I'll throw my hat in the ring as an underwriter and tell you that your only limitations are those you put on yourself. It sounds like to me that you are an accomplished individual with a lot to offer and while becoming a marketing director for an agency might seem like a stretch from your current po...

Agents currently have no skin in the game so to speak. Carriers need to figure out a way to compensate agents for good business because profit sharing agreements only line the pockets of Principals which doesn't help on the actual transaction. Not saying we should get rid of profit sharing with age...

I'm not sure the agent's suggestion of "give us more commission and reward us for placing good business" is really the right solution. That is how most agents are currently compensated by carriers but the reality is that agents aren't loyal to insurance carriers anymore and partly because ...