Insurance agent/broker companies to work for

[Rchan604]

Hey guys I posted here a little while back on becoming an insurance agent, I just recently finished the fundamentals of insurance exam and now I want to apply for a job.

My question is to the RS members who are insurance agents, more specifically road agents. Since there are so many insurance companies out there, which one is good, in terms of compensation and learning. My next goal in the field is to become a road agent, is there a company that you recommend that I join in order to become one.

Thanks for your time RS

- Ricky

[iam_dan]

congrats on passing your fundamentals

i recommend AllWest insurance to get your training done right. they do things very thoroughly and step by step, with a proper training system. they are almost always hiring (cuz their turnovers are high due to their sh!t pay: $12/h), with many road agent positions available after 3 months training/probation.

get your 6-12 months experience there and head elsewhere.

HUB might be decent too. they have good benefits and very much support continuing education, and have a good training system too. i suspect their pay is so-so to begin with.

another alternative would be The Co-operators. every location is managed separately. while they all follow a similar system, they are more cultured in their own way. they are different from most other brokers from my experience in how they treat their staffs (in a good way). they also promote continuing education, and i recall they are listed on bc's top 100 employers.
they have one problem though, is that working for the co-op's, you are limited to only co-operator products, unlike other brokers where they may have a wide range of insurance company to write with. (but if you are looking to become a road agent, that may not apply to you. im not even sure if they have a road agent sector)

ibabc.org has a job board that brokers post their hiring ads on:
http://ibabc.org/index.php/careers-a...available.html

[Rchan604]

Thanks man, I appreciate it. I'm going to be dropping off some resumes tomorrow, don't know what to expect in terms of what i'm going to be starting off doing when I get hired, but Hub,Sussex and Johnston Meier are the companies that I was interested in. I live in Chilliwack and might apply to the hub here, there are a few dealerships around and they look pretty busy. I was thinking of applying for a company in Abbotsford that is pretty busy, but when I went with a buddy of mine to get some insurance, there was a lady that was really nasty, I assume she's a level 2/3 branch manager maybe, she was really tough on some of the people there and incredibly rude to us, so best thing I could do is probably avoid it altogether lol