Used to be American Express Advisors.  Got into a good bit of regulatory trouble a few years ago.  Didn’t really like them when I was looking to make a move.

AMP… great question… you’re going to get a lot of negs here…I think this is the 300th time someone’s asked about AMP.  Search for Ameriprise in this forum for more.  I do know there’s not one indy firm paying more dough to bring you in the fold.  Just be aware the contract to cash those checks will take days to read and comprehend. Been there… done that from a ‘recruit’ perspective.   I like AMP… one day they will have a great platform and they get closer by the month. They are NOT the same as the AMEX owned crap company that we all beat on here… that’s been vastly improved upon.   HRB acquisition has brought a great deal of talent and open minds there and they have cash and dreams greater than most firms from NY to CA. 

I heard they are on the opposite way. Everything is going down. Prioritary products galore.

I had some friends who met with them. They seemed to be pretty blown away with what was offered. Not quite sure of the details, but definately worth checking out.

I think you need to look pretty closely at the offer. Lots of smoke and mirrors on the one I saw. They are offering some up-front money to move the book…a forgivable loan as they call it?? Looks like it is 7 years forgivable. I don’t like to be tied for 7 years.

I was with HRBFA until this year. The platform under HRBFA was pretty good but since AMP took over, they are planning on reducing the number of VA companies to 3 or 4. This includes Riversource (proprietary) and if you don’t do over 100k in insurance revenue annually, you can only write insurance biz through Riversource. How’s that for open architecture? They do offer most MF’s out there but the annuity and insurance changes as well as the horror stories of the past are what drove me away. I think it is very likely that  many HRB reps will leave when their 5 year retention package is fully vested in November of 2013.