An insurance agent refers to a unit or individual that handles insurance business on behalf of the insurer within the scope authorized by the insurer and collects agency fees from the insurer according to law. As of June 2009 165438+ 10, the total number of insurance agents in China was 2.56 million.
You can simply understand that as long as they are engaged in business work in insurance companies and pull business for insurance companies, they all belong to insurance agents. As for Ping An agent, there is no such name in the strict sense. They are usually called salesmen.
As for the treatment and salary. The income gap in this industry is also relatively large. The basic salary of new salesmen is very small, hundreds, and some earn tens of thousands. This industry relies on insurance commission. The more business you do, the higher your income. Simply put, you can make money by getting people to buy your insurance. So this industry is very special in China, called malformation. In foreign countries, people engaged in this industry are highly educated and intelligent, but in China, it has become an insurance industry with China characteristics. As long as you can sell the insurance, no matter what you do, seduce, give people kickbacks, cheat and threaten! As long as the bill can be drawn. Of course, the market is a little standardized now, but the road is still far away.
If you are young, you can engage in this business for a short time, just to get in touch with society, but this business can't last long.
Further reading: How to buy insurance, which is good, and teach you how to avoid these "pits" of insurance.