Brown & Brown Insurance Employee Reviews about "producers"

Pros

None - This company fails to evaluate their own mandated processes and protocols for effectiveness. Outdated approaches to client servicing as well as failing to keep up with industry trends in their employment practices.

Cons

The Benefits Dept is 10 years behind competitors in industry knowledge and services. Their focus is providing transactional services for clients whereby competitors provide consulting, education and creative solutions for clients. Dishonest producers will say or do anything for a sale and Profit Center Mgr is supportive of them doing anything to pull in a sale...void of integrity.

Pros

Work life balance is ok for producers

Cons

Micromanaged, low pay, high turnover, no support, support staff underpaid and not knowledgeable

Pros

- Tremendous opportunity here for salespeople - Extremely stable industry (ie: we hired during the pandemic, largely unaffected by economic uncertainty compared to other industries) - Very high income ceiling (there is a commitment to realize the ceiling = 5-10 years) - Well run organization. This is a place you could work at and legitimately retire from. No workplace is perfect but Brown & Brown Northwest really does a phenomenal job of seeking to always do best by the employees and their clients - Although this is a publicly traded company they have a decentralized model allows for local decision-making authority - If you're willing to work HARD and are fully committed there are truly very little limitations on your trajectory career and income-wise - Your leadership will equip you with whatever you need to be successful if you're one of the folks who leads from the front and puts in the work - Fantastic training program for new salespeople with zero insurance experience - There is a tremendous culture of "meritocracy", professionalism, integrity, and hustle (and it's evidenced by local and regional leadership - many of them started within the organization and grew into leadership positions - they walk the talk)

Cons

- Being a producer is not for everyone: You're going to work a lot - this isn't just a "I want to golf a ton" type of job - be prepared to work 60 hour weeks and work extremely diligently - Work-Life balance can be a challenge, especially at certain times of the year when everything hits the fan - this is not a negative specific to Brown & Brown - any high income potential job will require a good amount of time and intentionality - The learning curve of understanding and truly becoming an insurance expert is not a 1-2 year process (it takes time) - This not a "get-rich-quick" type of job - you're looking at a solid commitment of 5-10 years (and probably longer to reach the upper echelon) to realize some of the income ceiling you're wanting to experience (not necessarily a con but you need to know the sacrifice required up-front and what you're getting in to)

Pros

Sales Training for new producers

Cons

Literally everything. Pay, Benefits, Technology, and Service all are vastly inferior.

Pros

Its a job with a biweekly paycheck.

Cons

A regimented, 10-commandment environment even when the rules defy good business practices. Every month employees sign an "honesty and ethics" statement. Producers also have to sign the statement, but are never called out on their unethical and deceiving activities.

Pros

It’s fine for a place for a side job or if you want something to do, but not for a career.

Cons

The producers take priority and that’s that. Otherwise you aren’t important.