Luckily I was a quick study. When I made mistakes, which we all do, I learned not to make them again. I could tell that people were really testing me, testing my knowledge. A lot of people wanted to know my ownership situation. Because I think a lot of people were nervous, being a young woman, that I would get their account then leave in two years and start a family.
Insurance has somewhat of a nasty stigma associated with it period.
In addition, you have to be willing to travel all over the place. And I think if you have small children or are planning to start a family it would be difficult to get into it. It does require a lot of travel and a lot of hours. There's a certain amount of night work invovled. They need to be home.