What are the responsibilities and job description for the Agency Owner position at Farmers Insurance?
Benefits:
- Bonus based on performance
- Flexible schedule
- Training & development
The Agency Owner} is responsible for running their own office, maintaining and maximizing profitable relationships with personal lines clients and for growing their own book of business through new client sales.
Benefits/Perks:
Benefits/Perks:
- Competitive Pay
- Professional Development
- Job Stability in a Growing Industry
Responsibilities:
- Identify, qualify, and develop personal insurance opportunities with new and existing clients in person, online, by phone, and through written communication.
- Foster and maintain excellent relationships with clients and prospects through regular follow-up, accurate and timely quotations, and general account support. Anticipate, respond to, and follow up on all existing client needs.
- Actively prospect, round accounts, and solicit increases in existing client coverage as well as network for new clients, including winbacks.
- Obtain best coverage/rate for insured, process quotes, and bind insurance coverage; follow up as necessary with inspection, photos, and other documentation. Present policies to the insured and educate them on coverages and rates.
- Foster and maintain excellent relationships with customers and prospects through regular follow-up, timely quotations, and general account support.
- Support and prepare clients for renewal and retention, and maintain strong client relationships.
- Anticipate, respond to, and follow up on all existing client needs.
- Monitor, review, and report on key metrics to ensure sales targets are achieved, and execute sales activity documentation in a timely, accurate, and professional manner.
- Collaborate with team members, mentor staff, provide expertise answer questions, and participate in formal and informal meetings as needed.
- Maintain CE participation in ongoing education and keep informed regarding industry information, new product information, legislation, coverages, and technology to continuously improve knowledge and performance.
Qualifications:
- Hold the insurance license required by your state and have a minimum of two years of personal and commercial lines insurance account management experience, as well as a Bachelor’s Degree or comparable work experience.
- Possess a valid driver’s license and a source of reliable transportation.
- Demonstrate strong knowledge of insurance products and usages, rating procedures, underwriting procedures, coverages, and industry operations to effectively secure new business and maintain existing client base.
- Have a proven track record of business-to-business sales success. Possess strong presentation, persuasion, and negotiation skills with the ability to close sales.
- Be people-oriented, customer-focused, and professionally assertive in developing new client relationships and servicing existing clients.
- Possess outstanding organizational skills with an ability to complete difficult assignments without supervision, sound business judgment, strong decision-making, and superior written and verbal communication skills.
- Have excellent time management skills, thrive in a team environment, and have Technology and Computer proficiency including agency management systems.
- Looking to own and operate their own office with the support of the District Staff in the greater Loveland area.
Salary : $3,000 - $4,500
