Can a Managing General Agent be the Driving Force Behind Success?

If you are an insurance agent, you are no doubt aware that working for an insurance company may hold many challenges as far as reaching your greatest potential. Keeping up with current technology trends and offering the best products and rates to customers is often very difficult when working for an insurance company. However, if you have noticed these challenges and are thinking about switching to working with a managing general agent, you have clearly recognized that a managing general agent can often be the driving force behind your success. 

Working with the right managing general agency can provide you, as an insurance advisor, with the tools and strategies that will allow you to provide the best service to your clients as well as the means necessary for you to reach your full potential. 

So how can a managing general agency help you achieve the success you want to meet your own goals? There are several things to consider.  

1.       How will your managing general agent support you? If you are working for an insurance company, you are probably well aware of how long it can take to receive a response to your inquiries or to have your applications processed. Instead, the right managing general agent will provide you with a guaranteed turnaround time on both, giving you the support you need to be successful.

2.       How will your managing general agent ensure you have the tools you need to succeed? By providing you with access to the newest tech advances in the industry, hosting training seminars and continuing education to ensure that you do not lag behind when it comes to keeping up to date with the latest trends.

3.       How will your managing general agent allow you to garner and keep clients easily? By choosing the right managing general agent, one that works with not one or two but several of different insurance companies, you will be able to research and find the best rates and products to offer your clients. Instead of being confined to a small selection of services, the right managing general agent will provide you with a vast portfolio from which you can draw to ensure that your clients are happy.

4.       How will your managing general agent keep you motivated? Sometimes we all need that little extra push to keep us going, and a good managing general agent will take recognition and compensation seriously to keep you continually performing at your best.

It is important to remember that a good managing general agent will take pride in their agency, therefore taking the time and providing the resources to let you succeed. By investing in you, the right managing general agency is in turn investing in their own company. 

To find out how you can succeed by working with a managing general agent, please contact Gary Mandel at Independent Financial Concepts Group by calling 416-849-1653 or visit www.joinifcg.com