Insurance Brokers?

know several brokers and I worked at one of their firms. Over the years the money can be good but the job is NEVER fun and NEVER not boring. If you have a good set-up and a good pipeline of leads the cash can be great but do you really want to sell out like that?

You just graduated from college a few years ago, dream a little. At least make an attept at finding a job you will enjoy and receive fulfillment from and can make some cash.

$150K+ over 12-18 months as an entry level candidate... I don't believe that for a second!

This hits real close to home. I worked at Marsh for 25 years; just retired 3 years ago. It is a highly respected company; I was always very proud to work for what I perceived as "the biggest and the best." I made pretty good money, had a nice office, plenty of freedom, responsibility, authority, etc. They took a major blow 2 1/2 years ago in the Spitzer/NY deal, stock took a tumble and has stayed down, but otherwise they weathered the blow and have stayed ok.

Having said all that, if I had it to do all over again, I would have gone into a different field of endeavor. Insurance/Risk Management, anyway you look at it, is an UNPLEASANT PRODUCT.

You aren't making a mistake if you go to work there, but then again there are so many variables not known here that it is hard to give you definitive advice. Good luck with whatever decision you make.

AS an extention of the above, I feel compelled to add that someone is probably painting you too rosy a picture. Marsh, like all top brokers, typically hires from the "best and the brightest" of insurance company marketing employees, who have learned the business and also developed some Business Relationships skills. I've never heard of Marsh hiring total Newbies. Tread carefully. That 150 K + is also BS unless you can feel refrigerators to Corporate Eskimos. This is no door to door sellng task... to be really successful you need a lot of knowledge, experience, and all of the other usual needs for success.

make that " sell" refigerators to eskimos.

( Maybe some day they will add an EDIT feature to this Board ! )

Trailrunner-Thanks for the in depth reply. I guess I should have elaborated further, but my undergrad is actually in Bus Admin/Risk Management and Master's in Ex Phys. I know/knew enough about risk initially to know it's not what I wanted to do and the job which was offered to me after undergrad was right up my alley + I could continue w/ the graduate program @ $0 so it was really a no brainer.

The pt I'm at in my life now is I'm driving a 5yr auto, renting a condo, etc.... while my friends who are climbing the corporate chain are sporting the Porsches. Is that what I'm all about? Not necessarily - but I'm wondering before I sell my soul if it's really as bad as I remember it to be. Thanks again.

So, you graduated 4 years ago and your friends are driving Porsches?!?! What kind of jobs do they have? And I don't know many people who at 26 are really climbing the corporate chain. There are only a handful of jobs that pay $150K at that age.

I'm not trying to argue over cars (nice cars, ok - sound better?). Yes, 1 friend works for Citicorp and another for Morgan and another for Marsh (all are easily making over $150K to be conservative). True, MOST 26-28yr olds aren't doing this, but that's NOT my question. Most 26yr olds are too busy bitching on this forum to do anything productive.

Thanks for your insite though.

Want to really make some money and do alot more than just insurance. Go find that company that was started by ALWilliams. Believe me you will have alot more fun and make a crap load of money.

Try banging your head w/ a hammer, may be more pleasant. My brother is in insurance and makes a lot of cash but hates it. I make next to nothing at a gym and he's jealous of me. Draw you own conclusions.