r/farmersinsurance

Hey all just received an offer for farmers insurance retention specialist was wondering does anyone have insight the offer was beautiful

Good Morning,

Little back story, I got into the protégé program I guess. Things haven't been great, as i get roughly 5 leads a day. My agency gives a "Online Leads shouldn't be your only source of leads" kind of thing and the 5 leads i get, aren't panning out as we get a lot of immediate "DNC" or "I don't want insurance from you" responses.

Farmers, gives base pay of 2500/month. Our pay at our agency gets split into 2 payments, which is nice. However, what isn't nice, is my agency owner decided to, without telling me, not pay me the full amount.

I understand, that my sales haven't been up to snuff and we're working on that. And I get it. But it seems wrong, to not go "Oh hey, because of this, we aren't going to give you your full 2nd check[full 2500]" and instead let me find out halfway through the month, when I rely on that pay for bills.

Guess who also, can't afford to drive to work today because I just found out I'm only getting paid $2. So today's going great

TLDR - I’m looking into getting licensed in P&C in South Carolina. I have been a stay at home mom for ten years and am looking for a way to use the only skills I got (yapping and networking) to make enough to support me and my kids. I have a friend who suggested insurance sales to me and after looking into it I really want to pursue it. I want to avoid MLM companies and preferably work somewhere with base salary.

So I guess my questions are…

1. is it better to get licensed before applying even with no experience?

2. to be licensed in one state does that mean you can carry over work in others or would you need to be licensed there as well?

3. what’s the top advice you’d give to someone who is eager to pursue this career? What can I do to make my resume and my effort stand out?

Hey guys, so I have been with Farmers since Nov 2025. I do not have a brick and mortar or any CSRs. It's hybrid and mostly I work from home office working with other agents and self prospecting. My role is a bit unique and this is a new program, I was wondering if there is anyone else on this forum that is a BIA or works strictly with commercial or maybe has a BIA working for them if you are a DM. Thanks!

Edit: Please look at the repost I recently made. *

I’m waiting on my interview appointment for CSA. What equipment is provided/necessary for remote Customer Service Associate? Mainly asking about number of monitors, but what else too?

I applied to the wfh position on 8/5 I haven’t heard anything I checked the workforce website and it keeps saying “under consideration” . That would be a good sign or bad sign? The job it supposed to start on 9/15

Basically the title??

I applied for, and was working towards, joining the protégé program. I have zero background in insurance.

I am now licensed (yay!) But when I was emailed for next steps they essentially said there are no mentors to connect me with, and offered a remote direct sales position.

Something I was looking forward to was learning under someone. Not just training. I was mainly interested in the mentoring/mentor benefit.

Realistically, if it didn't work out with Farmers, I would have just applied to be a regular agent somewhere else. But I guess I'm making this post to ask: What's being a remote seller like? I feel like im going to say yes regardless since I already put in the work to get a whole license lol

I guess I'm also feeling a touch disappointed. Is this normal? Should I ask/try to push to be in the protégé program, or just take the job offered and see if an "opportunity for growth" comes?

Any and all advice is welcome <3 thanks for reading

I was hired back in May 15 . After setting up my direct deposit putting the information he didn't do something on his end so I didn't get payed. It was following a holiday so I thought I would get pay later , but in a week still no pay . Then we are have way through the pay period and apparently i missed the cut off date for direct deposit. He said He didnt know how to write a check that never had to before and that when he would be in town he would give me my check( He lives and works in another town) Then he ask me what my zelle is and I told him I didnt have one then he ask me what my venmo is. I was supposed to start my training last month but we were getting 200 calls a day. I worked at the district office . He also didnt tell me when my pay days were. But he eneded up coming to the district office on Tuesday then on Wednesday he came into the office and FIRED me . I was let go with no warning. He said it was because the agent who i was sending leads to wasnt selling and that is was my fault so I had to be let go off . I dont know if I should reapply to another agency or if it was a sign not to work with farmers . I did enjoy working with for the company. But I just had a bad mentor . I had no 1 on 1 training. He kept calling the agent the wrong name too . He would reply with a thumbs up or a heart .

Hey there,

I've been a P&C producer for about 8 years now. I started at a small agency, helped it grow into a more midsize agency, left there for a corporate job at Progressive (inbound sales), had to leave that to care for a dying relative, went back to my original agency where I moved up to Senior/Lead producer. My boss (the agency owner) retired last year, leaving the agency to family. Since then, the culture of the agency has shifted and I'm no longer happy, and looking at advice as to where to go next.

To give you a little background on me, I'm in my early forties with a twenty year sales background (eight years direct insurance sales). I was consistently ranked in the top 100 sales reps at Progressive for my entire tenure there, and I've been a ver valuable employee at my current agency.

I spoke to a clams representative the other day who told me that my demeanor and skillset seemed to be perfect fit for a claims adjuster and told me that my vast insurance policy (coverages, exclusions, ect) knowledge would give me a leg up on that side of the industry.

I'm not so sure about that. I have no doubt that I could get my adjuster license and a desk adjuster doesn't sound like a bad job, but do I really want/need to start over in a different side of the same industry? Maybe I should or maybe I should look for other insurance jobs that will take into account my background.

I know I need to start thinking about my next step. I don't think this agency is going to survive the change in ownership longterm, and even if it did, I'm not very happy. I like the idea of a WFH job, and wouldn't mind the security that comes with being part of a corporate setting. Does anyone have any suggestions about what sorts of jobs I need to be looking for or if I need to actually think about the adjuster thing?

Thanks so much