Direct Sales Agent Specialist (1339)

Summary: National General, part of The Allstate Corporation, is seeking a Direct Sales Agent Specialist to drive new business sales and build customer relationships. This role focuses on attracting new customers and cross-selling existing products, ensuring profitable growth and meeting business goals. Responsibilities: - Driving new business sales and understanding customers’ needs to build rapport and trust - Drives sales and builds and retains their book of business within the market / retail location - Responsible for attracting and generating new customers and cross-selling existing customers - Sells to walk-in customers - Markets products outside of the office via marketing calls and in-person visits creating community relationships to promote continued growth - Assists customers in the office - Initiates outbound calling to established target customer base for Product offerings - Monitors key competitors in the local market area and makes suggestions on initiatives that could improve the company’s position in the marketplace - Works with Direct Sales Leadership to plan, implement, and manage marketing and sales processes to achieve production and growth goals - Delivers optimal results within appropriate metrics, including quality, quantity, timeliness, productivity, customer satisfaction and financial performance - Understands, promotes, and remains current on company underwriting guidelines, announcements, and memos related to changes in company policies and procedures - Receives customer payments, issues receipt and verifies reports of receipts for cash drawers Required Qualifications: - 0 – 2 years of experience Preferred Qualifications: - P&C licensing (Preferred) or must attain required licensure within 90 days of joining the company - Successfully closes sales of insurance and ancillary products - Meets and exceeds sales goals through new product sales, cross sell / retention of customers - Leverages community contacts (natural market) to continually build a sales pipeline, as well as an active physical presence in your own community to build multiple centers of influence/referral sources (car dealerships, local events, community organizations, etc.) - Initiate outbound calling to established target customer base for Product offerings - Monitors key competitors in the local market area and makes suggestions on initiatives that could improve the company's position in the marketplace - Works with Direct Sales Leadership to plan, implement, and manage marketing and sales processes to achieve production and growth goals - Delivers optimal results within appropriate metrics, including quality, quantity, timeliness, productivity, customer satisfaction and financial performance, including compliance with all rules, procedures, and standards consistent with the manager's supervision - Understands, promotes, and remains current on company underwriting guidelines, announcements, and memos related to changes in company policies and procedures - Receives customer payments, issues receipt and verifies reports of receipts for cash drawers Required Skills: Property, Casualty (P&C) Insurance Licensing, Insurance Sales, Cross-selling, Outbound Calling, Market Analysis, Underwriting Guidelines Knowledge, Cash Handling, Sales Closing, Customer Relationship Building Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Tuition Reimbursement, Pension & so much more!, 20 PTO Days per year & 6 Paid Holidays!, Multi-tiered and comprehensive paid training program!