BeyondAddiction
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Hello all. I've been lurking for the past 6 months and trying to learn as much as I can on here. I apologize for the book, but I know everyone is different, so I'm hoping to get as accurate information as possible that might help.
A little background, I'm currently in B2B sales in the manufacturing sector, but travel over night most of the year, so I'm looking into insurance, particularly Life Insurance sales so I can be home more with the family. My significant other is a producer at Allstate so it got me looking into the insurance industry, which brought me here to this wealth of knowledge. I'm currently making mid-50's so becoming a producer for any local P&C agents to learn the industry so far isn't feasible, which is why I'm looking at Life. I've studied on my own to get both my health & life insurance licenses and had interviews at quite a few different companies in the area, but haven't had much luck with anyone that felt good, other than an Allstate agent who couldn't afford me, and now Prudential.
So, I just had my first interview with Prudential Financial. I've been trying to follow the advice of this board with finding good training since I have sales training, but none in insurance. As mentioned earlier, I had just been looking at Life Insurance until I received a call from Prudential recruiter. In the interview I was told I would need to get my Series 6 before getting into the real training with them. They said they don't pay for the series 6 up front, but would reimburse me after passing it, which is better than some other places I've spoke with.
The newest informative thread I could find on Prudential is two years old. I haven't necessarily seen anything negative about them, so I'm just wondering if the general consensus is still the same after two years that they have better training than most. I did like the office, it looked impressive. The manager I spoke with has only been there for 6 years though and said he has only lost 3 people in those 6 years. So it would seem to have a low turnover rate at this office, even though he has been there a short time.
I've also been researching the idea of going with the Insurance Pro Shop and ILIAA to going independent on the side of my current job while I build up experience and knowledge before going full time Independent with it.
So, after my short book, any thoughts on the two different paths between Prudential Financial and going indie? Thank you all in advance for putting up with this terribly long first post!
A little background, I'm currently in B2B sales in the manufacturing sector, but travel over night most of the year, so I'm looking into insurance, particularly Life Insurance sales so I can be home more with the family. My significant other is a producer at Allstate so it got me looking into the insurance industry, which brought me here to this wealth of knowledge. I'm currently making mid-50's so becoming a producer for any local P&C agents to learn the industry so far isn't feasible, which is why I'm looking at Life. I've studied on my own to get both my health & life insurance licenses and had interviews at quite a few different companies in the area, but haven't had much luck with anyone that felt good, other than an Allstate agent who couldn't afford me, and now Prudential.
So, I just had my first interview with Prudential Financial. I've been trying to follow the advice of this board with finding good training since I have sales training, but none in insurance. As mentioned earlier, I had just been looking at Life Insurance until I received a call from Prudential recruiter. In the interview I was told I would need to get my Series 6 before getting into the real training with them. They said they don't pay for the series 6 up front, but would reimburse me after passing it, which is better than some other places I've spoke with.
The newest informative thread I could find on Prudential is two years old. I haven't necessarily seen anything negative about them, so I'm just wondering if the general consensus is still the same after two years that they have better training than most. I did like the office, it looked impressive. The manager I spoke with has only been there for 6 years though and said he has only lost 3 people in those 6 years. So it would seem to have a low turnover rate at this office, even though he has been there a short time.
I've also been researching the idea of going with the Insurance Pro Shop and ILIAA to going independent on the side of my current job while I build up experience and knowledge before going full time Independent with it.
So, after my short book, any thoughts on the two different paths between Prudential Financial and going indie? Thank you all in advance for putting up with this terribly long first post!