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North Star Insurance Advisors

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North Star Insurance Advisors reviews

3.6

59% would recommend to a friend

(154 total reviews)

Tony Hakim

79% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

North Star Insurance Advisors has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 154 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The North Star Insurance Advisors employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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154 reviews
5.0
Aug 27, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The culture is very good. It feels like a family. I have grown as a person since working with this organization.

Cons

Its sales. Its not always easy. Thats why sales people make the most money hower.

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North Star Insurance Advisors Response
9mo
Thank you for celebrating your one-year milestone with us and for sharing such thoughtful feedback! We’re thrilled to hear that our culture feels like family and that you’ve grown both personally and professionally during your time here. We know sales can be challenging, but as you noted, it also brings some of the most rewarding opportunities. We also appreciate your suggestion about spending more time together as a company—feedback like this helps us continue to strengthen our culture. We’re grateful to have you on the North Star team and look forward to many more milestones together.
4.0
Aug 16, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

work from home is awesome. no wear and tear on vehicle. Don't worry about "no-shows", traffic, weather, etc, etc, etc... Great training on how to take control of the call, need to be very enthusiastic.

Cons

Very high pressure sales for the customer. You are trained not to believe what the customer says. You don't take anything they say at face value. If you feel uncomfortable doing this type of sales, you will not last. VERY IMPORTANT! If you quit, any sales you made, you will get a bill from American Amicable to pay back all your 9mo advance commission of 50% from AP, because of your resignation you will not be submitting new business to offset future chargebacks. Don't get me wrong, there are MANY making BIG BUCKS on this platform. I was not one of them :( I just have to suck it up and pay the chargebacks, AAARRGGHH!!!!

1.0
Sep 19, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Can't think of anything at all!

Cons

This company does not make it clear up front what kind of time it will take for you to invest until you're making a regular living to cover your monthly expenses. There is zero salary or draw to help you cover your monthly bills while you learn their very long script. It takes months to make anything real that you can live on. I asked questions during the interview process precisely about what I can expect in money earned early on so that I could plan my monthly living expenses. They misled me on that part. The training is also not very strong. You watch videos of the owners doing the script which is not real life. Then you listen to two people (one is a partner) do calls and that's it. Yet they consistently brag about 2-3 other "top sales" people but you're never allowed to hear those people in recorded calls! I also asked why aren't you stepping in to help save deals early on and was told we will do that and then they never did. Between upfront investment for CRM & Additional State Licenses Required and lost wages while I worked for them I was out mid 4 figures in one month. I closed 2 deals in my one month with them and it didn’t come close to making 10% of what I invested!! Then they send me an email saying “stick with it you'll be fine. We have a lady here in St. Louis who didn't close her first deal until day 61!!” It's unrealistic to expect people to make ZERO money for months on end. My advise stay away from this company unless you have other income coming in or have saved up many months of money to cover your living expenses. They will snow you in the interview process so that you think you will make money right out of the gate. It's not true as it takes a serious amount of time and money invested to work for these people before you ever see anything in return. And their idea of ROI is 50K in year one, maybe 75K-80K in year two and if you're lucky 100K in year three. That's if you're lucky meanwhile suck it up and cover your expenses on your own. There are better companies out there to work for than these people!

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North Star Insurance Advisors Response
8y
Thank you for your very candid review. While I take issue with much of the content in your review, I do appreciate the time you took to share your thoughts. What you fail to mention anywhere in your review is that you opened up a insurance sales business with us. We help our agents in this venture by covering the majority of the investment cost that would usually be put on an insurance agent opening up their own business. For an agent who opts to work out of their home because they are not located near our call center, they do have some investment (agents that work out one of our call centers have no up front investment). You mentioned purchasing the non-resident licenses and cost for the systems that you will be working on (CRM, Dialer, etc.). Again, this is all part of the up front investment we discussed with you prior to you partnering with North Star. You agreed to this because you also knew we would invest in your business. We invest by running very expensive TV commercials and internet ads that drive customers to your business so you can stay on the phones all day long making money. We also invest in a marketing team to call of the prospects back and transfer them over to our agents so they don't have to make outbound calls. We invest in a customer service and conservation department to work with all of your customers so you can stay on the phones making new sales instead of conserving existing business. Everything we do is designed to make it as easy as possible for agents to succeed in opening up a business with us. Unfortunately, it still requires our agent partners be coachable and learn how to make the sales. Believe me, with everything we invested in you and your business, we were out considerably more money than the four figure number you mentioned above. Again, we believe so strongly in our business model that we do all the investing in leads and we ONLY make money if our agent partners make sales. We have never had an agent go 61 days without making their first sale so I'm not sure where you got that from but it is absolutely untrue. Our top agents make well over $100k in their first year and our company average is about $60-70k NET first year. Making only two sales in your first month with us is the exception and not the rule. All but one of our agents in our last training class made 5+ sales in their very first week out of training. As for your advice to management: 1. We go over a detailed business plan with every new agent we bring on based on their personal business goals and we map out the exact road map to hitting that income goal and what activity would be required. There is no need for cash reserves unless you are not coachable and cannot make the sales off of live calls coming in from people watching TV commercials about our product. 2. Our training is consistently the number one thing most agents give us compliments on. There is no training like it in the insurance industry and our owners were all master sales people selling this product before we owned this company so there is no one better suited to show you how to be successful than one of our owners or managing partners. 3. We have a library of calls that we offer to new agents during training and upon request throughout their tenure as an agent partner with us. But there is no grand secret to this sale. It simply requires you follow our script with confidence and conviction so you can build likeability and trust with the customer as they get to know you and the product better. If you are unable to do that, you will not make many sales. Again, thank you for your review and I am very sorry this didn't work out with you as it did so many of our very successful agents. We've had the number one agent in the country out of over 10,000 for the past 4 years and we have the most agents in the top 20 around the country. Those are our most coachable and committed agents, though. This is a business and you have to run it as such. We wish you the absolute best in your future endeavors and we sincerely hope you find a perfect fit for you and your career goals.
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