Underwriting Tool- Free to try out

[Todd King]

New agents should be less worried about products like this, and be more worried about having ONE carrier they lead with and mastering that.

Thats how you succeed in this industry.

Not by using a tool like this.

You are right. If the agent only used one company they wouldn't need it at all. However, most agents like to shop for their agents instead of trying to always pound that square peg into the round hole.

That's how you do what's right by clients in this industry.

 

[Newby]

New agents should be less worried about products like this, and be more worried about having ONE carrier they lead with and mastering that.

Thats how you succeed in this industry.

Not by using a tool like this.

I'm all for leading with a favorite carrier. But everybody into one has never been a method that I would be comfortable with. If there was one super well rounded carrier and competitively priced and was in all states, I would love it.

 

[NSRH]

You are right. If the agent only used one company they wouldn't need it at all. However, most agents like to shop for their agents instead of trying to always pound that square peg into the round hole.

That's how you do what's right by clients in this industry.

Wrong.

Thats the quickest way to fail in this industry.

Remember, most the agents a traditional IMO recruits (who preaches this shopping around farce) wont be in the industry in 12 months. That means clients arent taken care of correctly since they'll be an orphaned policy owner rather quickly.

 

[NSRH]

I'm all for leading with a favorite carrier. But everybody into one has never been a method that I would be comfortable with. If there was one super well rounded carrier and competitively priced and was in all states, I would love it.

"Competitively priced" is subjective.

If clients want world class service they buy from the carrier I represent.

If they want something cheap from a broker that will fail out of the industry in 6 months and never return their calls they buy from the other guy.

 

[Todd King]

Wrong.

Thats the quickest way to fail in this industry.

Remember, most the agents a traditional IMO recruits (who preaches this shopping around farce) wont be in the industry in 12 months. That means clients arent taken care of correctly since they'll be an orphaned policy owner rather quickly.

I promise that I've trained more agents who are successful in this business that you have my friend! Just stop trying to twist the whole industry to make it look like you have the only successful way in this business.

You and JD are about the only 2 people I can think of that kept trying to convince agents that they will fail and are wrong if it's not done your way.

I do like you and respect you for what you've done, but the way you keep pushing this issue shows your own ignorance about any part of the business other than the way you do it. I just can't believe some of the things you say sometimes. Come on Man! You're smarter than this!!

 

[goillini52]

Not by using a tool like this.

Don't be a tool.

 

[Newby]

"Competitively priced" is subjective.

If clients want world class service they buy from the carrier I represent.

If they want something cheap from a broker that will fail out of the industry in 6 months and never return their calls they buy from the other guy.

Well, Ramiz, there are a whole lot of us broker agents that have been serving our customers for a LOT longer than 6-months. And a whole lot of one company agents that bombed out as fast as they got started. So I don't know how you can claim that selling one company is an advantage for agent lifespan in the biz.

If an agent comes into the biz and gets with a training system and doesn't fall for the "building a down line" pyramid stuff this business is not as tough as you make it sound. And if the agents get competitive companies to sell and high commissions it's that much easier to make it for his 1st year and many years to come. I don't see much of the massive failure rate that you're talking about.

 

[goillini52]

He should do a set price about like Ebby does. $10 per month. There's a lot of agents who would do that and keep it even if they didn't us it much. I think that is more in line.

I tried Ebby and it was rediculously inaccurate. I told them that even at $10 month it wasn't worth it and it was a waste of time...just like CSG's new UW tool. Both good ideas...if they worked.

 

[WinoBlues]

It's quicker to use on the fly than other software I have tried out once you get past a little learning curve.

Have agents tested the accuracy?

 

[Todd King]

I tried Ebby and it was rediculously inaccurate. I told them that even at $10 month it wasn't worth it and it was a waste of time...just like CSG's new UW tool. Both good ideas...if they worked.

Agreed! Ebby was going to be the next good thing. I don't think they have bothered to add any companies or update it since it started.