Sales Representative - Home & Auto Insurance

OTIP (Ontario Teachers Insurance Plan); Waterloo; Remote; CAD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join OTIP as a Sales Representative for Home & Auto Insurance, where you will actively engage with customers, assess their insurance needs, and develop tailored solutions. This position not only offers competitive salary and benefits but also flexible working arrangements, allowing you to thrive both professionally and personally within an inclusive community.

Benefits

Competitive salary and bonus structure

Employer-paid group benefits from day one

Defined benefit pension plan

100% coverage of continuing education and licensing fees

Flexible work from home and hybrid options

Opportunities for advancement

Qualifications

• Current RIBO and/or AIC license required.
• Minimum of three years’ experience in personal lines insurance preferred.
• Ability to deal effectively with all levels of stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Identifying customer needs and developing contact plans.
• Selling products by establishing relationships and processing inquiries.
• Maintaining accurate logs of quotes and sales.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Time Management

Customer Relationship Management

Education

RIBO and/or AIC license

Experience in personal lines insurance

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Epic

Salesforce

Job description

Company Description

When you join the TWIS team, you are joining a community of like-minded professionals where your opinions are valued and expected. You will have the opportunity to provide feedback on departmental goals, to work collaboratively with others, and to continuously improve your professional skills. Regardless of your role or your location, you are joining a community where every employee contributes to the evolution of our culture and our brand. Our team is currently looking for a/an:

Sales Representative - Home & Auto Insurance (Remote and Hybrid work arrangements available)

Job Description

What you will do:

As a member of our sales team, your tasks will include:

• Identifying customer needs to build on existing products which includes developing contact plans, introducing new products and services and quoting and marketing personal insurance business.
• Selling products by establishing contact and developing relationships with prospects, answering incoming communications, following-up on expiry date cards, re-quoting prospects from previous years and cancelled files, and contacting leads generated.
• Creating a trusting environment that fosters new sales opportunities and retention of existing business.
• Actively participating within the team unit and independently to continuously contribute to overall business improvement.
• Actively owning and resolving all customer inquiries, while ensuring the customer effort is minimized.
• Accurately processing account changes, maintaining complete customer documentation, preparing correspondence, and documenting files for follow up.
• Tackling complex insurance-related cases, creatively utilizing all available resources until full resolution is met.
• Maintaining a current TAM base and promptly follows up on all client communications.
• Maintaining accurate logs of quotes completed, sales completed, days worked and any other measurements pertaining to monthly reporting requirements.
• Keeping updated on company underwriting guidelines and changing markets.
  
  

Qualifications

What you will bring:

• Current RIBO and/or AIC license.
• Other national licensing is considered an asset.
• A minimum of three years’ experience, preferably in personal lines, automobile and property insurance.
• Exceptional communication skills and the demonstrated ability to deal effectively with all levels of internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent problem solving skills and ability to handle customer issues in a pleasant and positive manner.
• Superior time management and organizational skills to handle competing priorities.
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite applications. Preference given to candidates with experience using Epic, Salesforce and Company portals.
  
  

We also consider your potential. If you know you have what it takes to do the job but your experience doesn’t exactly match the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply and provide us with more details about why you think you would be a great fit.

Additional Information

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and bonus structure
• Industry-leading employer-paid group benefits that start on your first day
• Defined benefit pension plan
• 100% coverage of continuing education and licensing fees (including RIBO and AIC courses)
• Flexible work from home and hybrid options
• Opportunities for advancement
  
  

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply online.

OTIP and its group of companies strive to create an accessible and inclusive work environment where everyone is treated with respect and dignity. Upon individual request, we will endeavour to remove any barrier to the recruitment and selection processes and provide accommodations for persons with disabilities.

As a business, we protect what matters most to our members. As an employer, we value what matters most in our workplace. Together, this includes fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for all. We are committed to learning and evolving so we can continue to celebrate what makes us special. You are who you are, and our differences are what make us unique.

We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from all qualified individuals. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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