For those thinking I am a Sales Manager for a Direct Writer, that is not the case. I was a direct writer for 18 years (Liberty Mutual) and have owned my own independent agency for 21 years. I have 6 agents in the office. We grew 20% last year (measured by commissions) and we maintained an excellent ...

... REALLY? With your attitude I suspect career planning is in your future. If people simply bought on price Mercedes, Lexus, etc. would never sell another product. A well trained salesman can $ell! Intelligent consumers want an agent to advise them. Commercial Insurance is far too complicated to be...

...Well, our small agency was at a little over $1,000,000 at that point. We maintained about a 90% retention rate with one agent and one part time CSR at that time. We now have five agents and two CSRs. We are in East Tennessee and write business in two primary counties. Good $elling !!!

The Zurich has an appetite for all that AIG Business they bought. You can get appointed instantly by typing in 'ZMatch' in Google. ZMatch is the name of their program. Manuever to their website and apply for the appointment. It is very simple (or at least it was for us in TN, VA, NC, SC and AL.) We ...

Go Vols: We have spoken before... I am a former Liberty Personal Lines Sales Rep and Manager. Liberty now will write substandard auto and non-prior auto. The 7.5 policies this prospective employee is writing is somewhat low. Best Practices suggests a lower first year commission (say 40%) and a lower...

... Contact TAPCO Underwriters, Burlington, NC, these brokers have an affordable monoline liquor poilcy thru Founders Insur Co. ...

Do you not have an assigned risk pool on CA. ?

As a Registered Principal (23 years in the securities business) and Independent Insurance Agency Owner (33 years in the business) , my advice may not be pleasing to your eyes. Most Independent Broker/Dealers are looking for a lot of continued new production/sales. They are not interested in letting ...

I am a former Liberty Mutual Employee. I started as a Personal Lines Sales Rep. and progressed up to District Manager. I was there for 19 years. The training and benefits are good. I should have left after 5 years and become an independent agent. Every 15 to 20 years they have massive layoffs. I onl...

I was a direct writer (captive) as both an agent and in management for 19 years. I have owned an independent agency for 15 years. When purchasing insurance people want a choice (not available from captive agents or from most internet providers or 1-800 numbers), they want a local agent they can sit ...

Zurich-American has an excellent Builder's Risk that you can rate, apply online, bind, print the application and the policy, print invoice, certificate, etc. It is an agency bill so you can withold your 12 1/2 % commission upfront and submit the balance on line... They will write new home consrtuct...

We have a small agency with offices in 2 cities and write coverages in TN, VA, AL, and SC. We have over 100 direct appointments so we rarely need to use a broker. Assuming you need some preferred companies , I suggest you look into joining the Big "I" (Independent Insurors.) They have an a...