Posted On: June 27, 2008, 7:45 am CDT

Posted By: Jimmy Sellers

Having represented multiple carriers, including Mercury, I can tell you that there are much better companies when you look not only at claims but the whole picture. I used to think that MIC was the best until I started representing Travelers, Kemper and Safeco and when you speak to these agents they all have the same opinion of Mercury. Yuck...the dump their garbage on MIC and put their better clients with the true preferred markets who offer a better contingency program(not a 3 year rolling average sham), a quality service center and a claim handeling department that has brought me complements. I am sometimes concerned in how quickly they handle these claims but they are much more concerned about reputation than a few extra bucks being paid out. If you as a Mercury agent have not represented Travelers, Hartford, Kemper, Allied, Travelers or Safeco, than you DONT KNOW what it is to be truely pleased with who you represent. Mercury has become the "punching bag" for the DOI. Why does MIC still require all that paper to be sent in on each app? Do they realize that their competition allows their trusted agents to keep all the docs in the file and they dont have to mail anything in but the check? George Joseph either does not trust his agents or he is slow to learn what his competition is doing. Go ahead and lower your rates again George. Your agents love to earn LESS as you scramble to show premium growth. We got your number Joey and doin quite fine without you. Excuse me. I need to go deposit my sweet contingency and premium growth check with Travelers...