Posted On: April 20, 2004, 6:19 pm CDT

Posted By: DMC

I want to be compensaterd like the CEO of the insurance companies I supply $20 million a year in sales to...there is always a bottom of a pyramid with little room but for one on top and allll sorts of room down below. You wanna be on top, baby, get out and sell your soul to the SOB's that pay the premiums.

I spent 4 years getting a degree, 4 years getting licensed and my CIC, working in a father son agency with hardly enough money to keep me in sake and shoe laces. I am where I am now becuase I went out and beat the streets and wore holes in my soul and sanity trying to build a book of prime accounts.

CSR's pay is commensurate with an agent's needs. Since there is a shortage, the cheaper the CSR the less stable they likely are. It's hard enough to find people that actually WANT to work in this industry let alone at the bottom rung of it. This isn't a communist society and pay "disparity" is due to many factors and this industry can hardly afford to have principals pairity to where any CSR can open shop as an agent. Wait, I guess they call those Direct Writers! Ha!.....

I guess what I mean is, as an independent agent I'm probably going to pay more for a quality CSR to manage my renewal accounts and I need a sharp and focused person at the desk 35 hours a week. I expect to pay a median wage + bennies.....but for you sorry saps in the direct writer camp...well....go fish.