Sep 30, 2026 · 28 min · 15 segments
Shoot Us A Message! Hiring insurance producers who actually write premium comes down to building a repeatable training system rather than searching…
Jason FeltmanHost
Craig PretzingerHost
Dude, I know, I know I've told you this before, but, like, remember when I first started the agency? Like, w- we weren't talking at that point, but, dude, like, I've talked to a few agents recently that have, have started agencies, and so I've kinda relived the first year, uh, in thought, and man, it was brutal.

That's how early I'd get to work, and then watching the sun set at my desk and thinking like, "I still have h- uh, more hours of work to do."

And dude, I don't know, you probably did the same thing, but it's just, I mean, when you f- when you buy a book, you're making so many outbound dials to, like, talk to clients, make sure that they don't leave 'cause there's a new agent.

So you're, you're trying to retain people, but then you're also trying to sell new policies to make the carrier happy and to fill in the gap of, of the, uh, what you're losing out of the agency-

And dude, I remember we could not sell more than a handful of policies a month.

Dude, I know, I know I've told you this before, but, like, remember when I first started the agency? Like, w- we weren't talking at that point, but, dude, like, I've talked to a few agents recently that have, have started agencies, and so I've kinda relived the first year, uh, in thought, and man, it was brutal.

That's how early I'd get to work, and then watching the sun set at my desk and thinking like, "I still have h- uh, more hours of work to do."

And dude, I don't know, you probably did the same thing, but it's just, I mean, when you f- when you buy a book, you're making so many outbound dials to, like, talk to clients, make sure that they don't leave 'cause there's a new agent.

So you're, you're trying to retain people, but then you're also trying to sell new policies to make the carrier happy and to fill in the gap of, of the, uh, what you're losing out of the agency-

And dude, I remember we could not sell more than a handful of policies a month.
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