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New Business Agent

The Agent Insurance Services
Youngstown, OH Full Time
POSTED ON 3/3/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/30/2025
Job Description

A New Business Agent (NBA) at The Agent Insurance Services plays a critical role in growing and maintaining our book of business. The primary focus is to enhance client retention by rounding out accounts and creating Platinum clients—those with multiple policies that align with our ideal client profile.

Responsibilities

  • Identify opportunities to add policies and enhance coverage for existing clients.
  • Write additional lines of business, including Life, Specialty Lines, and Medicare.
  • Handle incoming business generated through marketing efforts, online leads, agent referrals (excluding Sales Agents), and follow-ups on commercial markets.
  • Occasionally go into the field for client meetings, paperwork completion, marketing material delivery, or property inspections.
  • Maintain compliance with continuing education and Medicare licensing annually.

Requirements

  • Must hold Property & Casualty and Life & Health insurance licenses.
  • If hired without one of these licenses, the candidate must obtain it within 90 days of employment.
  • Strong communication and sales skills with a client-first mindset.
  • Not responsible for claims, endorsements, or service-related tasks but must be knowledgeable in these areas to assist if needed.

About Us

The Agent Insurance Services was founded in 1999 in the basement of owner Ron Nanosky’s parents’ house. Since then, we have grown into a full-service independent insurance agency, and have two beautiful offices in Boardman and Salem. Our team is highly trained and well versed in the insurance agency.

Being an Independent Agency, we have multiple companies to choose from. So, we have many options to provide peace of mind to our preferred market clients throughout the country by matching them with the right Home, Auto, Business, and Life insurance products.

We serve our clients first while representing our carrier partners well in order to provide the RIGHT insurance product at the BEST price. Our core values are at the heart of everything we do. We have big, ambitious dreams that we work hard toward achieving all while having a great time!

Compensation

We prefer applicants who want to make $50,000 a year but realize that won’t happen overnight. This is a fantastic opportunity to get started on the ground floor and move up with a growing company. You will be provided with a competitive salary, along with the ability to earn bonuses based on individual results, agency production, and profitability.

Flexibility

Our clients deserve to be able to reach us when they expect us to be available. Our normal business hours are 9-5 Monday through Friday. Also, we are a team that has each other’s back. We rely on consistent availability during our open hours. However, we also understand you have commitments outside of work.

Why You Would Want This Job

  • You enjoy helping people
  • You like a variety of tasks to do throughout the day
  • You look forward to meeting and getting to know new people
  • You have a positive attitude
  • You thrive when challenged and like working hard to achieve your goals
  • You enjoy solving problems
  • You are outgoing and upbeat

About You

This is where we need you to be real honest with yourself. You need to decide if this job is truly a good fit for YOU. If you are most comfortable with a job where you are simply paid for being present from 9-5 and doing the tasks assigned to you, this is NOT the job for you. You need to demonstrate a desire to continually develop your skills while making a positive contribution to our team and our clients. You really do need to understand how rewarding it is to do HARD work and accomplish DIFFICULT tasks.

A Property & Casualty License is needed to qualify for this position. You would need to be expected to pass the life/health exam in the first 90 days. You also need to be able to pass a background check and reference checks. Seriously, we will do them. If that is going to be embarrassing for either of us, you can stop reading now.

Still there? Awesome.

Skills Needed To Thrive In This Position

Computer Confidence – We utilize many different applications to accomplish our work. Some of the systems are simple and intuitive, others are quirky. You should enjoy diving into computer systems, enjoy utilizing them to increase your productivity, and be able to adapt when they update and look totally different (though many times their “bones” remain the same). If you get worn out spending time in front of a computer or are easily thrown off when a web application changes its look and feel, you probably won’t want to apply here.

Video Confidence - Camera shy? Hopefully not. This position required you to be on video for meetings, proposals and trainings.

Professional Curiosity – Insurance offers a wide and deep pool of information to explore, as well as the opportunity to sharpen your professional skills through continuing education and specialized training. We believe in order to get more, you’ve got to become more and we accomplish this through regular attendance at industry training and working toward attaining professional designations.

Communication Skills – You need to clearly and correctly communicate with clients via face to face, telephone, videoconference, recorded video, email, text, and social media. We want to meet our clients where they are and interact with them in the manner they prefer. You need to be articulate.

