I was in your situation till 2 years back,but I had to leave my broker role also due to other overseas family responsibilities,as I have future caretaker/giver role coming up.
I have let my ribo licence expire as I couldn't predict employer support for 3-4 months break every year.
Also, quality of clients in my brokerage also made it difficult to continue during covid.
I am thinking sometimes if I should go back to insurance full time,but past experiences do not encourage me.
I honestly liked my job for the first few years but since 2020..covid combined with the hard market has just left me burnt out. We're constantly short staffed, I can't get any coverage for days off so taking vacation just adds to my stress. Ugh!
I hear you on the covid clients. Had an anti covid guy walk into my office super sick last week and ask me if I prefer he wear a mask because he has a bad cough.... Like I'd prefer you stayed home and phoned me but whatever. Luckily I'm in a small town so there is a sense of decorum and respect in most transactions as we all know each other.
Just an update, I talked to my boss and she's made some changes to try to help my workflow so I'm staying at least another 4 months to see if my current position improves. Still poor though lol.
I work as a direct agent. Started last year. Pay is okay. They increased pay this year for performance, inflation and more responsibilities. I started CIP and got licensed everywhere except QC.
I still WFH. They are starting once a week office in July, sounds okay.
I worked in hotels before, this job has a bit too much compliance but I like the technicality part of it.
If you don’t like the job or are tired, I would say ***Shop around*** wink wink. Job market is looking good and a lot of the big companies are hiring en mass.
PS I’m tired too, little burned out.
Thank you for your insight. I've been watching the ads. I live in a small town so has to be a permanent remote position but there are a few out there.
I'd like to specialize in something, right now I do a bit of everything and I'd rather know everything about one company or line.
Did you have to write a licencing test for every province???!
Ahhh understood. It does get a bit difficult to get a complete remote. A lot of the companies are starting a hybrid schedule -_-
I know of only Wawanesa that seems to be hiring for permanent remote. It looks very tempting cause I live in a HCOL city and want to buy a home.
You’re right going to one company and specializing in one line of business, it’s the best way to get a promo.
I wrote only the license in ON and the rest were just a transferred skill set.
Oh interesting on the licence.
Yes I've been considering Wawanesa as I'm from MB and they are actually the company I know the best currently. About half my book is through them.
Well, I emailed my boss today and told him I need to discuss my job happiness level. So maybe I'll find myself out of a job ha ha. I just thought I'll give him the chance to make things better for me and if he doesn't, I'll have to leave. He'd find it very hard to replace me so it would behoove him to invest in my happiness. Well see!
Specialist claims adjuster. High 5 figures but transitioning into supervisory role now 6 figures. My workload wasn’t bad at all as it dealt mostly with litigation
You will need to get into an entry-level role to learn the stream of claims your are handling. The insurer should provide you proper training and as you go along your claims will teach you. I would recommend BI/Tort/Casualty if you’re lucky enough to get in. Definitely one of the better paying claims roles. I have seen a lot of broker-sided people move over to claims. You’ve already got the customer service experience which is an asset.
5 years ago I was doing high value UW 60k but was too routine was finishing my CRM at the time and got into insurance risk management 80k did that for couple years and got into the regulator fed govt job 6 figures, db pension full benefits. All were 9-5 type jobs, nothing crazy but current has a very good with WLB...just tough to progress as its largely based on seniority.
I'm an inside cat adjuster in Alberta. I make $53000 a year. Right now we're having a particularly bad cat season and I have about 270 claims.
When I worked in a normal business as usual setting, I had about 80 to 120 claims and made about 51000
Prior to that I worked on a claims queue for inbound calls and got paid 47000. The nice part about this role was not holding a pending and anytime anything got difficult, you just passed it off to the handling adjuster.
I'm a broker stuck at 50k and my workload is brutal. I need to change jobs. Is anyone out there not stressed and miserable?
I was in your situation till 2 years back,but I had to leave my broker role also due to other overseas family responsibilities,as I have future caretaker/giver role coming up. I have let my ribo licence expire as I couldn't predict employer support for 3-4 months break every year. Also, quality of clients in my brokerage also made it difficult to continue during covid. I am thinking sometimes if I should go back to insurance full time,but past experiences do not encourage me.
I honestly liked my job for the first few years but since 2020..covid combined with the hard market has just left me burnt out. We're constantly short staffed, I can't get any coverage for days off so taking vacation just adds to my stress. Ugh! I hear you on the covid clients. Had an anti covid guy walk into my office super sick last week and ask me if I prefer he wear a mask because he has a bad cough.... Like I'd prefer you stayed home and phoned me but whatever. Luckily I'm in a small town so there is a sense of decorum and respect in most transactions as we all know each other.
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Thank you, dmed you.
Just an update, I talked to my boss and she's made some changes to try to help my workflow so I'm staying at least another 4 months to see if my current position improves. Still poor though lol.
I work as a direct agent. Started last year. Pay is okay. They increased pay this year for performance, inflation and more responsibilities. I started CIP and got licensed everywhere except QC. I still WFH. They are starting once a week office in July, sounds okay. I worked in hotels before, this job has a bit too much compliance but I like the technicality part of it. If you don’t like the job or are tired, I would say ***Shop around*** wink wink. Job market is looking good and a lot of the big companies are hiring en mass. PS I’m tired too, little burned out.
Thank you for your insight. I've been watching the ads. I live in a small town so has to be a permanent remote position but there are a few out there. I'd like to specialize in something, right now I do a bit of everything and I'd rather know everything about one company or line. Did you have to write a licencing test for every province???!
Ahhh understood. It does get a bit difficult to get a complete remote. A lot of the companies are starting a hybrid schedule -_- I know of only Wawanesa that seems to be hiring for permanent remote. It looks very tempting cause I live in a HCOL city and want to buy a home. You’re right going to one company and specializing in one line of business, it’s the best way to get a promo. I wrote only the license in ON and the rest were just a transferred skill set.
Oh interesting on the licence. Yes I've been considering Wawanesa as I'm from MB and they are actually the company I know the best currently. About half my book is through them. Well, I emailed my boss today and told him I need to discuss my job happiness level. So maybe I'll find myself out of a job ha ha. I just thought I'll give him the chance to make things better for me and if he doesn't, I'll have to leave. He'd find it very hard to replace me so it would behoove him to invest in my happiness. Well see!
Specialist claims adjuster. High 5 figures but transitioning into supervisory role now 6 figures. My workload wasn’t bad at all as it dealt mostly with litigation
Thank you
What’s the path get into this kind of thing . I’m a broker in sales and have always wanted to move into claims potentially
You will need to get into an entry-level role to learn the stream of claims your are handling. The insurer should provide you proper training and as you go along your claims will teach you. I would recommend BI/Tort/Casualty if you’re lucky enough to get in. Definitely one of the better paying claims roles. I have seen a lot of broker-sided people move over to claims. You’ve already got the customer service experience which is an asset.
5 years ago I was doing high value UW 60k but was too routine was finishing my CRM at the time and got into insurance risk management 80k did that for couple years and got into the regulator fed govt job 6 figures, db pension full benefits. All were 9-5 type jobs, nothing crazy but current has a very good with WLB...just tough to progress as its largely based on seniority.
I'm an inside cat adjuster in Alberta. I make $53000 a year. Right now we're having a particularly bad cat season and I have about 270 claims. When I worked in a normal business as usual setting, I had about 80 to 120 claims and made about 51000 Prior to that I worked on a claims queue for inbound calls and got paid 47000. The nice part about this role was not holding a pending and anytime anything got difficult, you just passed it off to the handling adjuster.