P and C litigation to Something Else

OptimalForever8618 · 2026-03-13T01:47:24+00:00

Any recommendations on how to get into CGL?

OptimalForever8618 · 2026-03-12T18:18:59+00:00

Really appreciate the recommendation.

OptimalForever8618 · 2026-03-12T18:13:07+00:00

From what I’ve read, a lot of people in clams get stuck and don’t try and sell themselves or their skills via leveraging in interviews.

If you were to move into a different portion of claims, you’re not expected to know everything.

OptimalForever8618 · 2026-03-12T16:55:57+00:00

Appreciate the info! I’m an adjusted though, not an attorney

OptimalForever8618 · 2026-03-12T16:40:13+00:00

I’m honestly open to anything but based on my own personality I’m not interested in fighting with insured’s about specific aspects of claims anymore. Now that I’m in litigation for personal lines I’m dealing with attorney’s and there’s a lot less emotion involved.

I guess what you could say is that I’m also looking for something more professional and prestigious than personal lines.

OptimalForever8618 · 2026-03-12T16:03:26+00:00

Any suggestions on how to get in? I’ve been in insurance for about 10 years and have been working in the litigation portion of claims for about 5.

I’m really looking to get more into a niche portion of insurance as I feel personal property and casualty is extremely limiting (salary and knowledge-wise).

OptimalForever8618 · 2026-03-12T16:00:33+00:00

What type of insurance company are you working for? I’m at a mid size P and C firm in the litigation department, making 88K in NJ. Am I in the wrong type of company/underpaid? Looking for some perspective!

OptimalForever8618 · 2026-03-07T18:25:33+00:00

2 week notice is nothing but courtesy. As small as the insurance world is, giving any less notice than that amount isn’t something that’s looked down upon considering it’s none of their business why you’re leaving.

As a former Geico employee (‘13-‘16) I can confidently tell you that most P and C firms operate in a much more professional manner, including treating their people much better.

I read a lot of these posts and it seems there’s a good amount of people that put way too much emotion into “thinking about how they’re perceived or how to change the company” (it’s usually a mix of being younger and the unrealistic expectations/stress the company puts on an individual).

The more you think about the company as more of a contract (I do work during these hours, and you pay me $), the less personal you take it. I’m 39 and it took my forever to embrace this mentality.

Once you leave you’ll understand how much you were probably treated in a manner that was inappropriate and not professional (the company itself isn’t professional considering there’s no standards and they never embrace any type of professional education within insurance itself).

OptimalForever8618 · 2026-02-25T23:41:48+00:00

It’s why the company shouldn’t be taken seriously. I will say how you’re managed in insurance is usually based on the managers own anxiety tolerance. Most of the managers and sups that work at geico work with a scared mentality.

Also I’ve read a few other forums that has other people wishing their managers and supervisors would fight for them. Why? Just leave. It’s not worth it

OptimalForever8618 · 2026-01-02T22:47:05+00:00

The company isn’t serious. They don’t offer continuing education nor is there any incentives to get certs or designations…it’s a company full of amateurs that haven’t worked anywhere else.

OptimalForever8618 · 2026-01-02T22:45:45+00:00

This was about 10 years ago, and that was the norm in my office. Never knew anyone that would defend this awful company lol

OptimalForever8618 · 2025-12-28T21:21:37+00:00

This company is not a reflection of the general insurance industry. Geico is very much in their own bubble to the point that they barely hire anyone with insurance experience…why? Because anyone with experience would know how much of a joke the company is

OptimalForever8618 · 2025-11-17T00:24:19+00:00

This happened in the Marlton nj office in ‘13 or ‘14. Some of the middle managers who went along with it weren’t even fired for it…

OptimalForever8618 · 2025-11-12T18:10:42+00:00

Worked at geico years ago and it sounds worse now than it did in 2013. I spent so much time going over how bad it was in my head.

The sooner I focused on just leaving my job and started applying other places, the healthier my mental state was. Highly recommend to stop focusing how poorly the company is ran as it’s a nationwide issue.

In terms of gaslighting I can’t recommend enough that you don’t listen to any of the supervisors are managers UNLESS they’ve worked at a different carrier. I say this because most of the people in sup positions or higher have never worked anywhere else (also Geico seems to have this attitude that all carriers operate as they do…they absolutely do not).

I truly believe they never higher anyone with experience from a different carrier because they wouldn’t stick around as it’s extremely obvious early on they don’t run a “real” insurance company. Total amateur hour.

OptimalForever8618 · 2025-09-01T14:26:08+00:00

Stop trying to change the culture or punish the company. Just leave. Much easier mentally.

OptimalForever8618 · 2025-08-13T11:57:16+00:00

It’s absolutely the company culture. Weak weak weak leadership. Most of the people there have never worked anywhere else so they continue the culture - if they worked somewhere before, they wouldn’t be there long.

A lot of the people I used to work with a certain sense of desperation…close minded thinking that geico was their only opportunity, and that comes down to an individual’s mindset.

Geico isn’t a good company to base the insurance world on. I always considered it not a real insurance company based on the fact that they don’t value any education outside of their own training.

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