I’m honestly quite repulsed by the fact that some of my friends are working as insurance agents, especially because sometimes it does feel like they’re hinting me to get an insurance plan when I’m already covered.

Maybe I’m super biased but I really find it difficult to trust someone who makes money by ripping off others. I wna hear from yall. How would you react if a friend comes up to you encouraging you to buy insurance?

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Seriously, if they’ve never texted me for years, and suddenly sends a very friendly hello, I just ignore it… if I start a conversation, it may get awkward.

Those that I’ve met mostly are. I don’t mind if the insurance agents approach me just to try their luck, but if they don’t respect no means no, then that’s scummy behaviour. The worst ones are the insurance agents who come on extra hard after they find out someone in my family got a new job, male relatives start NS etc

General consensus is that most insurance agents in singapore will try to sell you some investment product that sucks so that they can get Commissions.If you DIY invest in the market by yourself , your returns will be higher.I honestly dk anything about insurance so I will try to do my research on my own first. ( Im a young dude )If its an investment plan I will laugh since my current Portfolio returns are higher than what they can offer either ways.

Im quite blunt about the fact I think they are grifters. When they pull out the “I’m just trying to help people manage their money” card – I pretty much tell them to their face they know nothing about financial management.