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Insurance Agent Job Description

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insurance agent
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An Insurance Agent identifies risk management strategies, handles policy renewals, and tracks claims. Their role is identifying sales opportunities for insurance plans, and overseeing a portfolio of clients. Their responsibilities are to calculate dividends and create payment methods, establish a collaborative relationship with prospective clients from various sources, recommend risk management strategies, prepare and present detailed reports on the progress of initiatives to management, complete administrative tasks, track insurance claims to ensure client and company satisfaction, and create and implement marketing strategies to compete with other individuals or insurance companies.

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Avg Pay: $65K
Jobs: 11,949
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  • Associate Degree in Business
    The number of occurrences matches with Insurance Agent in our database.
    Avg. Duration:20 monthsAvg. Fees:$17,308Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Bachelor of Science (b.sc.) in Business Management
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    Avg. Duration:48 monthsAvg. Fees:$28,989Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Bachelor of Arts (b.a.) in General Studies
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    Avg. Duration:45 monthsAvg. Fees:$23,007Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Bachelor of Business Administration (b.b.a.)
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    Avg. Duration:47 monthsAvg. Fees:$28,453Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
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Annual Pay Estimate for Insurance Agent and Other Important Info

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8.6 years
$65K
The average years of experience in the workforce prior to having this role
3.63 years
Entry
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3
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