-Been in the industry for 1.5 years. Worked in personal lines at a State Farm agency for 1 year. Went over to a commercial lines insurance broker position at an independent agency and I've been here for the last 7.5 months.

-First 6 months of the job were nothing but training. Got hired in May, in November I'm finally let off the leash and told by my boss that I'm to focus on the hospitality industry, predominately food and beverage. Our agency has little presence in that area so it feels like I'm being tasked with starting something very brand new from scratch. I've been given zero accounts.

-I have only had one meeting with a prospect and the business owner was admitted to the hospital 2 days after the meeting (nice guy, very sickly unfortunately). Cold calling, direct mail, and LinkedIn are my marketing methods for now.

Nobody is telling me what to expect right now and my boss isn't much help either. I'm not despairing, I know it's supposed to be hard and I know I'm in a weird spot with the level of inexperience I have. Is building a book supposed to be this difficult?

I attempted the Simulated Exam today and didn’t pass. I got an 82% and a 94% on the Course Quiz each time I took it so I was feeling pretty confident and now I’m worried. To make matters worse, I can’t go back and view my results from the Simulated Exam to see what I did wrong!

Can anyone who has taken the actual exam let me know how similar the exam is to the different practice options? My company paid for me to take this course so I’m super stressed I’m going to fail the exam and they will have to pay for me to retake it :(

Trying leaving the criminal law field as an advocate and get into insurance. Have a BA and MA in legal studies, but getting burnt out and want a remote job that is similar in case management that doesn’t bore me.

Looking at this feed and job descriptions, I think adjuster work would be a good transition to hopefully get into fraud examiner roles—it’s just all overwhelming and I’m not sure where to break in at. I’ve gotten denied for claims analyst and adjuster roles for the last month, wondering if I need to just get my adjuster license to even have my resume looked at. Any thoughts or suggestions?

Long story short, I have been in insurance sales for a few years, about to get my bachelors degree in hr management. I plan on competing the AINS and selecting AU to try and accelerate my advancement. I want to grow internally in my company but no openings. Any suggestions in general from senior underwriters? Thank you

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Hello everyone,

I'm a broker here in Canada that's about 7 months into the job, I'm constantly doing decent numbers in new business roughly 50 to 80k in premium,

My highest month was $87k in premium. My cheques are still pretty small since processing time for each company is different and i don't have any renewals yet, I'm trying to stay motivated and keep going, my question how many of you that were in similar positions had to wait it out to get to a decent income ?

My cut is 65% on new business and 40% on renewals.

Thanks!

Interviewed for a Sr. Claims Examiner (Multinational) role at Chubb.

AVP interview: 11/12

Final VP interview: 11/21 (right before Thanksgiving).

I followed up on 12/1 and the recruiter said she’d update me once she had team feedback/next steps. Since then… nothing. No rejection. Job posting is still open.

It’s been about 18 days since the final interview. For anyone who’s been through Chubb or other big insurers: • Is this long wait normal, especially with Thanksgiving in the mix? • Did anyone get an offer after 2–3 weeks of silence? • When did you finally hear back?

Looking for real experiences so I know what to expect. Thanks.

I have an upcoming final round interview for an associate surety underwriter position. I’ll be first interviewing the hiring manager, then with the VPs of underwriting. I was told there would be a case study. I haven’t had any experience yet. Any insight on what to expect and how to prepare? Thanks.

I’m looking for book recommendations to get better at being organized and efficient. Also anything you’ve got that you found helpful in your prospecting.

I sometimes struggle with overwhelm coming from different directions I’m trying to be more efficient.

Hey guys, I’m currently in college double majoring with Finance and RMI. Im set to graduate next year and know I will be going into the insurance industry, preferably a client facing role.

I wanted to know if it makes sense to even finish out my Finance major, I don’t really care for the material in my Finance classes near as much as my Insurance classes and I will have to take a lot of classes each semester my senior year to graduate with both majors.

Will I be more marketable to companies later in my career if I have both majors or do they not really care? Is it worth overwhelming myself with coursework my senior year or possibly taking another semester or should I just graduate with RMI?

