Voluntary Benefits Sales Consultant - New England

Allstate Benefits is one of Americas leading voluntary, supplemental benefit providers. Founded in 1956 as American Heritage Life Insurance Company and acquired by The Allstate Corporation in 1999, we have the strength of a nationally recognized and trusted brand behind our comprehensive and competitive product portfolio. Our Critical Illness, Accident, Cancer and Universal Life products are ranked #1 in the industry for Worksite Sales by LIMRA, plus we also offer disability income, hospital indemnity, vision and dental insurance. All products are underwritten by American Heritage Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of The Allstate Corporation. Our home office is located in Jacksonville, Florida. More than 31,000 companies across the U.S. choose to put our products to work for them, protecting their most valuable asset their employees.

Job Description

Allstate Benefits is the 2nd largest insurance provider of voluntary workplace benefits in the US and we are in search of a Sales Consultant for the New England region.

Sales Consultants are responsible for recruiting, training, educating, motivating and maintaining National and Regional Broker Partners to sell, service and conserve business in order to ensure profitable growth and to meet sales objectives established for an assigned market within the territory.

Key Responsibilities:

Recruiting new producers, training, growth objectives for assigned producers, sales production from Workplace and Individual products, achievement of premium growth objectives, and the servicing and conservation of insurance in force
Make qualified calls on groups with producers and provide enrollment support on a new producers first couple of accounts opened. The Sales Consultant provides training and on-going development of producers in assigned area in the region.
Responsible for maintaining a positive working relationship with Sales Support, Underwriting, Policyholder Services, Billing Support, Compliance, Commission Accounting, Home Office personnel, and Allstate Field Management.
Meet or exceed assigned production plan.
Recruit, train, motivate and develop producers throughout assigned area in the region.
Contribute to effective relationships between the producers and Home Office departments.
Help analyze markets and formulate recruiting programs, secure producers who will effectively produce quality premiums.
Work with producers to help bring value to their existing book of business and develop new opportunities.
Provide feedback on changes in the marketplace.
Help implement and support the corporate strategy.
Help control and manage their own expenses to Company standards.
Recommend termination of non-producers according to Company standards.
Help implement and monitor procedures to improve persistency of business written in assigned area.

Job Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of Voluntary Benefits
• Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in recruitment and management of insurance sales force.
• Professional designations such as CLU and ChFC are desirable.
• Sales communication and relationship building skills required
• Microsoft office proficiency
• Strong work ethic
• Ability to stay current on sales and marketing techniques and changes in state and federal law that affect the Companys sales efforts and impact the insurance industry in general.

The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.

Good Work. Good Life. Good Hands.

As a Fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide a competitive salary but thats just the beginning. Our Total Rewards package also offers benefits like tuition assistance, medical and dental insurance, as well as a robust pension and 401(k). Plus, youll have access to a wide variety of programs to help you balance your work and personal life -- including a generous paid time off policy.

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