Business Insurance Agent - Intermediate

Why USAA?

At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families.

Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA, where our core values – honesty, integrity, loyalty and service – define how we treat each other and our members. Be part of what truly makes us special and impactful.

The Opportunity

As a dedicated Business Insurance Agent - Intermediate, you will work in an inbound sales environment advising business owners on insurance and risk management, using a full suite of Commercial Insurance Products to address each member and/or non-member’s unique risk profile.

You will use knowledge of insurance marketplace, carrier appetite, and leverage underwriter relationships and knowledge of carrier contracts to place coverage for member’s business.

On a daily basis you will take incoming calls throughout the day (average 7-10 calls) for business insurance coverage collaborating with other insurance carriers. You will also have outbound follow-up calls with member and non-member customers.

USAA provides 13-15 weeks of training so you understand our product offerings and can support each member and/or non-member independently.
Training schedule hours are Monday - Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm Central Time, (9:00am-5:30pm Eastern Time).
Work schedule hours are Monday - Friday, 9:30am-6:00pm Central Time (10:30am-7:00pm Eastern Time).

This position can work remotely in the continental U.S. with occasional business travel. This is a full-time, hourly, non-commission position.

What you'll do:

• Utilizes a consultative approach to determine customer needs, build rapport, and provide solutions (composed of a la cart combinations of various products and services) based on current products and service offerings.

• Builds and maintains relationships between members and nonmembers and insurance carriers, exercising technical knowledge effectively and communicating solutions.

• Utilizes understanding of compliance and insurance standards and Agency Management Systems to limit agency Errors & Omissions (E&O) exposure through proper documentation.

• Classifies member’s and/or non-members business and provide accurate risk management and risk mitigation solutions.

• Facilitates account reviews, by leveraging the carrier renewal cycle, and understanding the members’ and nonmembers’ risk profile to provide consultative advice and appropriately address and mitigate the risk.

• Researches industry trends and evolving regulatory environment (state and national), improving understanding of important technical/financial issues.

• Utilizes Intermediate knowledge of Agency Management Systems/Customer Relations Management (CRM) & multiple carrier Platforms to operate comfortably at an advanced level to appropriately select product and carrier offerings.

• Leverages intermediate knowledge of Carrier guidelines and processes to partner and negotiate with underwriters on endorsements, renewal questions, and remarkets for underwriting determination (approval or declination).

• Leverages intermediate understanding of calculating Insurance to Value (ITV) on a wide range of property types and structures including geographic differences and capture custom or unique features within the properties and provide appropriate details to determine accurate replacement values.

• Provides select account service for member’s and nonmember’s including policy changes, certificates, endorsements, renewals, non-renewals and remarkets, cancellations, reinstatements, and record updates within agency systems.

• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

What you have:

• High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma.

• 1 year of insurance sales and service experience and/or experience working in a high value, commercial insurance agency or broker setting.

• Valid Property and Casualty insurance license for home state and/or ability to obtain home state and multistate license within 90 days.

What sets you…