Life Insurance Agent

Zander Insurance Agency; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 66,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental insurance paid 100%

Employee Stock Ownership Plan after 1 

Profit distribution paid monthly

All leads provided (no cold-calling)

Generous paid time off

Growth and leadership opportunities

Hybrid Work Schedule

Flexible work hours (8–5, 9–6, 10–7)

Job summary

Zander Insurance Agency in Nashville, TN seeks a dedicated life insurance agent who educates families and guides them through the policy process with empathy. The role emphasizes helping clients select term life coverage and identity theft protection while fostering an ownership mindset via our Employee Stock Ownership Plan.

You’ll work in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment with hybrid scheduling, competitive compensation, and strong emphasis on serving families with care and expertise.

Qualifications

• Must have a Life Insurance license.
• Experience selling via telephone.
• Typing speed of at least 45 wpm.

Responsibilities

• Educate customers on Dave’s recommendations.
• Conduct front-line underwriting and quoting.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and guide to families.
• Help clients secure term life insurance and identity theft protection.

Skills

Typing 45 wpm

Phone sales

Life Insurance license

Job description

Why Zander?

Your work at Zander can change lives. Perhaps your own. This wouldn't be just another job, nor just another career path. Zander Insurance is a vehicle for personal and financial growth via our belief that every employee should share in the success of the agency by supporting an ownership mindset via our 'Employee Stock Ownership Plan'. When you join Zander Insurance, you automatically begin investing in your future (without having to purchase shares) since shares are awarded for simply being a team member. We are 49% employee owned, many of whose shares are valued at over $1M. Are you ready to become an owner and change your life?

Here are the highlights of this role:

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.

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:

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 typing speed of at least 45wpm.
• You have experience selling via telephone.
• You have a Life Insurance license.

What we have to offer:

• Industry-leading compensation including base salary plus bonuses, with an approximate salary range of $66,000 - $100,000
• Hybrid Work Schedule
• Health and dental insurance paid 100% by Zander
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan after one year
• Profit Distribution paid monthly
• All leads provided (no cold-calling or prospecting)
• Generous paid time off
• Growth and leadership opportunities – we promote from within
• Flexible work hours, with shifts ranging from 8am - 5pm, 9am - 6pm, and 10am - 7pm.
• And much more!

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, during the shift required for this position, 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.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

Applicants are considered for position and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, color, gender, national origin, age, marital status, military or veteran status or any other protected local, state or federal status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

COMMUNICATION NOTICE

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