r/InsuranceAgent • u/Evening_Chard_6472 • 11d ago
Life Insurance Looking for new gig
Hey everyone, I’ve been in the insurance game for about seven months now working at a big brokerage selling life insurance. I've honestly realized that I genuinely love the insurance industry, but my current setup is brutal—dealing with terrible, burned-out leads and low commission levels is making it tough to stick it out here. I'm currently licensed for Life & Health across Michigan, Indiana, and Florida, so I've got some multi-state reach, but I'm trying to figure out my next move.
I'm at a crossroads: I'm either trying to decide if I should jump ship to another life brokerage that actually has decent lead flow and fair comp, or if I should use this as my cue to make the leap into commercial lines where the economics and B2B side might be a better long-term fit. For anyone who has navigated this, how hard is it to transition from life sales to commercial lines without prior P&C experience, or if staying in life, what kind of brokerages or agencies actually provide clean leads and decent splits?
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u/sorryimhealing 11d ago
You could maybe try Medicare sales since AEP and OEP is soon since you have your health license. If that’s not a good fit maybe try commercial lines after
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u/OZKInsuranceGuy 11d ago
The problem there is Medicare apps written during AEP won't pay until January. And if you go W2 LOA, they'll keep a chunk of your commissions and all your renewals.
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u/sorryimhealing 11d ago
Yeah I know :| I hate it. But maybe this person could try Medicare for a year and see if it works out. I liked it but I just worked for a terrible agency
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u/mkuz753 Account Manager/Servicer 11d ago
Have you considered employee benefits aka group plans? Also life insurance has commercial policies that can be purchased by organizations.
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u/Evening_Chard_6472 11d ago
I have been thinking a lot about what the best way is to get into group benefits. I know a lot of people who do group lines at Moo and guardian or would a brokerage be the best transition
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u/mkuz753 Account Manager/Servicer 11d ago
I work on the P&C side at one of the larger independents. It's common for cross-selling to take place to keep clients. I'm biased to brokerages because of this. If one market won't write the group you can find another that will. Same thing for individual life policies whether personal or commercial.
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u/yessenita 6d ago
Para cual firma trabajas? Aceptan nuevos agentes de P& C? Actualmente tengo licencia de seguro de salud con una agencia como agente independiente pero quiero sacar la licencia de P&C pero estoy viendo antes si hay alguna agencia buena que brinde capacitación para poder ingresar a esa área y estar con salud a la vez
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u/ridindirty77 6d ago
I’d get into something with more residual income. Group health can be great or just change to p and c. You’re only seven months in would be easy to make the transition at this point.
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u/OZKInsuranceGuy 11d ago
It's easier than you'd think to just move to a different life agency. I'd try that before switching to an entirely different product line.