Insurance Sales Agent (475147)

Company: Kemper Life
Location: Baton Rouge
Posted on: March 29, 2020

Job Description:

Role: Insurance Sales Agent
Employment Type: Full Time
Pay: Commission Based We pay for performance! Successful first year agents average pay of nearly $38K in their first year with second year pay growing to an average of nearly $47K. Top agents earn over $53K in their first year with that growing to over $68K 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! We are searching for Insurance Sales Agents located in the Baton Rouge and Baker, LA area.

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 (called an agency)with an established book of 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
  
  Expectations:
  Our agents are each expected to:
  
  • Increase the agency size
    
  • Build good working relationships with customers
    
  • Devote whatever time is 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!
        
        Need help? Contact our Success Center at 877-###-####.
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