A State Farm Agent For 25 Plus Years

I am very interested in a career field in Human Resources. For this paper, I interviewed Lillian Mannino who is a Human Resource and Personnel Manager at the UC San Diego Graduate School of Global Policy and Strategy. As a manager, Lillian serves as the link between the graduate school’s management and its employees. She is in charge of overseeing recruitment, employee relations, policy development, payroll, and benefits. Personnel management is a special branch of management that is focus on the concerns of employees at work and their relationship with the organization. Her educational experiences consist of a bachelor degree at UC San Diego in Management Science and a professional Human Resources certificate from UCSD Extension. She has been working in the academic administration for almost ten years and earned her current position as manager through climbing up the ladder. She started off working in this field as a student affairs officer then was promoted to an administrative specialist. Her prior work experience paved a path for her to build up professional experience as well as a solid network within the UCSD administrative system.

Benjamin Franklin helped to establish in 1752, what it would be the first mutual insurance company. For many years, the United States government never considered necessary to incorporate a system that would compensate their citizens in case any injury, accident or loss happen to them. It wasn’t until 1735 the first underwrote fire insurance company was created; in Charleston, South Carolina. Underwrite insurance companies are the ones, that analyze all the risk of insuring a particular person or asset and uses that information to set a premium pricing for insurance policies. But it took 20 years to create the first mutual insurance company, one in which policyholders would come together to share the risk.

I do not know of any customers that I can recall that have left State Farm because of something that I did or because I gave them poor customer service. I know most customers by name and have their policies pulled up even before they walk into the door. I am familiar with the policies they have and also with how they prefer to conduct their business. In fact and I know you have noticed, customers often choose to interact with me and ask for me directly when calling into the office whether it be in regards to applications, policy changes, or

COMES NOW, Defendant the State Farm Fire & Casualty Company (“State Farm”), by and through Mark J. Stiller, Esq., Bryant S. Green, Esq., and Niles, Barton & Wilmer, LLP, and hereby files this Memorandum of Law in Support of its Motion for Sanctions for Failure to Respond to Discovery pursuant to Md. Rule 3-421(h), and in support thereof, states as follows:

State Farm has asked whether it has a duty to defend the insured pursuant to the insured’s homeowners policy. It is our opinion that State Farm has no duty to defend the insured under the insured’s homeowners policy. The insured’s homeowners policy entitled the insured to a defense for “a suit brought against an insured for damages because of bodily injury or property damage to which this coverage applies, caused by an occurrence.” In this case, these elements initially triggering the insured’s homeowners policy are likely satisfied. Nevertheless, the SECTON II – Exclusions section provides that the liability coverage does not apply to any of the fifteen exclusions specifically enumerated therein.

Louann’s husband left her pregnant and without a job. She was forced to assume the risks of raising a child alone and finding a job. A few months later her husband sent her a letter and asked her to follow him on to the Colorado-Montana rodeo circut but Louann declined and took on a new job at the salsa factory. “It’s over between me and Angel. I know it is” says Louann (128). She didn’t know much about anything besides being a house wife; however she managed to fine herself a good job at a salsa factory and quickly (through her good work ethic) she reached the position of manager. While at the same time raising her son Dwayne, Louann showed incredible initiative and the courage to over come the risks of being left alone by her husband.

Not only did James seize the opportunity by applying, but because of his 10,000 hours operating heavy equipment while working for his Uncle, he also got a promotion soon after from a laborer to a “Caltrans Equipment Operator.” Also, since his mother was a Supervisor at CalTrans, a career path his mother chose and which he had no control. She shared her knowledge, experience, and data that would help him with testing and promotional interviews. Today, partly due to his “practical intelligence,” James is a Supervisor at the Department of Transportation. Just like Bill Joy in Outliers who happens on a college with the most advanced computers and it advances his career, James has a job where he happens to have a mother who also works at the company and who knows the system and helps him. However, unlike Langan, whose mother neglected to fill out the financial papers causing him to lose his education, James mother communicated with him to make sure he got the opportunities, even though he and James mother had almost identical backgrounds of Langan, of being poor, having an absent father and a working mother. James was able to overcome these

An Insurance agency that continues to change the industry is Progressive and began in 1937(Progressive, About) Progressive was also the first to reduce rates for low risk drivers, as well as offering comparison rates with its top competitors on its website. (Progressive, Intro). They are currently based out Mayfield Village, Ohio with branches in 450 cities and employee around 25000 individuals.

