Sales Manager

Lemrise Allstate Insurance Agency; Evergreen Park (IL); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health insurance

Flexible schedule

Paid time off

Signing bonus

Professional Development

Job Stability

Job summary

Lemrise Allstate Insurance Agency is seeking a Personal Lines Producer responsible for maintaining and maximizing client relationships while growing the business through new sales. The ideal candidate will have at least two years of insurance account management experience, possess strong sales and organizational skills, and hold the necessary insurance license. The role includes identifying new opportunities, managing client accounts, and ensuring customer satisfaction. Flexible work-from-home options are available, along with competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years of personal and commercial lines insurance account management experience.
• Hold the insurance license required by your state.
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of insurance products, underwriting procedures, and coverages.
• Have a proven track record of successful sales.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop personal insurance opportunities with new and existing clients.
• Foster and maintain relationships through follow-up and timely quotations.
• Process quotes and bind insurance coverage.
• Monitor and report on key metrics to achieve sales targets.

Skills

Insurance product knowledge

Business-to-business sales

Presentation skills

Negotiation skills

Organizational skills

Customer focus

Time management

Education

Bachelor's Degree or comparable work experience

Tools

Agency management systems

Job description

Benefits

• Bonus based on performance
• Competitive salary
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Signing bonus
• Benefits/Perks: Competitive Pay
• Professional Development
• Job Stability in a growing industry

Job Description

The Personal Lines Producer at Lemrise Allstate Insurance Agency is responsible for maintaining and maximizing profitable relationships with personal lines clients and for growing the book of business through new client sales.

Responsibilities

• Identify, qualify, and develop personal insurance opportunities with new and existing clients in person, online, by phone, and through written communication.
• Foster and maintain excellent relationships with clients and prospects through regular follow-up, accurate and timely quotations, and general account support. Anticipate, respond to, and follow up on all existing client needs.
• Actively prospect round accounts, and solicit increases in existing client coverage as well as network for new clients, including win backs.
• Obtain best coverage/rate for insured, process quotes, and bind insurance coverage; follow up as necessary with inspection, photos, and other documentation. Present policies to insured and educate them on coverages and rates.
• Foster and maintain excellent relationships with customers and prospects through regular follow-up, timely quotations, and general account support.
• Support and prepare clients for renewal and retention, and maintain strong client relationships.
• Anticipate, respond to, and follow up on all existing client needs.
• Monitor, review, and report on key metrics to ensure sales targets are achieved and execute sales activity documentation in a timely, accurate, and professional manner.
• Collaborate with team members, mentor staff, provide expertise and answer questions, and participate in formal and informal meetings as needed.
• Maintain CE and participate in ongoing education and keep informed regarding industry information, new product information, legislation, coverages, and technology to continuously improve knowledge and performance.

Qualifications

• Hold the insurance license required by your state and have a minimum of two years of personal and commercial lines insurance account management experience, as well as a Bachelor’s Degree or comparable work experience.
• Possess a valid driver’s license and a source of reliable transportation.
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of insurance products and usages, rating procedures, underwriting procedures, coverages, and industry operations to effectively secure new business and maintain an existing client base.
• Have a proven track record of business-to-business sales success. Possess strong presentation, persuasion, and negotiation skills with the ability to close sales.
• Be people-oriented, customer-focused, and professionally assertive in developing new client relationships and servicing existing clients.
• Possess outstanding organizational skills with an ability to complete difficult assignments without supervision, sound business judgment, strong decision-making, and superior written and verbal communication skills.
• Have excellent time management skills, thrive in a team environment, and Technology and Computer proficiency including agency management systems.
• Flexible work from home options available.