Life & Health Insurance Agent - Remote

Company Description

Are you driven to take action and initiative? Do you work best when you have defined objectives and the independence to manage how you meet those objectives? Do you enjoy using your excellent communication and listening, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills to identify the best solutions for your customers?

Join Us.

Job Description

We're Sutherland and we're now seeking enthusiastic and self-motivated individuals to sell insurance products -- including Accident, Critical Care, Cancer, Dental, Juvenile Whole/Term Life, and Adult Whole/Term Life -- for one of our leading Life & Health Insurance clients.

In this position, you will provide prospective buyers with information about products that will help to offer them peace of mind, knowing they have back-up plans for themselves and the people that they love. You will acquire business through incoming calls, website inquiries and referrals as well as through refreshing old leads to make calls and increase contact rates. 

In return for your skills, we offer:

• Competitive starting pay of $20/hour with performance bonuses
• PTO, 401k, and paid training
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits, EAP, health and wellness programs, and more
• Tremendous advancement opportunities – 80% of our frontline leaders have been promoted into their roles

Qualifications

Required Skills:

• An active state Life or Life & Health insurance license
• PC keyboarding/computer skills and Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) experience

Preferred Skills:

• Experience working with POS applications preferred
• Previous remote or call center experience
• 2+ years of sales experience

We will provide equipment, however to work from home, you must have:

• Excellent Internet connectivity:
  • Internet access speeds of 10Mbps upload and 50Mbps download – the faster the better!
  • In-house network, and a hard-wired Internet connection capable of continuously supporting outstanding call quality and high-speed response rates. (wireless and/or satellite Internet Service Providers are not compatible with our systems)
• A quiet and distraction-free, secure place to work.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This job is open only to residents of the United States, and you must be authorized to work in the US in order to be considered for employment.

Additional Information

About Us

As a digital transformation company and just re-certified as a Great Place to Work, Sutherland has been helping customers globally achieve greater agility and transform automated customer experiences for close to 40 years. We work with some of the world’s most known brands in dozens of industries, including Banking & Financial Services; Insurance; Communications, Media & Entertainment; …