After analyzing, the State Farm commercial does a more effective job of selling their product to the consumers by giving examples of when they would need State Farm by combining their home and auto insurance, rather than siding with the competition. With logos, State Farm does a better job than Geico because their insurance deal is more lucrative than Geico’s customer satisfaction rating. That goes back to the main point of them selling their product more effectively. Concerning pathos, State Farm is advantageous to where Geico is not. State Farm humorous situation in where Aaron Rodgers is trying to swat a fly with a golf club is more capturing, rather than simply a high school football player getting tackled off-guard. Regarding ethos, State Farm is yet again victorious when it comes to being the more persuasive commercial. What they do is they have two contrasting situations with Aaron Rodgers, giving two examples where home and auto insurance might be needed. Geico is similar with the high school football player getting tackled, but their ethics are dependent on the comedy of the moment and speaker rather than any celebrities endorsing their product. In conclusion, State Farm is more effective at persuading and selling their product to the public, and therefore, is the more persuasive

It was the early 1940’s. World War II was happening. The war effort needed more power and more aluminum. The Tennessee Valley Authority was building a dam. They needed many workers to complete the dam that would end up being 480 feet tall. John was from Tennessee and needed work. He was 50 years old, but he was still a hard worker. John was a widower and his wife had died in a car accident. Sadly, his only son died in the accident too. He wanted to get out of Tennessee. He saw a poster that said they needed people to work on the dam in North Carolina. John loves cold weather and being out doors, so working on the dam would be perfect. He needed a change, so he quit his job at the sawmill, packed up his few belongings, including his picture of his wife and son. He got in his van and headed to North Carolina, to apply to work on the dam.

Having a double undergraduate major in Accounting and Integrated Supply Management and an MBA from a renowned business school qualified Abby Conroy, CMA, for her position at Ace Fertilizer Company. She has been employed at Ace Fertilizer for the past three years, and is a highly respected employee. Her hard work and dedication to detail resulted in a series of rapid promotions. Currently, Abby is assistant director of manufacturing and is primarily responsible for special customer orders. Meeting the needs of customers in manufacturing special orders has become a very profitable portion of Ace’s operations. These special orders sometimes complement, but

His day starts with answering emails for an hour. Next, he has meetings most to almost all day long. Lastly, he spends time working on the projects assigned to him and his group. This does not seem like the most exciting job at State Farm. However, Jon has his eyes pointed in a different direction and wants to find something more intriguing. Eventually, Jon wants to be more on the architectural side of things. If he does not get placed into this position, he is hoping he can be a manager in systems.

State Farm was founded in 1922 by a retired farmer and insurance salesman, George Jacob "G.J." Mecherle. Mecherle’s original vision, to operate fairly and do the right thing for the customers, still guides the company today. What started as a single line auto insurance company, has now grown to an entity offering nearly 100 products and services to help customers manage today and prepare for tomorrow. Currently, the company handles nearly 35,000 claims per day, which demonstrates its level of commitment to policyholders. State Farm offers access online and offline through statefarm.com, or through one of more than 18,000 agent offices nationwide. Over the next few sections, State Farm’s mission, culture, and family of companies will be discussed as a summary of the organization and its achievements.

For my sales manager interview I was fortunate enough to interview Chad Keaton, a wealth management advisor and a managing director of Northwestern Mutual. Mr. Keaton graduated from East Tennessee State University in 1989 with Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing. Moreover, he joined Northwestern Mutual in 1993 and now it has been almost 20+ years since he has been in sales and sales force management with Northwestern Mutual here in Knoxville, TN. Founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Northwestern Mutual, as a middle west based company, started up with the earliest life insurance services in 1857. Even though, Northwestern Mutual has always been prominent for its life insurance products, the innovation and diversity in various financial services of business are undeniably more attractive. Risk management, wealth accumulation, wealth preservation and distribution are some of the major needs that Northwestern Mutual offers to the public with many specializations.

Founded in 1922, this Texas based insurance company, started out when 25 Army officers, San Antonio, Texas, made the agreement to insure one another’s automobiles. Within 90 years, this miniature insurance group has grown to be one of the premier financial service providers in the nation, boasting over 11.4 million members and 28 thousand employees. USAA provides over 47.2 million active products, such as policies for property/casualty and life insurance, personal banking, discount brokerage accounts, investment management services, and other special services such as real estate development and discount shopping. Keeping true to their original