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Curious?
How did you find your way into this business?
Is it what you were told?
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Curious?
How did you find your way into this business?
Is it what you were told?
I spent 2 years after college working part-time to save enough money to spend the summer at the Jersey shore. I loved it, but my dad was a little frustrated and asked my uncle for help, who got me a group rep job at MONY. My first job with them (1982) was in the Atlanta Group Office replacing an esteemed colleague on this forum.
Did not know what to expect, didn't even know what a Group Rep was or what Group Insurance was too. But have stayed on the wholesale side every since. Have never woke up and said I don't want to go to work.
Did not know what to expect, didn't even know what a Group Rep was or what Group Insurance was too. But have stayed on the wholesale side every since. Have never woke up and said I don't want to go to work.
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Lost a job in an automotive turn down... family needed to eat.
Worked for carriers for 10 years. Companies kept jumping in and out of my product lines. Decided I didn't want to have to hop companies every few years so started my own agency.
Couldn't be happier (even though the first few years sucked).
Couldn't be happier (even though the first few years sucked).
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Jim Wright
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I was an opera singer until COVID. Had a 5 month old and needed money so I managed a grocery store for a few years outside of NYC.
Joined my current company because we were desperate to leave NY and I loved the values they are built on. Helped that my wife grew up in the same church as the founder and knew the family lived what they preached. It so happened that it was insurance but that didn't really matter to me. Now that I'm in it, I (mostly) love it.
Joined my current company because we were desperate to leave NY and I loved the values they are built on. Helped that my wife grew up in the same church as the founder and knew the family lived what they preached. It so happened that it was insurance but that didn't really matter to me. Now that I'm in it, I (mostly) love it.
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I was looking for a "real job" to escape bartending.... and to impress a girl... lol.
Aflac rep left his folder at the bar, got to talking the next day when he picked it up. Now here I am 17 years later.
Aflac rep left his folder at the bar, got to talking the next day when he picked it up. Now here I am 17 years later.
Little after my time
I was there in the late 90s early 2000s and it was definitely like that by then. I don't know what it was like before that but my wife grew up in Staten Island and said it was more of the same.
D'jais, Parker house, Bar A...good times. Belmar to Manasquan. Let's goooooo!!!
