Insurance Sales Agent – no cold calling

Salary: Salary - £20,000 basic (plus bonus).

Join our non-advised sales team at Direct Life, a leading life insurance broker based in the centre of Chichester. More and more customers are choosing to buy life insurance via the Internet and over the phone, so we’re looking for hard working, enthusiastic, reliable and confident individuals to join our helpdesk.

Your role would involve completing applications by following scripts to discuss a client’s needs, explaining products, running various quotes and collecting medical and lifestyle information.

Full time; 37.5 hours per week. The preferred working pattern is:

Week 1

Mon to Thurs 9.30am – 7pm and Fri 9.30am – 1pm

Week 2

Mon to Thurs 10.30am – 8pm and Fri 9.30am – 1pm

However, some variation on this working pattern would be considered.

We are looking for the following experience and skills:

• Previous experience in the financial services is desirable, although not essential
• Proven experience in a sales/customer service role
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Outstanding negotiating skills, with the ability to persuade and resolve issues
• Ability to learn about the Company’s products and services, and describe and explain them.

Our benefits:

• Perkbox (lots of local discounts and freebies)
• Generous holiday entitlement (up to 30 days plus all the bank holidays)
• Birthday day off
• Life Cover
• Private Medical Insurance
• Pension Scheme
• Eye Care Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Social and fundraising events
• Casual dress code.

If you enjoy speaking to customers on the telephone and securing results, we’d love to hear from you!

Application closing date: Friday 6 September 2019.

Interviews to be held w/c: Monday 9 September 2019.

Apply via Direct Life’s Careers Page: https://www.alljobspro.com/direct-life-jobs/careers

• Please view the Job Description document