Whole Life Insurance Agent

The Wood Agency Life; Laurel (MD); Remote; USD 70,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Access to multiple carriers

CRM and e-app access

Ongoing product training

Job summary

The Wood Agency Life is seeking remote life insurance specialists to serve families in the Laurel, Maryland area through virtual meetings nationwide.

You will operate as a 1099 contractor, focusing on permanent coverage (whole life and IUL), review clients' goals, present options, and guide the case from quotation to underwriting and issuance.

This role provides training, CRM/e-app access, and access to multiple carriers, with compensation based on commissions.

Qualifications

• Active life insurance license in your resident state.
• Ability to explain cash value and permanent coverage clearly.
• Comfortable using quoting tools and CRM daily.
• Consistent follow-up with clients through underwriting timelines.
• Reliable home office setup with internet and devices.

Responsibilities

• Contact clients interested in permanent coverage and set up remote meetings.
• Review clients' current coverage and goals before presenting options.
• Explain whole life and IUL options and how cash value and death benefit work.
• Complete applications in the carrier's e-app platform.
• Log interactions and update case status in the CRM.
• Support the case through underwriting to issuance.
• Stay current on carrier products via ongoing training.

Skills

CRM software

Remote communication

Quoting tools

Client follow-up

Tools

CRM software

Carrier quoting tools / e-app

Job description

Wood Agency Life is hiring whole life and IUL specialists to serve families in the Laurel, Maryland area planning long-term protection. This is a remote, work-from-home position with client meetings conducted nationwide via video and phone. The role fits agents who want to focus on permanent coverage conversations rather than term-only sales.

What you'll do

• Contact clients who've asked about permanent coverage or retirement-linked life insurance and set up a remote meeting.
• Review the client's current coverage, savings goals and family situation before presenting anything.
• Walk through whole life and IUL options from several carriers and explain how cash value and death benefit work together.
• Complete the application with the client inside the carrier's e-app platform.
• Log client interactions and case status in the CRM.
• Stay with the case through underwriting to issue, updating the client as it moves.
• Keep current on carrier products through the agency's ongoing training.

Qualifications

• Active life insurance license in your resident state.
• Able to explain cash value, riders and permanent coverage clearly to someone without an insurance background.
• Comfortable using carrier quoting tools and CRM software daily.
• Consistent follow-up with clients across weeks-long underwriting timelines.
• Reliable computer, phone and internet for remote client work.

What we provide

• Access to multiple carriers through an independent agency.
• CRM and e-app access for managing your pipeline.
• Ongoing product training on whole life and IUL cases from Ben and Andrea Wood.

Compensation

This is a 1099 independent contractor opportunity. Compensation is commission-based. No salary or hourly pay is provided. Earnings depend on individual production. Licensed agents who want to work permanent coverage cases can apply through this listing.

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The Wood Agency Life. Ben Wood, NPN 20251128. Independent insurance agency. Agents are independent contractors (1099) paid under contract. A state life insurance license is required before soliciting or selling business, and licensing timelines vary by state. Equal opportunity — we consider every applicant regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.