MarshBerry Talent Search review: services, fees and terms
MarshBerry Talent Search recruits producers, sales managers, account managers and CSRs for insurance agencies and brokerages. It comes from MarshBerry, an advisory firm that works with agencies on growth and pay.
A Talent Consultant runs each search. Fees come in a proposal.
- Best for
- Agencies and brokerages that want producer hiring tied to pay plan design and coaching
- Type
- Talent search through a consultant, plus candidate vetting
- Roles
- Producers, sales managers, account managers, CSRs and office staff
- Fee
- Quote only
- Agency types
- Insurance agencies, brokerages and financial services firms
Our take
MarshBerry Talent Search suits an agency or brokerage that wants a producer hire tied to a pay plan and follow-up coaching. A Talent Consultant builds the job profile, screens candidates and can make the offer for you.
MarshBerry publishes neither its fee nor its fee model, so ask both up front. Agencies that find their own candidates can buy vetting and benchmarking on its own.
Pros
- Producer pay plan design is part of the search
- Video interview and personality assessment
- Monthly status call with your consultant
- Separate vetting service for candidates you find
- Optional producer training after the hire
Cons
- Fee and fee model only in a proposal
- No published guarantee
- Lines and regions it covers aren't published
- No temp staffing
Roles, lines and region
- Roles
- Producers, sales managers, account managers, CSRs, operations, marketing and HR staff
- Seniority
- Staff roles through sales managers
- Agency types
- Insurance agencies, brokerages and financial services firms
How they work
Talent search
A Talent Consultant builds a job profile, screens candidates, presents them by email and can make the offer for you.
Candidate vetting
For agencies that find their own candidates. MarshBerry interviews them, debriefs you and benchmarks producers.
Recruiting consulting
Helps you build your own hiring process with surveys, assessments and interview coaching.
Fees and when you pay
MarshBerry quotes each search in a proposal. It publishes no fee or whether it works on contingency, retainer or a flat fee, so ask which before you start.
Guarantee
Ask for the replacement guarantee in writing before you sign. MarshBerry publishes no replacement or refund terms. Make them part of the proposal.
Finding and screening candidates
- Interviews and assessments
- Resume review, a long interview, a video interview and a personality assessment
- Updates
- Interview activity updates and a monthly status call
- Vetting tools
- Personality and skills tests such as Profile XT, TriMetrix and DISC in the separate vetting service
Producer recruiting
- Pay plan
- Works with you on the producer's pay, tied to activity or to sales targets the producer must reach to justify their salary
- Benchmarking
- Producer benchmarking through the vetting service
- After the hire
- Producer training, online courses, onboarding and coaching as optional extras
MarshBerry Talent Search alternatives
- Your Recruiting DepartmentQuote onlyOngoing recruiting team for independent agencies
- Capstone Search GroupQuote onlyContingency search, so nothing is due before a hire
- KBICQuote onlyRecruits whole brokerage teams
- Evergreen Agency Talent$397 a monthFlat monthly fee for producer and CSR hiring
See every option in insurance recruiting firms.
Frequently asked questions
How much does MarshBerry Talent Search cost?
MarshBerry sets the fee in a proposal and publishes no rates.
Does MarshBerry charge only when you hire, or up front?
It doesn't publish which. Ask before the search starts.
Can MarshBerry vet candidates I found myself?
Yes. Its vetting service interviews them, debriefs you and benchmarks producers.
Will MarshBerry help with the producer's pay?
Yes. The search includes a pay plan tied to activity or sales targets.
Does MarshBerry guarantee its placements?
No replacement or refund terms are published. Get them in the proposal.
How we researched this review. We based this review on the terms and product pages published by MarshBerry Talent Search, reviewed in October 2026, together with our team's experience working with insurance agents and agency owners since 2008.
Corrections
Vendors change their pricing all the time and they don't email us when they do. So if you see a price on here that's gone up, a plan MarshBerry Talent Search quit selling or a contract term that reads different now, let us know and send the link to the page where MarshBerry Talent Search has it. Somebody here pulls up that page and checks it before we change anything on ours.