Is South Florida Good for P & C Professionals ?

[msamson1ca]

Hi Everybody,

I am a canadian working in P and C Insurance for 15 years. I plan to move in South Florida (between palm beach county and Miami) and would like to know if that area offers good opportunities for people like me.

I Have experience in about every kind of P and C jobs (sales agent, Customer svc rep, telephone claim adjuster, Field adjuster, underwriter and loss control specialist...my actual job) I almost have a degree from Insurance Institute of Canada called CIP Chartered Insurance Profesional and plan to complete a similar degree in the US called CPCU. I'll have only 5 courses out of 8 to do because of my canadian degree.

I currently hold an agent license along with Claims adjuster endorsement. I'm searching jobs mainly for Insurance Companies(corporate) not in agencies.

Are there many Insurance Companies offices located in south Florida ? I've heard that most of them are located in Tampa area and central Florida...

What are the employments possibilities for a guy like me in South Florida ?? Would like to get a claims or loss control job.

Do you think, once there, I should contact an employment agency or should apply in every insurance companies offices one by one....

Your help and tips of any kind is really appreciated since I don't know the Florida market..

Thanks alot for your help. If this forum is not the right place for that, please let me know where I should post.

Marty

 

[moonlightandmargaritas]

I am a canadian working in P and C Insurance for 15 years. I plan to move in South Florida (between palm beach county and Miami) and would like to know if that area offers good opportunities for people like me.

Are there many Insurance Companies offices located in south Florida ? I've heard that most of them are located in Tampa area and central Florida...

Well Marty, It was about 75 degrees (25 to you) here today so I can see why you would want to relocate...

Your observation is accurate, of the big P&C players, Allstate's Florida Regional headquarters is located here in the Bay Area (St. Petersburg), and State Farm's a little east of here in Winter Haven (Polk County).

Both are not growing, but contracting.

Because of the chaotic homeowners insurance market, there may be some opportunity with some of the smaller, newer players that are popping up. This one in Boca Raton (Palm Beach County), or something like it may be where the action is:

People's Trust Homeowners Insurance

In addition, you may want to kick around the Florida Department of Insurance/Financial Services website to research more suspects: Florida CFO Alex Sink/Department of Financial Services.

Bon chance!

 

[briana]

Try Fort Lauderdale north. Miami is probably a waste of time

 

[infoe]

Tough area but then again thry all are. Insurance climTe is a mess in s florida with all the auto fraud and people thinking they pay too much ho insurance when in reality citizens yhe state insurance company is cheaper than any of the few private co

Id look into tampa orlando if relocating. Imfrom s florida but even id wantto be a bit more north.

 

[joshb]

Tampa Bay is worse than S Florida right now. Orlando Market is saturated too. The problem isn't too many agents. The problem is the price competitive companies have appointed every agent on every corner. Im competiting against other agents with the same carrier, so then you just have to sell them on yourself/agency, not on price. Not to mention, the only companies writing an unlimited amount of business are all start ups so you don't have that "better" company to throw in the mix on alot of the homes.

For auto insurance, fraud is worse in Tampa (Tampa is the number 1 city for Insurance Fraud, Miami is #2) Orlando is right behind both of them.