Future Opening: Insurance Staff Position - State Farm Agent Team Member

Insurance Agent Position

Jim Tom, State Farm Insurance Agent in Chicago 60618 (North Center), seeks an outgoing, career-oriented professional to join their insurance team for an in-office position. As an insurance licensed insurance professional with our State Farm Insurance Agency, you will build and develop customer relationships within the community to promote State Farm products including auto, home, business, life and health insurance, along with financial services products.

Responsibilities:

• Establish insurance customer relationships, and provide prompt, accurate, and friendly insurance customer service. Insurance service can include responding to inquiries regarding insurance availability, eligibility, insurance coverages and upgrade policies, insurance policy changes, insurance claim submissions, insurance billing clarification, etc.
• Review policy gaps during all interactions, then present State Farm and alliances' portfolio of products to address any needs discovered.
• Willingness to engage in consistent confident, engaging needs-based sales conversations with relevant questions, that lead to appropriate insurance solutions, then present State Farm and alliances' portfolio of products to address any needs discovered.
• Strong follow up on quotes and customer inquiries within same day bus day to close, or possess strong follow up
• Represent the agency at the occasional community events and support local brand growth
• Ability to build a center of influence, network of contacts, to create referrals for prospective customers
• Utilize telemarketing techniques to generate leads and schedule appointments
• Maintain consistent accurate records within our database of every customer interaction.

Requirements:

• Illinois Property & Casualty and Life & Health Insurance Producers Licenses (must possess or acquire asap)
• Strong proactive problem-solving abilities.
• Effective communication skills (verbal and written).
• Possess a can-do positive attitude, who's receptive to coaching feedback
• Strong work ethics, productive, with proven record of success, who's results driven.
• Easily able to build rapport and is persuasive
• Fast learner
• Ability complete tasks accurately, with attention to detail
• Doesn't allow rejection to affect performance
• Proficiency in sales, customer service, retention and innovative in developing a network of prospective clients

Benefits:

• Base comp (doe)
• Incentive bonus based on production
• Paid time off (personal time/holidays)
• Profit sharing plan
• Mon-Fri (no weekend/evenings)
• Professional office environment
• Continuous training/learning
• Valuable experience / growth potential / opportunity for advancement
• Overall total comp for this role is determined by candidates' experience, licenses, skillset, education, and production

If you are motivated to succeed and can see yourself in this role, apply online today. We will contact you either by email or text. 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.

Do You Want a Career and Not Just a Job?

We are an established, growth-oriented agency with a team of highly motivated individuals. We want to work alongside those who are equally committed to excellence and personal achievement. We take pride in using our years of valuable experience to mentor individual team members and prepare them for successful careers. If you're willing to work hard and you expect to get results from yourself and those around you, we want to meet you and talk about the opportunity we have for you.

About Our Agency

• We help customers with their insurance and financial services needs, including auto insurance, home insurance, life insurance, retirement planning, business insurance, college planning, health insurance, and renters insurance.
• Our office is located in Chicago, 60618 (North Center).
• Our office is open Mon-Fri - 9am-5pm.
• I have been a State Farm agent since 1989.
• Additional languages spoken: Spanish and Cantonese

If You Want a Career, Not a Job, Then We Encourage You to Apply

State Farm agents are independent contractors who hire their own employees. State Farm agents' employees are not employees of State Farm. Agents are responsible for and make all employment decisions regarding their employees.