Agency Development Manager (based in Klang)

Hong Leong Assurance Berhad; Klang City; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Hong Leong Assurance Berhad in Klang is seeking an Agency Development Manager to lead the growth and development of the life agency network in Klang and surrounding towns. You will recruit, train, coach and motivate agency leaders, while ensuring compliance and collaboration with operations across channels.

The role emphasizes leadership, strategic planning, and hands-on development of sales activities, with opportunities for mentorship and career progression within a major Malaysian insurer.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of the life insurance industry, including market insights, benefits, and exclusions.
• Proficiency in life underwriting and familiarity with legal and compliance issues in the life insurance sector.
• Solid foundation in financial planning.
• Proven people management, training, and public speaking skills.
• Background in teaching/lecturing is an added advantage.
• Experience in sales and marketing.

Responsibilities

• Assist, maintain and develop life agency businesses of the branch and its surrounding towns in accordance with targets and strategies.
• Plan recruitment, training and development of the life division agency force.
• Design and implement training, sales and promotional activities to motivate the agency force and boost sales.
• Develop and sustain business networking to grow via multiple sales channels.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Liaise with Operations for life operations matters.
• Develop new areas via networking, roadshows, sites and promotions to recruit leaders.
• Assist and conduct relevant company and industry training such as RFP, product, and ASAS.

Skills

Life insurance understanding

Underwriting proficiency

Financial planning

People management

Training & public speaking

Sales & marketing experience

Job description

Agency Development Manager (based in Klang)

Our team thrives on collaboration, seamlessly working across departments to develop innovative insurance solutions. We are a forward-thinking group that embraces new ideas and continuously seeks ways to improve our products and services. Joining our team means becoming part of a supportive environment that values personal and professional growth, offering mentorship and opportunities for advancement.

To assist, maintain and develop life agency businesses of the branch and its surrounding towns in accordance with the preset business targets and business strategies.

To plan for the recruitment, training and development of the life division agency force of the branch and its surrounding towns.

To design and implement various training, sales and promotional activities to motivate the agency force and boost the sales of the branch and its surrounding towns.

To develop and sustain the business networking as a continuous business strategy to grow the business via multiple sales channels in the branch and its surrounding towns.

To assist the branch life operations and to ensure full compliance with company’s policies, procedures & regulatory requirements at all times.

To liaise closely with the Operations staff for all issues relating to life operations matters

To develop new area via business networking, roadshow, worksite marketing and company promotion to recruit & attract potential agencies.

To identify & recruit direct appointment of new leaders through agency and branch initiative

To assist & conduct relevant company & industry training such as RFP, product, and ASAS.

Job Requirements:

Strong understanding of the life insurance industry, including market insights, benefits, and exclusions

Proficiency in life underwriting and familiarity with legal and compliance issues in the life insurance sector

Solid foundation in financial planning

Proven people management, training, and public speaking skills

Background in teaching/lecturing is an added advantage

Experience in sales and marketing

Hong Leong Assurance Berhad (HLA) is one of the largest insurance companies in Malaysia. It is a well-established and respected Malaysian brand offering financial planning and protection solutions to meet the various needs of Malaysians at different cycles of their lives. Commitment to the customer is the key to HLA's success, where service is provided through a large network of branches, agents and brokers throughout the country as well as bancassurance and alternative distribution channels.

HLA began as a General Insurance business under the name of Malaysia Pacific Insurance Berhad in 1972. The Life Insurance business was added into its portfolio a year later. In December 1982, Hong Leong Assurance Sdn Bhd, a composite insurance company was formed eventually acquiring the entire General and Life business of Malaysia Pacific Insurance.

Today, HLA is a subsidiary of HLA Holdings Sdn Bhd (HLAH), which is wholly-owned by Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad (HLFG), the financial services arm of Hong Leong Group Malaysia.

Pursuant to a strategic partnership, in October 2010, HLA merged its General Insurance business with MSIG Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd (MSIM). Concurrently, HLAH took a 30 percent equity interest in MSIM and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company Limited (MSI) took a 30 percent equity interest in HLA. Moving forward, the General Insurance business would be provided by MSIM, while the life insurance business would continue to be provided by HLA.

