Agents

Independent Contractors NAIC – captive vs. independent agents – naic.softlinkillumin.net/knowledgebase/#/question/128992′ Number of agents: 422,600 total insurance agents in the US (2021) 41,290 total in California Data from BLS Captive agents – employees or contractors? In 2019, the 6th Circuit held that American Family agents were independent contractors based on the Supreme Court’s Darden standard. This essentially considers “the hiring…

Agent – Failure Rate 1962 – SOA – Discussion of Subjects of Special Interest: Agency Compensation, Society of Actuaries – 11p 1962 – SOA – Discussion of Subjects of Special Interest: Agency Compensation, Society of Actuaries – 11p (p5) – Russell R. Jensen: We have not seen much change in agent turnover recently at Northwestern…

New Agents Failure Rate / Retention Rate Financing Source Training A. What methods of subsidizing new managers or general agents are being used in scratch agencies and established agencies? What type of performance standards are required in determining when a new man should receive an increase or decrease in compensation or be terminated? B. Is…

Chargebacks Perhaps the most common criterion today to measure an agent’s performance during his financing period is the net annualized premium or commission. Under this method the agent receives a validation credit for the annualized amount, regardless of premium frequency, but is debited with a portion of his annualized credit in the case of a…

Agent – Lead Generation 2023 1213 – Press Release – FCC – FCC Adopts New Rules To Close The ‘Lead Generator’ Robocall And Robotexts Loophole And Facilitate Blocking Of Unwanted Robotexts, Federal Communications Commission – [link]  —  2p 2023 1212 – Reuters – New FCC rule on lead generation expected to spur wave of lawsuits,…