Will someone please explain to me where the billions and billions of dollars are coming from to bail out the investment banks, insurance companies, and, coming soon, the big three auto makers? We borrowed from China for the Fanny Mae/Freddy Mac fiasco, and, now are we simply printing the cash to fu...

I appreciate the responses. How about Allstate's agent program? Any better? They seem to want people who are serious, but they can open a competitor whenever they feel like it. Also, they're not as competative as Farmers on price. At least they're open about it. Plus the financial product requiremen...

God I love the internet! My old company forbade us from posting on http://www.cafepharma.com under threat of termination if we used company equipment to do so! I'm sure the water drinkers at Farmer's and every other corporate entity are likewise. Don't know what I'm going to do. Don't even know how ...

Man, this reminds me of some of the horror show in big pharma. My company switched their IT system to a Seibel thing that was so full of software and security that it took -- literally, seriousy, no kidding -- 26 minutes to boot up! We had to use it all day to log call activity, and it locked up req...

I appreciate this candid feedback very much! I may even go as far as to print this out and take it to the DM for our next interview. Incidentally, I own a home, and the referred agent when I purchased a year ago hasn't followed up even once, and he first quoted me an insured amount on my home that w...

I was in Pharmaceutical sales for many years and am now looking at a new career. I interviewed with Allstate and Farmers for agency positions, and the difference was night and day! Farmers requires much less risk and investment, and the training they provide is roughly equally good. Plus, the impres...