The question is: Do you have what it takes?
We welcome all applicants who are retail insurance agents, retail investment advisors, and retail registered representatives. The keyword is retail.
Applicants that work for home offices, or for wholesale distributors, will have to ask for special dispensation from the Top Gun Staff.
You will be tested.
Steps to enlisting (MUST be followed IN ORDER):
- First step: Sign up for our email list. You will receive a confirmation email. Click here
Second step: Register on the forum. Please take care selecting your User Name (alias). Do NOT use your real name, and do NOT use the name of your firm, agency, or any URL. The acronyms IMO, FMO, BGA or GA are not allowed as part of an alias without prior permission.
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Selection for the Infantry happens manually. Everything we ask you to do has a specific reason.
Not everyone who applies will be selected. We are discriminating here.
The reason for our selection process is to spoof the Nigerians, Russians, and other trolls that seek to spam this forum. This process is used to confirm your identity in order to protect this forum from intruders that do not belong, such as the lay public, pikers, failed planners, those who are not qualified, and anyone that has received a Bad Conduct Discharge.
If you wish to maintain your forum membership, you should use a valid email address that you check daily. By registering on this forum, you explicitly agree to receive periodic emails from this site.
Top Gun Producers is a PRIVATE forum and is not open to the general public. It is exclusively for a select group of people who are in retail financial services. Anyone that registers and participates who is not a member of the retail financial services industry (or who is trying to enter the profession) will be summarily removed. Compliance officers or other people who are currently employed in the "anti-sales department" are NOT allowed in this forum and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
The Usergroups may be applied for as one advances in Rank, and are subject to approval by the Chief of Staff, as follows:
Usergroup - Number of posts required to join
- Infantry - 1 post, license submitted and approved
Expert Infantryman - 100 posts
Special Forces - by invitation only
Optional User Groups require additional measures and qualifications.
Ranks -- updated June 2008
Here's the ranks, and the number of posts required to achieve the rank:
- Lurker 0 - no viewing privileges.
FNG 1
Buck Private 2
Private First Class 10
Specialist 30
Corporal 50
Sergeant 75
Staff Sergeant 100
Sergeant First Class 150
Master Sergeant 200
First Sergeant 250
Sergeant Major 300
Command Sergeant Major 350
Sergeant Major of the Army 425
Second Lieutenant 500
First Lieutenant 600
Captain 700
Major 800
Lieutenant Colonel 900
Colonel 1,000
Brigadier General 1,250
Major General 1,750
Lieutenant General 2,500
General 3,500
General of the Army 10,000
Piker Wannabe - On report, subject to a Trial by Courts Martial
Piker - Banished
User Groups
- Registered Members - May post new topics and reply in the Induction forum, subject to approval by the Top Gun Staff.
Infantry - May post new topics, reply, and vote most of the basic forums, except as noted below.
Expert Infantryman - May post new topics, reply, and vote in Scuttlebutt and Advanced Life Underwriting.
If you're a career agent with any of the following companies, be sure to join their respective private study groups:
- - New York Life
- Mass Mutual
- Northwestern Mutual
- Guardian
- Ohio National
- OneAmerica
- State Farm
To join a company-specific forum, you must apply by sending an email to the Chief of Staff from your company provided email to verify that it is your email (alternatively, use your company provided email when you register for automatic inclusion). Brokers or independent producers are NOT eligible for company-specific forums.
Special Forces are private forums for specially qualified operators. When a Top Gun Producer becomes eligible, they'll receive a special invitation:
- - Force Recon
- Green Berets
- Delta Force
- Red Cell
- Freedom Fighters
The purpose of using Ranks is to encourage participation.
The purpose of this forum is the free exchange of ideas between professionals under the blanket protection of anonymity because FINRA and the feds are not your friends. If you join, and later decide you're not a good fit, or don't like the freedom of speech exercised herein, leave quietly and nobody will care. DO NOT send nasty emails to an administrator or moderator. You will be banned and your emails posted for all to see, and your anonymity will no longer be protected.
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The subject matter of this forum is often serious, but sometimes satirical, especially when it comes to public figures.
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One final note: If you register, and your account is not selected within a few days, please send an email to admin@topgunproducers.com - we get spammed by thousands of trolls from various third-world countries so some valid registrations might be overlooked.