Senior Employee Benefits Sales Representative
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • South Carolina • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
About the role
- Leads, markets, recruits, and motivates general agents, brokers, and other market support personnel
- Solicits actively for new distribution outlets for Companion Life's products
- Motivates general agents and brokers through visits and seminars to market products
- Formulates, advises, and implements policies necessary to enhance production profitability and service standards
- Develops marketing and sales themes, promotions, and sales materials
- Monitors loss ratios and persistency and implements corrective actions
- Develops and or enhances new/existing group products
- Recommends pricing, product design, filing, direct mail, and compliance requirements
- Manages all aspects of marketing, sales, renewal, and servicing of Companion Life's products from a field office environment, without benefit of on-site marketing support staff
Requirements
- Bachelors in a job-related field
- Degree Equivalency: 4 years job related work experience or Associate's, and 2 years job related work experience
- 5+ years of dedicated Employee Benefit Ancillary insurance sales
- Demonstrated skills related to sales, marketing, and/or underwriting
- Thorough understanding of agent/broker sales and marketing process
- Ability to work independently, prioritize effectively, and make sound decisions
- Good judgment skills
- Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrated proficiency in spelling, punctuation, and grammar skills
- Basic business math proficiency
- Analytical or critical thinking skills
- Ability to persuade, negotiate, or influence others
- Ability to direct, motivate, and assess performance of others
- Ability to handle confidential or sensitive information with discretion
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- Department of Insurance Licensure must be obtained within 60 days of hire in state employed
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
Employee Benefit Ancillary insurance salessalesmarketingunderwritingbusiness mathanalytical skillscritical thinking
Soft skills
independent workprioritizationdecision makinggood judgmentverbal communicationwritten communicationpersuasionnegotiationinfluenceperformance assessment
Certifications
Department of Insurance Licensure