What are the benefits of being a career agent (guardian, mass, penn etc) v. Broker.
Other than the W2 vs 1099 and Pension.
Brokers get higher payout but lower renewal
Agents are reversed..

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PS - Guardian (and Wealth Advisory Group) and Mass both pay advisors on 1099 basis.

They both pay as Statutory W2 for career agents.

I do not believe that to be correct in my experience, I have hired people from both places and they have statutory 1099... still get 401k contributions and benefits, but definitely not W2. Maybe there are multiple models there but I believed both were on the agency side.

Thanks for the reply. I can attest 1st hand to having a w2. Either way I'm still not sure of a fair comparison of both models.

Interesting and good to know, which of those firms are you with?

Guardian now, Mass prior. Just not sure if the agent model is the best route (unbiasedly)

Anyone else have any thoughts about the different tracks? Career Agent v Broker?

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