Your Worst Experience Ever With a GA or FMO Etc...

[SanDiegoInsuranceMan]

Your Worst Experience Ever With a GA or FMO Etc...

For me it was finding out my Captive FMO was lying to me about commissions and bonuses. When I called them on it they demoted me and took my team away. I had built this team for over a year and it was producing well. Some of the people on my team were clients I brought in and long time friends. They split my team amongst the other managers in order to incentivize them to keep quiet as well. They threatened to fire me for cause if I complained about it and said they could do whatever they wanted for any reason they wanted.

 

[xrac]

Sounds like a really great FMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[GreenSky]

My worst experience was with Bob Bever of RBI in Arizona. He told me he didn't want to work with me but would not release me. Since that time I've heard a similar story from many agents. Something about (in my opinion) of needing to control everything and everyone.

Rick

 

[Guest]

My worst experience was with Bob Bever of RBI in Arizona. He told me he didn't want to work with me but would not release me. Since that time I've heard a similar story from many agents. Something about (in my opinion) of needing to control everything and everyone.

Rick

Interesting how people can have totally different experiences. I like Bob and I think he runs a pretty good shop. I think he is a very reasonable guy.

You say you've heard from other agents and I have no reason to doubt you, but I've not heard anyone else in this venue have an issue with him.

I would think that if there were a lot of agents here who had a problem with RBI that it would have surfaced by now.

Anyone else out there who has had a problem with RBI who cares to comment?

 

[GreenSky]

Al, I dare you to contract with Bob and then ask for a release in 3 months. See how reasonable he is with you.

You stuck your nose into my business with Bob last year. You want to start that crap again?

Rick

 

[Guest]

Al, I dare you to contract with Bob and then ask for a release in 3 months. See how reasonable he is with you.

You stuck your nose into my business with Bob last year. You want to start that crap again?

Rick

I don't want to start anything. I know better.

I'm only saying that my opinion of Bob is different than yours. You are free to disagree. I think he is an OK guy.

Maybe no one else does.

That's fine.

My point is that different people have different experiences with different GAs.

Why does that analysis upset you? And why is all of this "your business?"

You made a post.

I disagreed with it based on my experience. People can and will believe what they wish.

Some may not agree with you. Some may not agree with me. I'm fine with that. Are you?

 

[360]

I gotta say Al I've grown to like you but on this one you are purely jacking with Rick. The post was "Your Worst Experience Ever With a GA or FMO Etc..." It wasn't "Good and Bad". To me, post your worst or don't post. This post may end up with some value but you two gouging each other's eyes out is gonna get old again real quick.

That said...my worst is NAA.

 

[Josh]

My worst was Diversified Final Expense Specialists run by Mike Rose and his boy Anthony out of Bloomfield, NJ. I was forced to go through training at my expense on 50% contracts where I was paying for the leads. When I left I had to eat ~$625 for leads they gave me for a week that I was told by my "manager" that I wouldn't have to pay for if I left. I not only had to pay for it, but Anthony Rose lied to me about a customer canceling because they didn't want to pay the commission, but when I called the carrier I was told that not only did they take the policy, but they had continued paying the policy for 9 months and were current.

My experience with Diversified Final Expense Specialists was horrible because the training was poor, they charged me for it, the contracts were low, and they charged me for the lousy leads, but wanted to maintain ownership of them.

 

[Guest]

I gotta say Al I've grown to like you but on this one you are purely jacking with Rick. The post was "Your Worst Experience Ever With a GA or FMO Etc..." It wasn't "Good and Bad". To me, post your worst or don't post. This post may end up with some value but you two gouging each other's eyes out is gonna get old again real quick.

That said...my worst is NAA.

I see your point. I understand where you are coming from. Perhaps I was off-topic... but this venue has a long tradition of threads that "wander" away from the exact topic and where a dialectic or a polemic develops.

It's been a natural occurrence here over the years for one agent to post something like "NAA is the worst" and for someone to counter it with a rebuttal. I think that has been a good thing because we all learn something and perhaps we get closer to whatever could be called "the truth."

Just because one person has a horrible experience with a vendor does not mean that the vendor is horrible... or always horrible.

So I was simply trying to put this in perspective based on my own limited experience. I'm sorry you found my posting offensive but unless otherwise instructed by the list owner or the moderator, I don't really see where a dissenting opinion on or about a GA or any other vendor should not be presented... here or elsewhere.

I guess we simply have to agree to disagree on this and to follow our own conscience as to what is and is not proper to do or say in a thread such as this one.

 

[Icando]

Your Worst Experience Ever With a GA or FMO Etc...

For me it was finding out my Captive FMO was lying to me about commissions and bonuses. When I called them on it they demoted me and took my team away.

And what might be the name of these fine people?