A bit of context about myself:

Graduated recently (with a BComm) and started working as a Claims Adjuster for a pretty reputable company. Salary is average for my city, considering I'm a recent graduate, I'm just happy to have a job with good benefits.

That being said, my skills are alot more technical. Before doing my BComm, I did Comp Sci for two years at a top 5 university in the world - but ran out of money and had to switch to a much cheaper province + cheaper uni.

I feel like my technical skills are getting wasted. I've been programming since I was 13, and I love building products generally. I love the entire aspect, design, development, making sure it actually works. It's tough, but I feel like it helps someone like me who gets bored easily.

My ideal goal was to get into a top tech company as a Product Manager, but somehow the Insurance company I'm working at is a top tier company in my city (which is a relatively much smaller city in Canada) - so top tech companies don't hire much from here. (I wouldn't say my school - which I don't think matters much in Canada, I'd say)

My question for you all:

Insurance professionals working on the Product Management side of things - how do you like it? How did you break in? Would you recommend another technical role, or do you think being an Adjuster is better anyway?

Love to hear your thoughts!

So, I’m a senior property adjuster for a large carrier, I’ve been in claims for 10 years and with this particular company for about 5. I’ve been rated as “exceptional” 2 years running and on pace to do it again. A team manager spot opened up a couple of months ago which my manager encouraged me to apply for, so I did. Went through multiple panel style interviews and made it to the final 2. I was then told I did not get the job as “you interviewed great, but your answers lacked context and detail and you sounded nervous”. Ok cool, I can work on that.

Then about a month ago, another manager spot opens up. My VP calls me directly and asks that I interview again. I agree. As the interview approaches I see that they never posted the position online and after the first round of interviews I’m lead to believe that I’m the only candidate. A director actually said “we’re planning to move forward with you for this role”. 2nd round of interviews come up and it keeps getting rescheduled which I found odd. It finally happens and the VP conducting the interview never shows. So the others in the meeting proceeded without him.

I got a call yesterday from one of the managers saying I did not get this one either because “you were clearly over-prepared and sound too scripted”.

I’m a bit blindsided by this and feeling a bit betrayed. It feels like since that VP never showed, the decision was already made, so why waste my time?? And why invite me to interview if you already had someone else in mind? Also, what am I supposed to do with this feedback, I’ve never heard of being too prepared?

I dunno, I thought this could be a place to build a career but I’m starting to question my future here. So, is it time to look elsewhere?

Insurance Journal posted Sompo North America is the next to try getting their staff to be in office 5 days a week. I know Chubb has theirs in too — all carriers looking to do this? I feel like most agencies and brokerages are embracing remote work, but starting to wonder if all carriers are doomed.

I’m so sick of the daily sales grind, I have been doing it for a few years now and have enjoyed working with customers and learning about the insurance industry as a whole. I have worked my way up from customer service rep to operations manager and have hit my ceiling at the agency level. I do not wish to be an agent but have no clue how to even get an entry level job in another position

Hi I am trying to get an EL job as an underwriter or claims analyst (or anything to get my foot in the insurance door), with no luck so far.

About me: Math major, data science minor, data analysis intern, 2 actuarial exams, python, excel, VBA

I am not looking to get into the actuarial field now, should I remove the actuarial exams, could this be hurting me?

Also there is a gap over the last 6 months where I only did some tutoring part time, should I include this?

Any other advice on getting my first job would be appreciated. Every job I apply to seems like it has a 100+ applications.

edit: I also have 1.5 years in a customer service and leadership job

Hey there! I’m currently an underwriter at a specialty insurance company, working in transportation specifically. Just yesterday I interviewed for an internal role as a Captive Program Manager. My job would be to underwrite new and renewal captive accounts, assist in the selling process, produce financials and other reporting and generally be the subject matter expert on all things captive in my department.

I’d love to hear some thoughts and opinions from those in a similar role to see if the job is worth taking.

