January 29, 2004
In training
Yeah, so I started working at Merastar Insurance Company on Monday. It's pretty great. I'm being trained to be a customer service counselor, answering existing insureds phone calls. The training consists of Lotus Notes, Merastar's policy software (don't think it's originally proprietary, but the hacks they've done on it seem to be), and learning a lot about insurance. I learned so much on Monday that I called my auto insurance agent to make sure I'm adequately covered. I'll probably learn about homeowner's insurance today or tomorrow, as well as getting an in depth course on Notes. If Merastar hires me on permenantly, which they might, they'd pay for me to become a licensed insurance agent, which would be a nice thing to put on a resume.
hey, you'll be doing what i'm doing! your observation in the previous entry is absolutely correct: people are fools on the telephone, and also while driving.
Posted by: gosey at January 29, 2004 09:02 AMHey, cool, let me know when I can call you to make sure I'm adequately covered. Car and house.
Posted by: jeep at January 29, 2004 09:57 AMWe haven't done homeowner's insurance yet, but you should carry at least 50/100/50 liability with 50 medical payments. I'd recommend 100/300/100, which is what I'm at. In TN, your UM/UIM will be the same as your liability. You'll probably also want comp and collision, and you'd have to decide what you wanted your deductable to be ($100-1000).
Posted by: ryan at January 29, 2004 06:02 PM