Pros
-Crazy good compensation (i.e. $150-200k is easily doable in 2-3 years) -Total freedom as long as you meet their expectations -Get to work with business owners first-hand to try to solve their problems and help them with complex issues that they face each and every day -Training program is the best in the industry and you will learn more than 99.9% of your competition will ever bother to learn
Cons
-Lonely. You are the only person in your territory so there is no comradery/co-workers to see -Extremely difficult. You are EXPECTED to work 60 hours a week minimum starting out. -Feels like you are being stretched in a million different directions, between Commercial Lines, Personal Lines, Client Services, etc. --- many of the agents we compete with are only focused on one of these -Stigma of being an "Insurance Salesmen" follows you into every door -Incredibly inflexible underwriting requirements -You are going to be the more expensive option 9 times out of 10... have to "sell value" which is getting harder and harder in this day and age when all anyone cares about is the bottom line