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North Star Insurance Advisors

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Getting too big too fast - Life Specialist North Star Insurance Advisors Employee Review

2.0
11 Mar 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Ideally this is a great opportunity, and perhaps for some, it is. But, maker sure you read all of the fine print in the contracting and ask plenty of questions.

Cons

Changing things way too fast. They say one thing one week and then do the opposite the next week. You are an independent contractor, yet if you are late getting back from lunch or dont adhere to your schedule they put you on " outbounds". While the calls are MOSTLY inbound, a good portion of the people calling in are completely unaware that they are calling for final expense life insurance. Most are poor and you spend close to an hour trying to convince them to buy a policy then you have to get payment information and hope the policy sticks.

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North Star Insurance Advisors Response
8y
Thank you for your candid review. As you said, this has the potential to be a great opportunity for the right people. We are not just looking for employees or insurance agents. We are looking for people who are serious about their success and want to partner with us to help each other grow professionally. We are growing and that is not just a testament to our success. It is really a testament to all the agents and employees who are doing incredible things with us and making an incredible income! That said, when companies grow, small issues in efficiency which may have been easy to overlook suddenly become larger issues that need to be addressed as they can significantly affect the bottom line for all of us. We ask our employees and agent partners to act with integrity. That means when you say you will be here at a certain time, you follow through on your word. We do not make a schedule for our insurance agent partners. They make their own schedule and they give it to us a week in advance. If something changes they need to let us know as soon as possible, because we are scheduling and paying for live inbound leads from television commercials to be delivered to their business. If they are not there when they said they would be, we have to act quickly to avoid financial losses. Sometimes that means you will need to call back on the leads that have come in during your absence before receiving anymore live inbound leads from the commercial. If this happens too often with one agent partner of ours, we will need to make some decide whether their business is a wise investment for us anymore. If we can count on them to be there when they say they will, the answer is probably no. 98% of our agent partners understand this and appreciate our wilingness to work with their custom schedules. As for most of our customers being poor, that is true. Most of America is living pay check to pay check, though, so why are you surprised? Most people have to discriminate what they will buy and what they won't based on their budget. But that is why it is called "Sales." Thank you again for your response and I would like to encourage advice to us in the future. Respectful constructive criticism is always welcome! We wish you the best in your future endeavors. -North Star Insurance Advisors

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5.0
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Pros

The culture is very good. It feels like a family. I have grown as a person since working with this organization.

Cons

Its sales. Its not always easy. Thats why sales people make the most money hower.

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North Star Insurance Advisors Response
10mo
Thank you for celebrating your one-year milestone with us and for sharing such thoughtful feedback! We’re thrilled to hear that our culture feels like family and that you’ve grown both personally and professionally during your time here. We know sales can be challenging, but as you noted, it also brings some of the most rewarding opportunities. We also appreciate your suggestion about spending more time together as a company—feedback like this helps us continue to strengthen our culture. We’re grateful to have you on the North Star team and look forward to many more milestones together.
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Pros

Great place to break into sales!

Cons

Underwhelming compensation structure that could use some work

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