Interpersonal Skills – You will need to work closely with other team members, as well as serving clients and interacting with vendors. You will need to effectively build trust and convey our value proposition to all of those stakeholders. You will need to understand your strengths and weaknesses and adapt to those.

Math – You don’t need to be a budding Einstein, and you can use a calculator, but you have to be comfortable doing quick calculations (add, subtract, multiply, and divide).

Organizational Skills – You will need to be able to plan, schedule, and monitor your activities while setting priorities and meeting deadlines. You WILL be interrupted. So, you will need to be able to adapt to that without losing efficiency.

Your Personality

This is HUGE. You need to be outgoing and confident. You have to enjoy people. You have to have a genuine desire to help them and have the ability to motivate and persuade them. You need to be cooperative and have a good sense of humor. You have to be ethical and honest, no matter what. You have to be punctual. You have to be a problem solver. You have to be able to accept constructive criticism and correction without getting defensive or discouraged.

Above all, you have to possess a great ATTITUDE. Seriously, we can train you in the insurance stuff, but if your attitude is not GREAT (notice I said great. Good is not good enough), you will have trouble succeeding here.

Your Work Ethic

You really have to be the kind of person who enjoys working. We understand that not everyone does, but the person who will be successful in this position will need to be proud of working as a team to accomplish things. This job will need to become a big part of your life and one that you enjoy participating in.

You need to understand that we do not intend to pay you simply for being at work, but for what you do during the time that you are working. Our business does not exist if we cannot make a profit. Everyone needs to pitch in and contribute to the profitability of the business every day.

We do not require employees to put their personal phones away during work hours, but it needs to be understood that using your personal phone while working should be done sparingly. It WILL distract you no matter how good a multi-tasker (We don’t believe in multi-tasking BTW) you think you are. A quick text to say the kids are home or whatever is cool. Just don’t abuse the privilege.

None of this is meant to be harsh. We truly are not that strict, but our team works hard. So any new team member that slacks off is disrespecting the team effort. We just want to be as open and honest as possible up front. That way you can determine for yourself if you will be able to keep up with us.

Your Life

Look, your personal life is your business. However, if your personal life is a mess, please get that straight before you apply for this position. I can guarantee that the additional demands of this job will not help you if you have personal drama. I also know that your personal drama can negatively impact your performance here.

Still haven’t lost you, huh? NICE!

We will not micro-manage. We do have standards that we expect you to live up to. Those will be clear to you and we will correct when you get away from those. However, we WANT you to be free to create success for yourself and our team and do so in a way that you enjoy. We also want to learn from you if you find a better way to do something. You will contribute to everyone’s success in this way.

The “We Can’t Have This” List

  • Dishonesty – This goes to the heart of who we are. We won’t stand for this. Without integrity, we will not succeed.
  • Laziness
  • Bad Attitude
  • Drama
  • Disrespect – Applies to clients especially, but won’t be tolerated with coworkers or others in general
  • Refusal to follow instructions
  • Whining and complaining – Before you come to address a problem, try to come up with a solution to propose.

The “We Gotta Have This” List

  • Integrity – Even when nobody is looking
  • Teamwork
  • Professionalism
  • Desire to achieve and grow
  • Positive Attitude

If you are still reading this, then you are not afraid of a challenge and may be a perfect fit for our team. If you think you are, please carefully follow the instructions below to let us know who you are and why you might be just who we are looking for.

Company Description

Whether you’re just starting your career or looking to level up, we offer a dynamic environment where you’ll gain hands-on experience and have the chance to make a real impact.

Our team is passionate about supporting each other, and there’s always room to grow and achieve your personal and professional goals.

We’re proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance to keep you feeling great, financial perks to help you build security, and the flexibility to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

At The Agent Insurance Services, we believe in enjoying the journey – work hard, have fun, and always support each other along the way. If this sounds like the kind of place you’d love to be a part of, check out the open positions below.

We can’t wait to meet you!

Whether you’re just starting your career or looking to level up, we offer a dynamic environment where you’ll gain hands-on experience and have the chance to make a real impact. Our team is passionate about supporting each other, and there’s always room to grow and achieve your personal and professional goals. We’re proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance to keep you feeling great, financial perks to help you build security, and the flexibility to maintain a healthy work-life balance. At The Agent Insurance Services, we believe in enjoying the journey – work hard, have fun, and always support each other along the way. If this sounds like the kind of place you’d love to be a part of, check out the open positions below. We can’t wait to meet you!

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