What to Expect in the Next Few Months at State Farm

[Chris_Himself]

Hi everybody, I wanted to introduce myself. Im Chris, 20, and have had a pretty extensive background of corporate and retail sales, and buckets of customer service experience all along the way.

I just became a team member with one of the rising stars at State Farm last week, Thuyvu Ho, and I wanted to know what to expect in the next few months working here as a rather young man whos new to all this. Im new to insurance, still unlicensed, and will be undergoing licensing soon. Whats that going to be like?

A little background on my employer, shes 27, graduated out of UC Irvine as a bachelor of science, I dont remember what exactly.

In her first month and a half last year, she wrote 91 life apps. Weve only been open 5 months and weve just been identified as one of the teams capable of reaching top 100 this year if we work hard. I really hope I'm cut out for this line of work. I love people and i love helping them!

 

[xrac]

Hi everybody, I wanted to introduce myself. Im Chris, 20, and have had a pretty extensive background of corporate and retail sales, and buckets of customer service experience all along the way.

I just became a team member with one of the rising stars at State Farm last week, Thuyvu Ho, and I wanted to know what to expect in the next few months working here as a rather young man whos new to all this. Im new to insurance, still unlicensed, and will be undergoing licensing soon. Whats that going to be like?

A little background on my employer, shes 27, graduated out of UC Irvine as a bachelor of science, I dont remember what exactly.

In her first month and a half last year, she wrote 91 life apps. Weve only been open 5 months and weve just been identified as one of the teams capable of reaching top 100 this year if we work hard. I really hope I'm cut out for this line of work. I love people and i love helping them!

Welcome!

 

[DJM]

Hey, Im 20 myself, and licensed, and I am currently leaving a captive agency to go independent. So I can relate. if you want to chat or anything, shoot me an email.

 

[Insuranceman]

A liar prick micro manager who will want total control of you working you 12 hrs a day while filling you head with BS seems to be the norm these days.

 

[Mark]

Welcome to the forum.

You should expect hard work in the next few months. If you don't pull your weight, you will be gone soon.

 

[SoCalBroker]

I just became a team member with one of the rising stars at State Farm last week, Thuyvu Ho,

Welcome to the forum, and the biz.

You're agent is off to a good start. 6 months does not ... a CAREER Make.

Hope you're writing some P&C too! There's nothing quite like leveraged residual income, which is what the Agent that owns the office gets when YOU sell or Cross Sell a policy :-)

Hope your plan is to be your own boss soon.

 

[Chris_Himself]

I havent sold anything and to be honest I love my agent to death. Ive worked retail cutthroat jobs and I can smell BS from a mile away. And hey, worse case scenario, I become a 20 year old college student with two licenses and another notch on my resume?

I havent written anything yet because I'm in my second week. Im being coached on how to cross sell Life with auto insurance based on the cash value of a Perm life policy.

Has anyone in this forum had anything GOOD to say about their beginnings?

 

[FLBRoKER]

Welcome to the forum, and the biz.

You're agent is off to a good start. 6 months does not ... a CAREER Make.

Hope you're writing some P&C too! There's nothing quite like leveraged residual income, which is what the Agent that owns the office gets when YOU sell or Cross Sell a policy :-)

Hope your plan is to be your own boss soon.

Couldnt have said it better myself. Quit drooling over your boss's success....and get yourself some of that pie.

 

[patch36]

Have you don a search here on this site about other people's experiences with State Farm, Farmers, Allstate, etc? Learn your craft, sign nothing that has a non compete, and do not borrow money or take advances from the company.

91 life apps is a lot. How many got through underwriting? Quite an achievement, but longevity is important. Like I said, learn the business and get the hell out and go independent.

 

[thespur1]

wow 91 thats almost production for a year