what is YOUR job?

My job as an agent is to sell the policy, it is the claims adjusters job to interprete the policy

farmersgurl

No offense, but simply put, you havent had enough renewals to lose clients due to rate increases..........YET

WHen you write 15-20 policies in a week and at weeks end, you are a negative 10 for the week, then you will feel the pain, and believe me, the day will come

what the hell is their real name? American Family?

AMFAM?

if you go captive, you want the name branding,....I dont get that with AMFAM

every company has shitty website, so I woundnt judge by that, I have no idea where you live at, but go in and sit down with agents from each compnay including IA's. AND more importantly (even thou it changes alot) get quotes from all companies around in your area. You dont want to start with the com...

my town is trying to outlaw doorhangers because people walk thru the yards and people dont like that they are on vacation and it is an alert to a burglar that no one is home for a while

People WILL call and bitch you out for leaving them

you should give some more detail,
such as, is the agent going to retire soon, will you be buing the entire agency down the road?

I have followed these threads pertaining to this and I got a magizine and it had this article in it, should help clarify it all... http://www.agentandbroker.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=Articles&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier...

well, if you are commision based, then you dont get time off! LOL

LOl, its true, texting, someone calls (usually a friend or a long time client) calls and tells me they are at the car lot, I say text me the VIN, or some times I just get a text, steve, added car heres VIN just add it..... all I can say is CHA CHING! LOL, just mail them or email them a ID card and g...

D, good post. I think traditional advertising "yellow pages" etc is out the door now. Do you have a company that has a special discount for a certain occupation, say teachers? This allows you to get them in a group, see many people at once in stead of one by one AND you are offering someth...

I always find the title/escrow companies want the EOI 7-10 days BEFORE clsong date. I just don't submit the application, I suspend it, That way if you need to make changes, you can.

I hate superior access, cancelled my association with thme, their Customer service sucks.
Also, scroll down about 10-15 threads and there is another S.A. thread

I change my opinion, of S.A. They suck my left nut. I have waited 4 weeks for a financing plan from them, They came back with a quote of X dollars and told me how much the down would be, but after 4 weeks, I am still waiting for a monthly payment amount.... needless to say, I am pretty damn sure tha...

your a farmers agent, they do tow trucks excluding repo now, started about 4 weeks ago

that is correct here in AZ an dI would imagine the same everywhere. This is what the 125% or what ever each particular company uses. sometimes you have to go to 150% replacement cost.

We have this same battle daily