Posted by Terry Taylor on 8/14/09

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I am at a loss as to anything can be done. I was an
employee Insurance agent(captive)for Met Life Auto and
Home Insurance. We were employees and had benefits, like
401, Health, Disability, ect. However in January of 2009,
the company said we had to sign a new contract or be
terminated. Under the new contract, they took away
benifits if we didn't produce certain numbers of
production, and also would terminate you if you didn't hit
certain production points in 90 days. I was terminated on
July 10th of 2009, as a career agent we never had to meet
type of production, especially with an agency as large as
mine because I spent more time taking care of my clients
than seeking out new business. Or I would loose more
customers than I could bring in. The company also didn't
tell us they were going strickly with independent agencies
rather than using PCS type agents like myself. Not only
did they put requirements on us on production but also
added over 6 times the agents to compete with, and
cancelled all our free advertisements in the Yellow Pages,
and now let Independent agencies advertise our specific
logos, They also took all my customer files, and a book of
business of over 400,000. I can't rewrite business for 18
months. I also have cronic COPD, I asked my supervisor
before I was terminated to go on Disability, she said it
was too late. We have short term and long term disability
Ive been paying on for over 10 yrs now, I am now 61 and I
have been pretty sick over the last couple of years. It
just seems unfair a company can do this stuff and get away
with it. I asked to at least keep my book of clients and
pay me as an independent agent, of course they would
rather legally steal from people like me, and shaft my
clients, who I really cared for over the years and still
do. I also feel that the stress they put me through the
last 6 months made my health even worse. Is there
anything that can be done.. Please help me

Employment Termination, 8/14/09, by Terry Taylor.

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