Posted On: December 27, 2008, 8:56 pm CST

Posted By: NYAgent

To you Mass Agents who are complaining about Progressive remember the following:

1. Eventually Progressive will sell through the Independent Channel and if your appointed it will bring customers in the door.

2. There Technology is GREAT to work with and Ease of doing business is 2nd to none.

3. The commission isn't great at 10/10 but their Commercial Auto program is pretty good. If they paid a 15/15 they would really be Progressive, and if they tell you it is because there customer service & technology they pay 10/10 well there tech side has already been paid for in other states.

4. If Geico comes in Massachusetts then you will have no chances of selling Geico products.

5. The last hard market they remained open when others closed or tightened up so you can still sell. Just watch their payment plans if they dont offer them in certain zipcodes. It hurt us in NY this year.

6. Other carriers say how wonderful they are but in reality they have you jump through Hula Hoops to put a policy on the books.

I hope this helps you stop whining because things could get alot worse if a Geico Gecko makes it way into the Baystate.