[Hiring] P&C insurance agent @Desjardins

Role Description

As a Property and casualty insurance agent, you help serve, prospect for, solicit, and develop and maintain business relationships with members and clients. You help sell general insurance products and services through multiple distribution channels based on member/client needs and current strategies and practices. You promote and sell property and casualty coverage to individual clients. You analyze member/client needs and use your persuasive skills to help them choose the right coverage. You ensure member/client satisfaction and service quality in accordance with the organization’s standards and procedures. You help develop and maintain business relationships, analyze member/client needs and develop custom solutions. You help develop solutions using your analytical skills and discipline-specific knowledge. The ability to learn quickly and use technology effectively is essential. You assist current and potential members and clients. You represent the organization and help negotiate agreements with clients.

• Serve members and clients, assess their needs, promote insurance products and help members and clients choose coverage
• Prepare quotes and issue insurance contracts
• Follow up on files, analyze renewals requiring special underwriting, and correct contracts as needed
• Respond to information requests and amend contracts to ensure client satisfaction and retention
• Develop business partnerships to generate referrals

Qualifications

• College diploma in a related field
• A minimum of two years of relevant experience
• Knowledge of French is required
• Complexity, Customer Focus, Ensures accountability, Interpersonal Savvy, Nimble learning, Tech savvy
• Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered

Benefits

• Competitive salary and annual bonus
• 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
• Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
• Group insurance including telemedicine
• Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment

Company Description

At Desjardins, we believe in equity, diversity and inclusion. We're committed to welcoming, respecting and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for all. At Desjardins, we have zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind. We believe our teams should reflect the diversity of the members, clients and communities we serve.

If there's something we can do to help make the recruitment process or the job you're applying for more accessible, let us know. We can provide accommodations at any stage in the recruitment process. Just ask!