Bearingstar Insurance, a member of the Arbella Insurance Group, is one of the leading property and casualty insurance providers in Massachusetts and Connecticut writing over $100 million in premium. Bearingstar possesses a dynamic culture that has an independent agency feel along with the strength and resources of a large parent company. This allows us to offer competitive salaries, bonus above commission, excellent benefits, and great training and development programs.
We are currently looking for motivated and self-driven individuals to join our team to help Bearingstar achieve its goal as being the top sales agency in our region. This is a great opportunity for an individual to not only build a rewarding career but to help contribute to the development of a large growing agency.
In this position, the Sales Support Associate will:
Responsibilities:
- Utilize consultative sales techniques to prospect and initiate new business sales.
- Assists in the processing of new business, including contacting customers to finalize sales and service transactions.
- Identifies cross selling opportunities for Insurance Consultants.
- Contributes to and executes a marketing plan with the Insurance Consultants
- Identifies marketing prospects through existing book of business and community prospecting opportunities.
- Meet monthly goals for new business sales.
- Completes follow-ups on new policies in order to keep retention level high and capitalize cross-selling opportunities.
- Coordinates activities with other departments to ensure quality customer service
- Acts as initial contact in addressing customer concerns regarding establishment of policies and new account status.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent training; 1-3 years of relevant work experience.
- Excellent presentation, verbal and written communication, and analytical skills.
- Ability to work independently to plan, set priorities and effectively organize work.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks with varying time constraints.
- Previous sales experience a plus.
- Demonstrated track record of meeting sales goals and/or quotas a plus.
- Must attain and maintain current state insurance license in property, casualty and life, accident and health.