An 18-year-old agent at Allstate reports significant difficulty selling policies due to uncompetitive pricing, citing an example where their quote was over $1,000 more expensive than an...

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        "excerpt": "30K your first month at 18 is legit most people I know were doing half that. I'd stay at least 6 months though captive experience looks better on paper than people think when you go to interview at an IA",
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        "excerpt": "I'm considering moving to a larger independent agency with company provided leads and a service team so I can focus more on selling and making more money.\n\n This is going to be extremely, extremely rare in the independent agency world. Independent agencies don't have billions in marketing like the Allstates and State Farms to bring in leads for the agency and make the phone ring.\n\n IF an independe",
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        "excerpt": "It sounds like your production has been great so far as a new agent. However, what value are you offering as a salesperson if you’re only coming up with a price and relying on it being better than what they’re paying now? Those are slam dunk deals that do happen but they aren’t helping you become a better salesperson. Do you think the service you provide by inputting data and saying, “how does tha",
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        "excerpt": "Go independent. Get on a path to commercial. You're probly a little young to call on business owners...but not a lot. Do a couple certification classes through The Institutes to build knowledge and credibility. You could be doing $20k in premium per policy in no time.",
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        "excerpt": "I've been in insurance for 30 years. Started as a captive went independent 25 years ago. Run, don't walk to an independent agency. I start my people off in Personal then transition to commercial after year 2. 30k in sales is solid. Recently I hired a 7 year State Farm producer who did what you did. He is on track to take home more in 9 months than he grossed the year prior. I will also tell you so",
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        "excerpt": "I’m a farmers agent and consistently write 45k a month purely by myself. You can sell as a captive agent but there’s a sales process to it and you have to get creative. Insurance sales is a volume game. Go make the most money, you should be quoting 10-15 people a day",
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      "[post] I can get people interested, but Allstate is almost always more expensive. I literally just quoted a guy and we were $1,000 more on one policy and $200 more on the other.",
      "[post] It's honestly getting discouraging because I want to produce more, but I feel like there's only so much I can do when our prices aren't competitive.",
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