Underwriter/Broker

Risk Placement Services, Inc.; Newport Beach (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision plans

401(K) and Roth options

Flexible work hours

Educational expense reimbursement

Paid parental leave

Paid parental leave

Job summary

A leading insurance brokerage firm in California is seeking a motivated individual to develop and acquire new business revenue. Responsibilities include servicing clients, managing relationships, and educating staff. A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is required, along with strong communication skills. This position offers a competitive compensation package along with various benefits like medical and dental plans, flexible work hours, and professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, 1 year related experience, and appropriate insurance licensing required.
• Participation in Gallagher's Sales Internship Program (GSIP) required.
• High School Diploma/GED and 6 years experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop new business revenue through sales to clients.
• Provide service to clients according to their needs.
• Participate in team sales situations.
• Manages overall client relationships with day-to-day account management support.
• Assists, educates and develops other staff in new client sales situations and existing client service requirements.
• Applies industry technologies to new sales and additional sales to existing clients and account service.
• Provides direction in account transfer situations.
• Prepares and implements an individual business plan and production budget.
• Develops and maintains interdivision/intercompany relationships consistent with our corporate culture.

Skills

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to act independently

Education

Bachelor's degree

High School Diploma/GED with 6 years experience

High School Diploma/GED + 6 years experience

Job description

At RPS, we don’t just embrace bold ideas, we make them happen. We’re a team of entrepreneurs, big-picture thinkers, and passionate experts who thrive on possibility. Every day, we collaborate across teams, challenge convention, and push boundaries to design innovative solutions for our clients. With access to top-rated carriers and a dynamic marketplace, we bring strategy and creativity together to deliver what others might call impossible. Here, every voice counts, every perspective matters, and every challenge is an opportunity to grow. You’ll be supported by a culture that celebrates ownership, curiosity, and high performance, where you’re trusted to do your best work and encouraged to keep learning along the way.

How You'll Make An Impact

• Develops and acquires new business revenue through sales to new and existing clients with emphasis on small to mid-size companies with high revenue.
• Provides service to clients according to their needs, retaining them as clients.
• Participates in team sales situations with other producers and support personnel.
• May manage overall client relationships and is supported by day-to-day account management.
• Assists, educates and develops other staff members in new client sales situations and existing client service requirements.
• Applies industry technologies to new sales, additional sales to existing clients and account service.
• Provides direction in account transfer situations.
• Prepares and implements an individual business plan and production budget.
• Develops and maintains interdivision/intercompany relationships consistent with our corporate culture.

About You

Required:

• Bachelor's degree, 1 year related experience, and appropriate insurance licensing required
• Bachelor's degree, participation in Gallagher's Sales Internship Program (GSIP), and appropriate insurance licensing required
• High School Diploma/GED and 6 years experience

Preferred:

• Professional designation may be preferred, including CEBS, CPCU, CIC or ARM.

Behaviors:

• Act independently with minimal direction.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Compensation And Benefits

We offer a competitive and comprehensive compensation package. The base salary range represents the anticipated low end and high end of the range for this position. The actual compensation will be influenced by a wide range of factors including, but not limited to previous experience, education, pay market/geography, complexity or scope, specialized skill set, lines of business/practice area, supply/demand, and scheduled hours. On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one!
• Life and accident insurance
• 401(K) and Roth options
• Tax-advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA)
• Educational expense reimbursement
• Paid parental leave

Other benefits include:

• Digital mental health services (Talkspace)
• Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function)
• Training programs
• Gallagher Thrive program – elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing
• Charitable matching gift program
• And more...

The benefits summary above applies to fulltime positions. If you are not applying for a fulltime position, details about benefits will be provided during the selection process.

We value inclusion and diversity

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Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organization. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as protected characteristics) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.