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Young Insurance Agents Opinion Survey 2017

Young agents and brokers: Who are you? What do you think about your career? How happy are you with your compensation and working conditions? Do you want to be an owner someday or are you already one? What do you think of the industry's public image?

This is a survey exclusively for licensed property/casualty insurance agents and brokers in the U.S. who are 40 years of age or younger. The survey takes only a few minutes to complete. The questions solicit your views on your career, your own agency and the agency system, the P/C industry, the future and more. All individual replies are CONFIDENTIAL. Aggregate results will be reported in Insurance Journal magazine on April 3 and on www.insurancejournal.com later. Have fun and thank you for participating.
1.Are you a licensed property-casualty agent or broker who is 40 years or younger and working in the U.S.(Required.)
2.Would you best describe yourself as an:
3.Please indicate your age range.
4.How long have you been an independent agent or broker?
5.Do you consider insurance to be your permanent career?
6.Which segment of the property/casualty business are you primarily involved in?
7.Please indicate the size of your agency/brokerage in annual property/casualty premium volume.
8.Which of the following describes your agency or brokerage?
9.Is your agency or brokerage family-owned?
10.Please indicate if these statements ring basically true or basically false based on your experience in the agency/brokerage business.
Basically True
Basically False
No Opinion
As a younger agent, I have to work harder to gain the confidence of clients.
I fear that my career will be hurt by a merger or sale of my agency.
I wish I could specialize more than I am now permitted to do.
Much of my production supports older producers in the agency.
During my career, I have worked for more than one agency.
While in my present position, I have been offered a job with another agency.
Success in this business is mostly about building relationships.
Success with 40 and younger clientele is built first by relationships online.
Efficiency and effectiveness are more important than relationships to succeed in this business.
I propose new ideas but our firm rarely seems to get to them.
The agency ranks could use more women and minorities.
I have already completed or am working to complete a CPCU, CIC, ARM or other insurance designation program.
I wish my agency would expand into new markets.
I think my compensation is fair.
I think my agency's management is fair.
I believe advancement is based on relationships more than performance.
I would like to increase the time I spend on sales versus servicing or administrative tasks.
Insurtech will lead to serious disruption of the industry
Autonomous cars will wipe out the personal auto market
The industry has been too slow to adopt new technology
Millennials are misunderstood by the industry and others 
In 25 years the independent agency system will be stronger than it is now
Baby boomers have left the world a mess
11.Which of the following tools and activities do you participate in?
12.Rate the following factors in the agency or brokerage where you work.
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
Quality of agency technology in general
Quality of agency management system
Quality of management
Employee compensation and benefits
Opportunities for advancement
Office -- physical environment and location
Administrative support
Opportunities for educational improvement
Telecommuting/flexibility with work-life balance
13.How optimistic are you about the following?
Very Optimistic
Optimistic
Cautious
Not Optimistic
Your own career as an independent agent
Keeping your current job
Your 2017 income will be greater than it was in 2016
The future of the independent agency system
The U.S. economy in 2017
Your agency's ability to attract quality talent
Independent agents' ability to grow commercial lines market share
Independent agents' ability to gain personal lines market share
Independent agency channel’s ability to advance in technology use
14.Please rate the property/casualty industry in the following areas?
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
Customer service
Public image
Treatment of employees
Professionalism
Ethics
Career attractiveness to young professionals
Use of technology
Marketing and advertising
15.Which of the following do you believe is your biggest challenge?
16.What is your gender?
17.How best would you describe your ethnicity?
18.Do you think the industry offers men more opportunity than women?
19.Which of these best describes your status with your current agency/brokerage?
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