National Agents Alliance ,NAA The worst type of deception Burlington North Carolina

NAA (National Agents Alliance) is an extremely well groomed, slick, company that should be brought to the attention of every State Attorneys office. I am an insurance professional with a medium sized Independent Insurance Agency; two years ago I hired an agent who talked to me about NAA. I investigated it and liked the fact that they supplied leads and are a NON-CAPTIVE opportunity. I became actively involved about a year ago.

I recruited over 100 agents around the country based on who I was (a respected insurance professional) and the opportunity based on what I believed (a reasonable/rational person) after reading all the contracting and marketing information from NAA.

NAA had seen phenomenal growth in their 5 year history as they hit the real estate boom on the nail with their mortgage protection program.

I saw there lead system change from the option to buy recycled leads (B+ and B leads) to a scenario where you are forced to buy 6-10 week old leads now called A1-A3 leads.

In the current market environment to be successful you must go and knock on peoples doors to make sales or travel out of your state. I personally had no interest in doing this and the agents I had recruited had no interest in this either. I had reached the level of regional manager and was questioning the methods used to recruit new agents as there were no longer enough A leads available.

Amongst other issues, I also questioned the sales tactics on how to sell annuities after attending a seminar held by the number 1 annuity producer in the company. I specifically brought to the attention of other managers erroneous and unethical statements that this person was teaching agents to use to make the sale. I WAS TOLD BY MY UPLINE MANAGER THAT, "WHO CARES, THIS IS WHY WE HAVE ERRORS AND OMMISSIONS INSURANCE".

I had a difference in opinion on how to develop my agency in NAA with my upline manager. Realize this is allegedly not a captive agent deal, as long as one does not sell competing companies products into the NNA leads you have no obligations to NAA.

Although I had never done anything contrary to what is in the NAA contract, but was questioning their methods (had a brain and knew when something was amiss) had a different vision (my own opinions based on years of successful business strategies) on how to build my NAA business I was terminated and al the agents I had recruited were stripped from me.

In a nutshell this is the worst type of deceptive business practice one can encounter and the part I like best is the owners always saying how righteous and Christian (values) they are. Does the name Jerry Falwell ring a bell?

Insurance star
Atlanta, Georgia
U.S.A.