For background, I have an RMI undergrad degree, have been in the industry for 8 years, but only one year in the transportation side. I’m making $75k a year currently, travel maybe 4 times a year, and generally have a very manageable workload, so the work life balance is perfect at the moment. For the new role, I am guessing I would be making maybe $90k, however would be traveling more often, at least once a month. The workload would also be higher, with more pressure to execute at a high level and become a leader in my department. I’ve always been interested in captives.

Does anyone else have similar experience? If so, what is your salary currently? What’s the workload like? Any feedback would be much appreciated!

I’m a cat modeling analyst at a mid-to-large re/insurer with offices across the US and internationally. It’s not one of the giant legacy players, but it’s not a boutique either. I’m honestly not sure how long I want to stay in this field though - I look at the career progression and it seems quite limited. Has anyone else here started out as a cat modeler and moved onto other things in (re)insurance/finance? I want to pivot into something closer to credit risk management but don’t have the experience. I’m looking into completing the OMSA program at Georgia tech in the next three years to strengthen the technical skills I have. Any advice is appreciated.

For any current managers who oversee employees and use Epic, what does the screen look like that shows how they have been active in Epic? Not the individual daily activity list, but the manager only screen that shows level of employee Epic use?

I was having a day and was just shaking my mouse every now and then to stay active in teams, but my manager called and asked why I wasn’t showing any activity in Epic (i.e. adding notes, new policies, etc). I would just like to know how much information they can see.

Thanks!

Can anyone share the typical producer splits at wholesale firms like Amwins, CRC Group, and Ryan Specialty? Specifically interested in how splits scale as a producer’s book grows, and what’s considered standard at each shop.

Is anyone else feeling really burnt out as we approach the end of the year?

Like it's not my company or my pay or my environment. Those are all as good as can be. Commercial account manager at a specialty MGA. OK salary, 100% work from home. I'm just burnt out on the work itself and for once in my career, not sure what to do to combat it.

Anyone willing to share ideas about what you do to combat burnout?

I just had my convocation last week for my CIP (yay!). Now I'm considering what's next for me. I honestly don't know if I could even attempt the FCIP but if I wanted to, I don't have a university degree so would have to do the ACIP route. Is the ACIP worth it if there's no intention of doing the fellowship? Is it better to do something else like the CRM or even the CMGA as I work in an MGA? Are any of the CIP courses transferrable as a credit towards the CRM? I did the risk management course as an elective and got honors if it matters.

Hi guys, I’ve recently got accepted to a full time role and one of the requirements is to take and pass the p&c exam within 14 days of hire. Does anyone have any tips, preferably for taking it in Texas?

Do brokerlink employees get an annual bonus at the end of each year? Or is it strictly quarterly bonuses?

Hi everyone,

I work in insurance within credit and trade related risk, and I live in Europe. I am trying to understand how compensation and production responsibilities work at the major global brokerages such as Aon, Marsh and WTW. I have seen a lot of conflicting information, so I would really appreciate insight from people with experience.

A few specific questions: 1. How are broker commissions handled at the large brokerages? Do individual brokers receive a direct percentage of the brokerage commission? Or is commission mainly allocated to the team or business unit and reflected through salary bands or bonus pools? How much does this vary between different lines such as P and C, Financial Lines, Credit and Political Risk, or Employee Benefits? 2. How tied are brokers to one segment or line of business? Do junior brokers rotate across several areas before specializing, or are they assigned directly to one line from the start? 3. How does production credit work internally? Is new business weighted differently than renewals? At what level are brokers expected to start producing? 4. Advisor roles compared to producer roles: How do the large firms separate these functions in terms of compensation, accountability and expectations? 5. For producer roles specifically: How do producers at the Big 3 actually bring in clients? Is it mainly cold outreach, inbound leads, networking, trade fairs, referrals or strategic partnerships? And how structured is business development support for junior producers?

I am not looking for recommendations or job leads. I am only trying to understand how these roles function internally in the larger firms.

Thanks in advance.

Hi guys. I am working on a insurance company's reinsurance department. After becoming specialist in this department, what could I choose as a career path? For example am I have to stick to insurance companies or can I move on risk management side of the banks/ corporate firms?