Kin Insurance reviews about "manager"

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45 reviews
1.0
Oct 10, 2022
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Pros

Employees are all remote & the company does send nice gift boxes occasionally to celebrate milestones. Gift boxes contain small desserts &/or company T-Shirts.

Cons

The leadership is astonishingly incompetent. I didn't meet anyone in leadership that had any prior insurance experience. There were no year end meetings to discuss performance &/or opportunities... no one knew if there would be any year end raise until a few days beforehand. There were compliance issues that inexperienced managers had no idea how to handle. There was very little advancement opportunities, only because the managers had no management experience, resulting in high turnover. The benefits were not ideal & the pay was low.

4.0
Dec 18, 2022

Good teammates

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Pros

Good place to work, free snacks

Cons

Horrible pay for product managers

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Kin Insurance Response
3y
Thank you for submitting your feedback! We agree, our people are what make us great!
5.0
Feb 24, 2023
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Pros

Great leadership! Teamwork! Lots of encouragement and support! My manager, Liz Galarza, is outstanding! Very attentive and pushes us to exceed our own expectations for ourselves and the results speak for themselves. The compensation is great and the benefits are even better!

Cons

Can't really say there are any cons, I love it here!

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Kin Insurance Response
3y
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us!
5.0
Mar 13, 2023

Great company

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Pros

Great work life balance and the management is the best! I had the same manager from start to finish for 2 years, Danny Carrino, I seriously could not have asked for a better manager!!!

Cons

Not much to complain about. Just got a little burnt out on sales but that has nothing to do with the company

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Kin Insurance Response
3y
Thank you for sharing your feedback with us! We agree that our people are what make us great, including you!
3.0
Oct 3, 2022
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Pros

Work from home, amazing team and manager. Great learning experience and teachers to excel in underwriting insurance.

Cons

Churn is high, I find myself having to ask if someone is here anymore alot. I last counted 22 people were fired/ quit in one month The big cons are pay, Customer service and Underwriting support were paid the same. Not sure how that works when one is answering the phone and ticketing and the other involves complexity of making changes, compliance, claims, discounts. Sales gets so much love, they get incentives and expensive/discounted items/gifts. We get a mug or occasional gift card or outing. Please show other departments some love and appreciation.

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Kin Insurance Response
3y
Thank you for sharing your feedback. The growth of our Kinfolk and their careers/skill are a top priority for us.
3.0
Sep 29, 2022
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Pros

Great manager, a kind person, and a great team.

Cons

The Pay isn't great, the people make it hard to leave.

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Kin Insurance Response
3y
Thank you for sharing your feedback! Our people are consistently what make us great and drive us to achieve more. We could not disrupt an industry with out great people like yourself!
3.0
Jan 11, 2023
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Pros

Very kind staff and great training program.

Cons

The expectations fluctuate. The managers are not very informed on what they're telling their teams which causes a lot of confusion. It seems like the department is just running on fumes sometimes with not many knowing what to do.

2.0
Jan 27, 2023
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Pros

Truly, the only benefit of working for this company is that the position is remote. If it weren't for that, very confident 70%-80% of the work force would've left and that's being very conservative. There is a decent work-life balance here. It's more "laid back" than other strict organizations in the insurance industry. There's some D&I, but management is mostly white-washed. That's about it really.

Cons

Pay (sales specifically) is low compared to any other organization I've seen and it's not close; both in salary and commission. The commission used to be decent until it got changed again to "align with current market standards". Those who produce well now see a dip in their check for the same output of work, if not more, than they did prior to the change (no longer work here. This is what I've been told). There's about 13 or so sales managers (included are team managers and assistant managers). Only about 2-3/13 truly know what they're doing and actually bring value to the organization and department as a whole. Same goes for the current directors (2). Only 1/2 understands the industry as a whole and makes questionable decisions that later are seen as backwards thinking to the sales agents. The turnover is insane. For the 2 years I was there, I would say, in sales, there has been both from lays offs and resignations around 50-100. For a startup company that doesn't have more than 600 employees, that's quite a lot. A good amount would be about pay (sales and other organizations within the company included), but also lack of vision. Which leads me to the next point. Kin has lost their focus on helping customers. At it's very core, Kin was designed to make buying homeowners insurance simple yet thorough, amazing yet affordable. Florida is a very volatile market and insurers are leaving left and right, so Kin truly doesn't have the blame for everything, but the renewal increases are quite literally absurd compared to other carriers and they do it all in the name of profitability. This is something that can really demotivate the sales team as you see negative review after negative review posted online or when you speak to prospects. You want to back the company and of course sell, but it's very difficult to feel like you're enjoying what you're doing when existing customers, past-customers and prospects looking for a new insurer all have negative things to say about your company. Terrible benefits as a whole and no clear cut way on how to progress in your career.

3.0
Oct 26, 2022

good job, bad pay

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Pros

flexible, good managers, good company culture

Cons

bad pay, no room for growth.

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