Comments on: Primerica For Sale? Not Any More!

By: C W

C W — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:50:34 +0000

Wow. I hope you’re not a PFS agent there STC, cuz I don’t think you should be calling people d-bags and stuff. John Addisen would NOT approve. Lol.

By: The Financial Blogger

The Financial Blogger — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:20:30 +0000

@ STC….
oh my god… you so didn’t read this post and you so didn’t notice it was written on April Fool…. issssshhhhhhh…….speaking of credibility

By: STC

STC — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:55:36 +0000

UUUUU…u got it wrong douch bag….was not bought by Berkshire Hathaway….but good for you taking a guess with no regard for your own credibility:) ROCK ON…lol

By: The Financial Blogger

The Financial Blogger — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:42:27 +0000

For once, I don’t get crucified by a reader on a Primerica article

LOL!

By: C W

C W — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:39:02 +0000

Thank you. I’ll be back! (Arnold Schwarzenegger Terminator voice)

By: The Financial Blogger

The Financial Blogger — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:16:58 +0000

Hey CW,
thx for stopping by and commenting

By: C W

C W — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:39:12 +0000

I’m neither Primerica rep or opposition, but I appreciated the joke even if it (obviously) touched a few sensitive parts of agents egos. The long diatribes suggest passion on both sides (yes you too TFB) but that is the thing that makes America/Canada and humanity in general so awesome…… freedom! I would suggest to everyone here that somewhere there are people in another country PASSIONATELY and VIOLENTLY arguing that “our” way of life is the way to hell or evil. I say that however you decide to help people is your choice and no one here is inherently evil (not even you TWB at at your money hungry bank ) PFS may not be the only way to financial salvation, but neither is the average persons job with inflation growing faster than wages.
It appears we should all just learn to take a joke and humbly accept criticism constructive or otherwise on a blog. I mean really, are we really going to play internet gangsters now……really? Lol! Save the preaching for church, the negativity for your psychiatrist, and the infinite (already settled) debate of Primerica vs Cash Value vs critics of MLM for a face to face discussion with someone knowledgeable.

No disrespect intended,

C. White

By: Fran Maguire

Fran Maguire — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:23:22 +0000

by: Michael M. | February 1st, 2010 (10:48 pm)

The company is profitable…their agents are not.

The average agent makes less than $900 annually and they are not trained in classical matters o finance at all.

By: Michael M.

Michael M. — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:48:24 +0000

Say what you want about Primerica. The facts are that they are a very profitable company, and they do a very good job of educating the consumer. The company preaches about having a written financial game plan, buying more affordable Term life insurance, price shopping for auto/home insurance, protecting yourself with long-term care insurance, and investing long term into diversified mutual fund portfolios.
Sounds like solid financial advice to me.

Since there are 100,000+ agents, you’re obviously going to hear about a few agents that aren’t as trained or professional as they should be. Hence all of the negative postings. (Let’s be honest, some negative posts are from their competition too.) But overall, the company is solid, and their concepts are consumer oriented.

Their network marketing structure has worked pretty well, and is a legitimate business opportunity. However, I do feel that since the departure of Art Williams many years ago, the company has since gone soft in it’s competitiveness and has it’s best days behind them. Yes, they are still very profitable; but they are not the powerhouse that the A.L. Williams Agency once was.

Primerica has filed for an IPO, although the date has not been officially announced as of yet. Maybe the IPO will breath some new life into the insurance “Crusade” that they were once known for.

Personally, I’d invest in the IPO.

By: L.Boogie

L.Boogie — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:06:44 +0000

personaly i think that primerica is a very good company from what i have seen ive watched the impact the products this company has to offer vs the competition on families. I mean its literaly the difference bettween retireing with 200,000 and 2,000,000. and i dont care what people think of the business model because the fact is that if marry k and amway and avon can do it why cant primerica if its good for the client and company and the sales force whats the problem? furthurmore why would citi pay a billion dollars for a pyramid scheem? its called due dillagence. so before anyone make derogatory comments about the company do the reserch for yourself. when other companies are falling left and right and crumbling to the ground or taking tax payer dollars who is actually still in the black? PRIMERICA!!!! thats who and guess who never ingaged in selling those mortgauges that nearly destroyed our economy? oh is it primerica i think it is…well in conclusion as much as people want to attack primerica because they have maybe had a bad exsperience with a sells rep well if the company is made up of independent contractors iam willing to bet that not everyones gona be knowlegable not all of them will have the best intentions or maybe not all of them will be willing to sacrafice their commision for what the client needs but you know what at the end of the day 98.9 of the sales force will so that being said dont judge a book by its cover. over all its a great oppurtunity to join and from the client stand-point it offers some of the best solutions to financial problems in the industry so say what you will Primerica is the best oh and if you dont belive me just ask AM best or money magazine just a lil something to ponder.