Thank you Lonestar for your advice and insight. It was one of the agent recruiters from Farmers Philadelphia Agency Point who gave their commission rates. Interestingly enough, the agent recruiter told me that she would keep her insurance with the independent agent she dealt with rather than transfe...

Thank you for your very keen insight. I do think it will be very prudent for me to take it slow.

I like your web site Agency Equity. In fact, it is one of the sites I had marked among my favorites. Farmers didn't tell me their P&C quotas although they did share that their commissions on Homeowner's is 20% new and 14% renewal with Auto at 12.5% new and 10% renewal. My big problem with Farmer...

I enjoyed reading this discussion. It is 4 years old and running. Currently, I'm employed as a Benefits Director in a government agency. I handle health care, prescription drug, dental, vision care, life and disability insurance for the agency. Over time, I earned the Certified Employee Benefits Spe...