BIA - Personal Lines Specialist (Inside Sales)

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 Inside Sales 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. We currently have opportunities in Connecticut and we have flexibility in which office this position would be based out of.

In this position, the Inside Sales Specialist will:

• Make proactive outbound calls in an effort to bind personal lines insurance product coverages for our existing and referral clients including potential Commercial and Life business.
• Aggressively work internet leads, cross-sell, and referral lists by making proactive outbound calls and hitting desired activity ratios.
• Implement effective cross-sell campaigns and follow procedures to round-out client accounts.
• Sell insurance through various prospect contact touch points such as telephone, email and/or internet.
• Prepare personalized personal lines insurance proposal to prospects and use assumptive closing techniques to close sales.

Education and Experience:

• Minimum 2-5 years' experience in a sales oriented position within an insurance agency.
• CT Property and Casualty license required for this role.
• Good working knowledge of agency management system Applied/Epic is a plus.
• Proven track record of delivering excellent sales results.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

If the following core values: Employees, Customers, Trust, Performance and Citizenship are consistent with yours, we would love to discuss this opportunity further with you.