What would y'all think

[billyb]

I am not a big producer. I average maybe $5000AP monthly. FE is not the only market I target, plus I am semi-retired. I do not order leads weekly because #1 they are hard to get in my area and #2 it usually takes me at least 2 weeks to make contact with most of them so I place 1 for 2 orders a month. Most of time I buy direct from the vendor. Very few times have I bought from my FMO. So I figure if he makes 20% overrides he is making $1000 monthly off me for little effort on his part.
Then today I get an e-mail from my FMO about Monday's training call that states "Without committing to leads every single week, you are wasting my time and your time". Wasting his time? Should I be asking for a release?

 

[rousemark]

I am not a big producer. I average maybe $5000AP monthly. FE is not the only market I target, plus I am semi-retired. I do not order leads weekly because #1 they are hard to get in my area and #2 it usually takes me at least 2 weeks to make contact with most of them so I place 1 for 2 orders a month. Most of time I buy direct from the vendor. Very few times have I bought from my FMO. So I figure if he makes 20% overrides he is making $1000 monthly off me for little effort on his part.
Then today I get an e-mail from my FMO about Monday's training call that states "Without committing to leads every single week, you are wasting my time and your time". Wasting his time? Should I be asking for a release?

Don't forget, they also make an override off all the renewals.. With some uplines, they will make as much each renewal year as they do the first year..

 

[Life Hawk]

I am not a big producer. I average maybe $5000AP monthly. FE is not the only market I target, plus I am semi-retired. I do not order leads weekly because #1 they are hard to get in my area and #2 it usually takes me at least 2 weeks to make contact with most of them so I place 1 for 2 orders a month. Most of time I buy direct from the vendor. Very few times have I bought from my FMO. So I figure if he makes 20% overrides he is making $1000 monthly off me for little effort on his part.
Then today I get an e-mail from my FMO about Monday's training call that states "Without committing to leads every single week, you are wasting my time and your time". Wasting his time? Should I be asking for a release?

If you are any good at all, and know how to work hard in spurts, go indy. Cut the strings. Give him a call and tell him that you no longer want to waste his time...

 

[billyb]

I am independent. He just holds most of my FE contracts.

 

[VolAgent]

I am independent. He just holds most of my FE contracts.

I think you're taking it a bit too personal. I suspect, and again only my suspicion, this is an email that went out to everyone. I imagine he is trying to get the people suffering from analysis paralysis to act. There are countless agents who will suck up an IMO's time with no return, and I bet this IMO wants to get them to either step it up or move along. I presume the override you generate is in line with if not in excess of the time you take from your IMO?

 

[Chazm]

Yeah if it was you personally that wouldn't be cool but maybe he came off weird sending that.
I write maybe 1 FE policy a quarter and I never get a complaint.

 

[billyb]

Like I said I am not a big producer, but whatever he makes in overrides is 100% profit unless an IMO has to pay fees to the carrier for me to park a contract.

 

[goillini52]

I am not a big producer. I average maybe $5000AP monthly. FE is not the only market I target, plus I am semi-retired. I do not order leads weekly because #1 they are hard to get in my area and #2 it usually takes me at least 2 weeks to make contact with most of them so I place 1 for 2 orders a month. Most of time I buy direct from the vendor. Very few times have I bought from my FMO. So I figure if he makes 20% overrides he is making $1000 monthly off me for little effort on his part.
Then today I get an e-mail from my FMO about Monday's training call that states "Without committing to leads every single week, you are wasting my time and your time". Wasting his time? Should I be asking for a release?

And these FMO's say they don't make anything off leads.

Sounds like he gave you the invitation to have releases. I'd grab them and get with a FMO that's not a lead vendor. I agree with Life Hawk, tell him you don't want to waste his time any more.

 

[CALTCAgent]

They probably won't release you. They should if they feel you are wasting their time.

 

[jerryrut]

I am not a big producer. I average maybe $5000AP monthly. FE is not the only market I target, plus I am semi-retired. I do not order leads weekly because #1 they are hard to get in my area and #2 it usually takes me at least 2 weeks to make contact with most of them so I place 1 for 2 orders a month. Most of time I buy direct from the vendor. Very few times have I bought from my FMO. So I figure if he makes 20% overrides he is making $1000 monthly off me for little effort on his part.
Then today I get an e-mail from my FMO about Monday's training call that states "Without committing to leads every single week, you are wasting my time and your time". Wasting his time? Should I be asking for a release?

I would move on ASAP