Job description

Role: Insurance Agent

Employment Type: Full Time

Pay: Commission Based – We pay for performance! Successful first year agents average pay of nearly $40K in their first year with the second year pay growing to an average of nearly $63K. Top agents earn over $60K in their first year with that growing to over $80K in their second year.

Benefits: Group Life Insurance, Major Medical, Dental, Short-term; Long-term disability, Retirement Plan, 401(k), Paid Vacation, Educational Reimbursement. Superior performance is recognized through numerous awards, prizes, and trips!

Are you passionate about serving the under-served? This career could be for you!

Kemper is a diversified insurance holding company located in Chicago, IL. We are firmly committed to servicing the insurance needs of modest-income families. As a home service family of companies, we are dedicated to frequent personal contact with our customers for premium collection and other service needs.

Responsibilities:

Agents are each assigned a territory (an agency) with an established book of clients with in-force business.

Day to day activities include:

Conducting interviews, recommending products, closing sales, and using our Family Security Selling System
Continuously prospecting for sales opportunities
Collecting premiums from policyholders, based on a pre-arranged schedule
Responding promptly to policyholder service requests such as beneficiary changes, claims, loans, etc
Keeping records, accounting for money collected, and processing paperwork

Our agents are each expected to:

Increase the agency size
Build good working relationships with customers
Devote time necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of the position
Commit to ongoing development of knowledge and skills

Preparation:

Extensive on-the-job training allows new agents to earn a paycheck while learning their profession.
Licensing – Various state licenses are required to sell or service insurance products.

Our companies provide assistance and guidance to those who are preparing to sit for licensing exams.

Basic Training – During the first 26 weeks, new agents complete a basic development program that includes self-study, classroom time, role-play, and extensive fieldwork.

Rewards:

The opportunity to become a successful agent is an opportunity to build a better life. Among the rewards are:

An established business – New agents pay nothing for an established agency, which has a built-in clientele of loyal policyholders

Pay for performance – A chance to write their own paycheck with increasing income opportunity as skills and knowledge grow

Job stability – Employment in a field where there is an increasing need of qualified professionals
Prestige –Recognition in the community as a respected professional
Advancement – The potential for future promotion to a management position
Personal Satisfaction – Knowing that they are doing meaningful work when they help others protect the people they love and the things they own

Equal opportunity – We are firmly committed to our policy of providing equal employment opportunity based on individual merit

Opportunity is knocking. Don’t let it pass you by!

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $35,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Supplemental pay types:

• Commission pay

Weekly day range:

• Monday to Friday

Work setting:

• In-person

License/Certification:

• Insurance Producer License (Preferred)
• Life Insurance License (Preferred)

Work Location: In person