Life/Health Insurance Position - State Farm Agent Team Member

Position Overview

Do you have aspirations to run your own business? If so, you may want to consider working in the office of Ed Cook - State Farm Agent. As a member of our agency team, you have an opportunity to experience first-hand what it takes to be a State Farm Agent. You will build and develop customer relationships within the community to promote State Farm products including auto, home and life insurance. This position will allow you to experience working in an agent's office and to explore the opportunity to become a State Farm agent yourself.

Responsibilities

• Establish customer relationships and follow up with customers, as needed.
• Use a customer-focused, needs-based review process to educate customers about insurance options.
• Work with the agent to establish and meet marketing goals.
• Develop leads, schedule appointments, identify customer needs, and market appropriate products and services.
• Maintain a strong work ethic with a total commitment to success each and every day.

As an Agent Team Member, you will receive...

• Draw plus commission
• Commission only

Requirements

• Sales experience (outside sales or inside sales representative, retail sales associate, or telemarketing) preferred
• Successful track record of meeting sales goals/quotas preferred
• Interest in marketing products and services based on customer needs
• Excellent communication skills - written, verbal and listening
• Enthusiastic about the role insurance and financial products play in helping people manage the risks of everyday life, recover from the unexpected, and realize their dreams
• People-oriented
• Organizational skills
• Self-motivated
• Detail oriented
• Able to learn computer functions
• Pride in getting work done accurately and timely
• Ability to make presentations to potential customers
• Achieve mutually agreed upon marketing goals
• Provide timely and thorough activity reports to agent
• Experience in marketing
• Ability to effectively relate to a customer
• Ability to execute a detailed business plan
• Knowledge of life products
• Knowledge of health products
• Knowledge of living benefits products
• Ability to explain complex financial issues in understandable terms
• Property and Casualty license (must have currently)
• Life and Health license (must have currently)
• Selected candidate is expected to remain current in product changes, licensing, technical developments, and continuing education
• Position may require irregular working hours

If you are motivated to succeed and can see yourself in this role, please complete our application. We will follow up with you on the next steps in the interview process.

This position is with a State Farm independent contractor agent, not with State Farm Insurance Companies. Employees of State Farm agents must be able to successfully complete any applicable licensing requirements and training programs. State Farm agents are independent contractors who hire their own employees. State Farm agents’ employees are not employees of State Farm.