Terrible Employer - 1099 for Agents / W2 for Managers - Insurance Agent Bankers Life Employee Review

1.0
6 Oct 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Not applicable, it was no good from the jump!

Cons

Sell you on them being a great company with great products, this is a total lie!!! The only people who succeed are the upper management and a select group of skilled sales people who can get a big quarterly bonus. The Average Agent will receive $500 - $1500 in a bonus and the top reps can make up to $75k in bonuses. This looks great but there is less than 20 people out of 5,000 who will receive one of these bonuses. They will typically be Financial Reps and Bankers is so TERRIBLE that they sell you a lie of you having to use the financial reps to move money around. THIS IS BECAUSE BANKERS HAS BEEN IN SO MUCH TROUBLE WITH THE STATE OF WISCONSIN THEY SIGNED INTO A CONSENT ORDER LIMITING THE SALE OF ANNUITIES USING SECURITIES MONEY!!!! The Financial Reps take all the risk, they routinely falsify assets to make the client look in a better situation than they truly are and commonly move over 80% of the clients investable assets into NON LIQUID products! They will do this all while telling you that they are the best company with the best products and an unmatched bonus! THIS IS NOT TRUE!!! They don’t pay claims, have terrible products, and a turnover rate 2nd to none! DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME IN A CAPTIVE AGENCY LIKE THIS!!!

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5.0
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Pros

Friendly staff and good atmosphere

Cons

I don’t have any cons.

5.0
26 Apr 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Bankers provides award winning training, an elaborate product portfolio and a rapidly growing market. They leverage cutting edge technology: contact and LEAD management, electronic business submission, an incredible proprietary mobile application. I have 11 companies I can be appointed with - making sure my clients get the best program for what they NEED. A great opportunity to receive great training, work with great people and make a great living, all for helping people.

Cons

This opportunity is just that, an opportunity. Those who don't take advantage of it won't think it is a good one. Even successful people deal with a ton of rejection, thick skin is needed. With a 40% closing ratio, I still hear "No" more than "Yes".

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