Remote Life Insurance Telesales Pro (1099 Contractor)

The Wood Agency Life; Waterloo (IA); Remote; USD 60,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wood Agency Life is hiring a 100% remote, independent-contractor life insurance sales role. You’ll connect with families who requested coverage information, guiding them from first call to completed application.

You’ll make initial contact, prefer questions over pitches, and present options by phone or video. Success depends on ongoing follow-up, accurate CRM logging, and steady case progression through underwriting.

Qualifications

• Experience selling by phone, inside sales, telesales, or call center.
• Comfortable with long conversations about serious topics.
• Consistent follow-up without prompting.
• State life insurance license, or plan to get licensed before first sale.
• At ease with web-based quoting tools and a CRM.
• At least 18 and legally authorized to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Make first contact with people who asked about coverage and schedule a longer conversation
• Open with questions instead of a pitch, so the family does most of the talking
• Present options by phone or video and complete the application in the same appointment
• Keep several open cases moving without losing track of any of them
• Log every call and follow-up task in the CRM as it happens
• Use team call reviews to sharpen your approach over time

Skills

Phone sales

Inside sales

Telesales

Call center

Tools

CRM

Web quoting tools

Job description

The Wood Agency Life is hiring a 100% remote, independent-contractor life insurance sales role. You’ll connect with families who requested coverage information, guiding them from first call to completed application.

You’ll make initial contact, prefer questions over pitches, and present options by phone or video. Success depends on ongoing follow-up, accurate CRM logging, and steady case progression through underwriting.