IFG Companies Reviews

For 30+ years, IFG Companies/Burlington/Guilford has struggled to make a footprint in the E&S marketplace. While I cannot speak for the previous management team that was booted for the current "management team", the leaders of this organization are in fact not leaders at all. They refuse to acknowledge the company's lack of insurance products across all lines and instead place blame on the line underwriters. They lead by fear and threaten the struggling departments with ominous messages of firings if they cannot meet their unreasonable, lofty sales goals (remember - there is NOTHING competitive about their products, so you will fail). It is not surprising that new employees must sign employment contracts that are completely foreign to our industry, making it nearly impossible to accept better employment opportunities at competing insurers. My advice to anyone even remotely considering a position at this "Insurance Company": Just don't.

Health benefits - Expect to pay $1600 a month for what other employers deduct for < $500 You will have a future of career suicide by supporting technologies over 17 years old. Terms will be thrown-around like "agile" and "micro-services" without any real understanding or discipline being used and bandied-around to meet political goals. You will have the pleasure of entering a world of "keep things running" mentality while supporting decades-old software, while any inquiry of improving or re-writing key legacy systems will be responded with the "well, yes. it needs to be re-written . But it's not in the budget. perhaps in the next b budget." (This gets old after 6 or so years.) I cannot stress enough: stay away! IT management is all about perpetuating the lies told to the board of directors, covering up significant problems, and keeping the lights on so management can reap their bonuses. No matter how hard you work, you will never see any reward: this company loves management only, since the people who actually work are forgotten and disregarded.