What are the responsibilities and job description for the Life Insurance Agent position at Zander Insurance Agency?
Our life insurance agents educate families, empowering them to protect their loved ones with term life insurance. People come to Zander because they don’t want someone to sell to them – they want someone to help them. Our agents guide clients through the life insurance process with empathy and the heart of a teacher, helping them find and understand a policy that meets their needs.
Why Zander?
Your work at Zander can change lives, including yours! This wouldn’t be just another job, nor just another career path. Through our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), Zander Insurance is a vehicle for personal and financial growth. Because we are 49% employee-owned, our belief is that every employee should share in the success of the agency by supporting an ownership mindset. When you join Zander Insurance, you automatically begin investing in your future since shares are awarded for simply being a team member; it is not necessary to purchase shares! Many employee-owners of Zander have a share value of over $1 Million! Are you ready to become an owner and change your life?
We offer you:
- Competitive industry-leading compensation including base salary plus bonuses.
- ESOP Shares in addition to this compensation via our Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
- Profit Distribution Bonus paid monthly.
- Telecommuting on a hybrid schedule.
- Medical and dental insurance paid 100% by Zander.
- Medical plans with generous company contributions into your HSA.
- All leads provided (no cold-calling or prospecting).
- 5% dollar-for-dollar matching on your 401(k)
- 3 weeks of paid time off plus holidays.
- Growth and leadership opportunities – we promote from within.
- Meaningful work protecting families.
- And much more!
Your role in protecting families will include:
- Educating customers on Dave’s recommendations
- Conducting front-line underwriting and quoting
- Serving as a subject matter expert and Guide to families
- Helping clients secure term life insurance and identity theft protection
Who you are:
With unemployment steadily rising, we want you to know that we welcome candidates from all backgrounds, including the service, tourism, and hospitality industries. If you’re passionate and hard-working, we’ll help you grow as a professional so that you excel here at Zander.
- You have a great attitude and the heart of a teacher
- You thrive in a fast-paced environment
- You are reliable, adaptable, and compassionate
- You have a life insurance license (we can help with the process)
- You have a typing speed of at least 40wpm
- You have experience selling via telephone
- You have the ability to work from home
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: These essential functions are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the physical aspects of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
- Use of office equipment including personal computer, multiple screens, printer, fax machine, scanner and telephone;
- The employee is occasionally required to use hands and fingers to operate, handle, and reach;
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus;
- Communicate effectively in English, writing and verbally in person, via email, video meetings and telephone;
- Communicate effectively via telephone for extended periods of time, up to 7 hours per day;
- Ability to pay attention, listen actively, analyze problems and evaluate options, focused on task, multi-task, decision making, and engage appropriately;
- Ability to appropriately handle stress in a fast-paced environment and interact appropriately with others;
- Sit & stand for extended periods of time up to 7 hours per day;
- Must be able to walk up and down stairs (there are no elevators in the 2-story main office Building);
- Physical, consistent attendance during normal working hours within a standard 40-hour workweek, as many of the job duties are time sensitive and most effectively and efficiently resolved only through required immediate communication; additional hours may be required;
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.