With the strategic partnership, HLA is poised to reach new horizons for its Life Insurance business. HLA is today one of Malaysia's leading domestic brands for financial planning and protection solutions, specializing in Life Insurance products and services.

HONG LEONG FINANCIAL GROUP

Hong Leong Financial Group is a leading provider of financial services through the subsidiaries and associate companies of Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad.

The Group's Financial Services companies provide a broad spectrum of financial services - banking, treasury, insurance, fund management, investment banking, capital markets and stock-broking throughout Malaysia, Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Vietnam. Based in Kuala Lumpur, our products and services are distributed via a diverse range of distribution channels.

Our vision is to be an integrated services group that consistently meet our customers' financial and investment needs. Our goal is to become a leader in the financial services industry, a leader in each of the market that we operate in.

HONG LEONG GROUP MALAYSIA

Hong Leong Group is a leading conglomerate based in Malaysia with diversified businesses in manufacturing and distribution, financial services, property development & investment, and hospitality & leisure. The Group today controls 13 listed companies in various stock exchanges with over 500 operating subsidiaries and associate companies around the world. Now forty years in operation, the Hong Leong Group has successfully entrenched its brands deeply in the communities where it has a presence - in its home base Malaysia to the rest of Asia, in Western Europe and the UK, in North America and in Oceania.

HONG LEONG ASSURANCE BERHAD

Hong Leong Assurance Berhad (HLA) is one of the largest insurance companies in Malaysia. It is a well-established and respected Malaysian brand offering financial planning and protection solutions to meet the various needs of Malaysians at different cycles of their lives. Commitment to the customer is the key to HLA's success, where service is provided through a large network of branches, agents and brokers throughout the country as well as bancassurance and alternative distribution channels.

HLA began as a General Insurance business under the name of Malaysia Pacific Insurance Berhad in 1972. The Life Insurance business was added into its portfolio a year later. In December 1982, Hong Leong Assurance Sdn Bhd, a composite insurance company was formed eventually acquiring the entire General and Life business of Malaysia Pacific Insurance.

Today, HLA is a subsidiary of HLA Holdings Sdn Bhd (HLAH), which is wholly-owned by Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad (HLFG), the financial services arm of Hong Leong Group Malaysia.

Pursuant to a strategic partnership, in October 2010, HLA merged its General Insurance business with MSIG Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd (MSIM). Concurrently, HLAH took a 30 percent equity interest in MSIM and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company Limited (MSI) took a 30 percent equity interest in HLA. Moving forward, the General Insurance business would be provided by MSIM, while the life insurance business would continue to be provided by HLA.

With the strategic partnership, HLA is poised to reach new horizons for its Life Insurance business. HLA is today one of Malaysia's leading domestic brands for financial planning and protection solutions, specializing in Life Insurance products and services.

HONG LEONG FINANCIAL GROUP

Hong Leong Financial Group is a leading provider of financial services through the subsidiaries and associate companies of Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad.

The Group's Financial Services companies provide a broad spectrum of financial services - banking, treasury, insurance, fund management, investment banking, capital markets and stock-broking throughout Malaysia, Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Vietnam. Based in Kuala Lumpur, our products and services are distributed via a diverse range of distribution channels.

Our vision is to be an integrated services group that consistently meet our customers' financial and investment needs. Our goal is to become a leader in the financial services industry, a leader in each of the market that we operate in.

HONG LEONG GROUP MALAYSIA

Hong Leong Group is a leading conglomerate based in Malaysia with diversified businesses in manufacturing and distribution, financial services, property development & investment, and hospitality & leisure. The Group today controls 13 listed companies in various stock exchanges with over 500 operating subsidiaries and associate companies around the world. Now forty years in operation, the Hong Leong Group has successfully entrenched its brands deeply in the communities where it has a presence - in its home base Malaysia to the rest of Asia, in Western Europe and the UK, in North America and in Oceania.

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