AGLA Reviews

Current Employee – been working at AGLA full-time for less than a year

Pros – I have my next Meeting Monday, so far so good

Cons – I have none at this time

Advice to Senior Management – none

Former Employee – worked at AGLA full-time for more than a year

Pros – Seems like you are getting lots of training, at least they spend a lot of time telling you they are training you. Actually they just do a lot of Rah Rah sessions where they make a big deal of all the current weekly sales, but not the acutal written cases and definately not the large number of rejected cases or take backs.

Cons – Every year they have a big push to hire new sales agents, they then race them threw a training, and push them into the field. 90% fail and eventually leave or are terminated. Any sales they made are left behind for the company to benefit from,

Advice to Senior Management – Stop funnelling large numbers of employees threw the system and concentrait on developing long term employees. This will reduce the companies bump up each year for the new hires that make sales and then move on, but the retention rate will go up insuring both the company and agents of a long term income

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at AGLA full-time for less than a year

Pros – The best benefit package for clerical office workers around!!! Decent salary.

Cons – Insufficient help for the work load; ancient computers & systems; poor customer service; sales is ALL that matters.

Advice to Senior Management – In in touch with your branches and their needs!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at AGLA full-time for less than a year

Pros – Good training and good meetings, keep you informed.

Cons – Slow and painful processing time for the policies.

Advice to Senior Management – Improve communication with agents.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at AGLA full-time for less than a year

Pros – Unique product, Extensive training, Supportive team environment. AIG, the parent company,has generated several billion dollars of interest to pay back to tax-payers, by impressively buying back the majority of shares of stock the govt. bought in the bail-out in 2009. The company has a high level of integrity. AGLA has abundant cash reserves to cover all claims. All of it's policies include accelerated benefit riders that provide living benefits for critical, chronic and terminal illnesses.

Cons – CRM technology has been slow to be updated. Training sources need to be consolidated. Too much paper is utilized in daily transactions. Generating a consistent revenue stream has taken much longer than I anticipated.

Advice to Senior Management – Stay the course you are on. Minimize paper transactions. Better synchronize the processing of application, underwriting and issue to reduce timeline.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at AGLA full-time for less than a year

Pros – Freedom to Set Your Own Hours.

Cons – They give you no leads. It's up to you to bring friends, family and/or acquaintences to quickly sell insurance policies to. You MIGHT get lucky and inherit a former salesperson's book of business, but most are riddled with shady sales, poor service and/or horrific problems that the former salesperson was pressured into by quotas.

Their claim to fame is "innovative" insurance policies that really aren't at all innovative. Customers see right through the come-ons.

Advice to Senior Management – The old insurance sales model no longer works.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at AGLA full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – When you are doing the job well, you are left alone to get it done. When you have struggles, there is a team to help you learn what you need to be successful. Great training, products, and compensation.

Cons – Its a hard job if you work it easy and an easy job when you work it hard.

Advice to Senior Management – National Advertising Campaigns.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at AGLA full-time for less than a year

Pros – They have actual benefits; like pension, health insurance, dental etc!
They have an excellent cutting edge product- Critical and Chronic health accelerated benefit riders at no charge. You are a W-2 employee; they part of your SS tax and withhold Fed and State.

Cons – Front office is the focus of the company's energy, NOT the agents. They do every stupid thing they can to slow you down. They make you get signatures for and and every little thing. The underwriting is sometimes loose and sometimes so stupidly uptight as to make you insane.
The pay per issued app is very low.

Advice to Senior Management – Get rid of the 1950's way of looking at business. Get rid of the stupid Pad. Facilitate your agents efforts DON'T hinder them at every opportunity! Too many stupid and time consuming meetings (and reports).

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at AGLA full-time for less than a year

Pros – Ability for endless earnings. If you are fortunate enough to become an associate manager or general manager you will have it made (these people do absolutely nothing and make big bucks).

Cons – As in most insurance sales, strictly commission based. If a client cancels a policy within a year you lose all commission that you made on the sale. Getting help from a manager when needed is like pulling teeth. A big "what have you done for me lately" type office. Lacking professionalism big time as well, they are concerned with themselves and not whats best for a client.

Advice to Senior Management – Filter your candidates for local management better. Big sales figures don't make someone a good manager.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at AGLA full-time for more than a year

Pros – Flexible hours, opportunity to visit all types of people in all walks of life. AGLA offers the Critical, Chronic & Terminal riders at NO COST. What a GREAT way to feel that you DON'T have to die to use this product.

Cons – Consistently looking for new clients.

Advice to Senior Management – They are doing the best they can in advising us how to increase our sales. If someone could help us set appointments, that might help.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend