Entry-Level Insurance Sales Agent

We want to add a motivated and personable new employee to our insurance agent team who is seeking a new learning opportunity with lots of room for growth. The ideal candidate for our entry-level insurance agent position has the solid communication skills it takes to drive insurance sales among potential clients and new clients. Bring a friendly attitude and a passion for customer service, and we’ll invest our resources into training you to be a successful insurance sales representative!

Compensation

$120,000 at plan earnings

Responsibilities

• Serve as an attentive listener when communicating with new and potential clients in order to accurately identify their unique needs prior to pursuing specific insurance sales
• Tailor risk management strategies and client profiles to reflect each customer’s individual needs
• Update reports, records, bookkeeping systems, and other organizational tools to accurately report progress toward monthly insurance sales goals
• Stay abreast of any changes to rules or policies within the insurance agency to effectively amend insurance programs for existing and prospective clients
• Offer personal attention when pursuing new clients through various marketing strategies to grow your existing portfolio of policyholders
• Employ a research-based approach to providing financial advice and strategies based on educational meetings and/or seminars centered on client risk tolerance and financial goals
• Collect and organize each client’s financial information using a CRM to determine financial status, financial goals, cash flow, and financial expectations
• Assess each client’s potential life and financial needs to create an individualized financial plan that leverages the products and services we offer
• Implement social media and other marketing tools to identify, seek, and generate prospects with whom you can foster strong, long-term relationships as a reliable financial service professional
• Provide financial recommendations to clients for savings plans, life insurance policies, mutual fund investments, and other financial products
  
  

Qualifications

• Candidates must have or be willing to get an insurance license
• Basic understanding of sales lead or accounting software is helpful
• Must be a superb communicator able to carefully analyze complex ideas like insurance programs; experience working in customer service is beneficial
• Bachelor’s degree preferred; high school diploma mandatory
• Fundamental computer skills such as experience with Microsoft Office
• Assess each client’s potential life and financial needs to create an individualized financial plan that leverages the products and services we offer
• Implement social media and other marketing tools to identify, seek, and generate prospects with whom you can foster strong, long-term relationships as a reliable financial service professional
• Provide financial recommendations to clients for savings plans, life insurance policies, mutual fund investments, and other financial products
  
  

About Company

About New York Life

New York Life is a Fortune 100 company with a long history of doing good. We have been in business for over 175 years, helping generations of Americans protect their families and attain their financial goals. As a mutual company, we are accountable only to our policyholders, not to Wall Street or outside investors. We are focused on long-term success for clients. To prepare for the future, we are constantly innovating and looking ahead to find more ways to increase value for clients.

Awards & Accolades

We’re Proud Of Our Financial Strength

• A Superior (A.M. Best)
• AAA Exceptionally Strong (Fitch)
• Aaa Exceptional (Moody’s)
• AA Very Strong (Standard & Poor’s)