baby agents who are peddling their obsolete junk. The best thing that can come out of associating yourself with any of these door to door outfits is learning how NOT to conduct yourself as a professional insurance agent.

 

[carol369]

Very interesting posts. I'm going to keep some of these things in mind & try them out in the next few weeks. Thanks everyone.

 

[joeboy]

The companies where you are most likely to be derailed are NYL, NWM, MM, and Guardian. You may have a chance with these lower tier companies. What is it going to cost you to talk to the companies I suggested? Most of us don't write the things we do because we think we are smarter than you but because we have walked the same road and have ALREADY made the mistakes.

By the way if you get really desperate, forgive me for saying this, try American Income. I think potentially you could make more money quicker with them than with AFLAC.

American Income life?
Are you kidding? Am I misunderstanding you?