How to hire an insurance underwriter, sales

How to hire an insurance underwriter, sales, step by step

Here's a step-by-step insurance underwriter, sales hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write an insurance underwriter, sales job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new insurance underwriter, sales
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your insurance underwriter, sales job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find an insurance underwriter, sales for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   You should also consider the ideal background you'd like them an insurance underwriter, sales to have before you start to hire. For example, what industry or field would you like them to have experience in, what level of seniority or education does the job require, and how much it'll cost to hire an insurance underwriter, sales that fits the bill.

   This list presents insurance underwriter, sales salaries for various positions.

   Type of Insurance Underwriter, Sales	Description	Hourly rate
   Insurance Underwriter, Sales	Insurance sales agents help insurance companies generate new business by contacting potential customers and selling one or more types of insurance. Insurance sales agents explain various insurance policies and help clients choose plans that suit them.	$13-26
   Agent	Agents are individuals who are employed by their clients to represent them in various dealings. Agents are usually employed by people in the show business industry, such as actors, writers, or directors... Show more	$9-34
   Sales Representative Internship	In a sales representative internship, an intern's duties depend on the directives of a supervising staff or manager. Typically, they are responsible for gaining industry insights while performing clerical tasks such as preparing and processing documents, greeting visitors, disseminating and organizing files, and running errands as needed... Show more	$12-20

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Lead Generation
   • Financial Services
   • Customer Service
   • Sales Process
   • Strong Work Ethic
   • Insurance Carriers
   • Casualty Insurance
   • Auto Insurance
   • Annuities
   • Life Insurance Products
   • Securities
   • Life Insurance Sales
   • Develop Leads
   • Term Care

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   Responsibilities:

   • Used consultative upselling techniques to provide leads
   • Sell life and health insurance, annuities and mutual funds.
   • Facilitate communications between doctors, hospitals, third party insurance companies and patients to obtain and verify patient billing information.
   • License in life, health and annuities.CLU certificate in pension planning.
   • Deliver on the GEICO promise to customers by solving problems and giving competent insurance advice in a courteous and proficient manner.

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3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in the insurance underwriter, sales job description is a good way to get more applicants. An insurance underwriter, sales salary can be affected by several factors, such as the location of the job, the level of experience, education, certifications, and the employer's prestige.

   For example, the average salary for an insurance underwriter, sales in Virginia may be lower than in Wisconsin, and an entry-level engineer typically earns less than a senior-level insurance underwriter, sales. Additionally, an insurance underwriter, sales with lots of experience in the field may command a higher salary as a result.

   Average insurance underwriter, sales salary

   $40,226yearly

   $19.34 hourly rate

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   Entry-level insurance underwriter, sales salary

   $28,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 15, 2025

   Average insurance underwriter, sales salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	California	$44,758	$22
   2	New York	$43,347	$21
   3	Arizona	$42,688	$21
   4	Texas	$42,230	$20
   5	Nebraska	$41,804	$20
   6	Minnesota	$41,256	$20
   7	Oregon	$40,248	$19
   8	Ohio	$39,769	$19
   9	South Carolina	$39,252	$19
   10	Indiana	$38,924	$19
   11	Maryland	$38,134	$18
   12	North Carolina	$37,798	$18
   13	Colorado	$37,397	$18
   14	Arkansas	$37,356	$18
   15	Kansas	$36,324	$17
   16	Georgia	$35,832	$17
   17	Florida	$35,726	$17
   18	Tennessee	$35,227	$17
   19	Virginia	$35,188	$17
   20	Utah	$34,734	$17

   Average insurance underwriter, sales salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	New York Life Insurance	$44,311	$21.30	104
   2	Symmetry Financial Group	$44,223	$21.26	12
   3	HealthMarkets	$44,174	$21.24	2
   4	Family First Life	$44,078	$21.19
   5	Fedele Insurance Services	$40,905	$19.67
   6	The Jonus Group	$40,824	$19.63	59
   7	Davis & Company	$40,790	$19.61
   8	Bankers Life Insurance Company	$40,072	$19.27	6
   9	McMichael and Gray	$39,702	$19.09
   10	I Tech Solutions	$39,494	$18.99
   11	The Hanover Insurance Group	$38,909	$18.71	49
   12	Insurance Incorporated	$38,857	$18.68	3
   13	Rockstar Games	$38,720	$18.62
   14	GEICO	$38,600	$18.56	48
   15	Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Companies	$38,308	$18.42	76
   16	Allstate	$37,118	$17.85	85
   17	Farmers Insurance	$37,075	$17.82	197
   18	The Hartford	$36,230	$17.42	158

4. Writing an insurance underwriter, sales job description

   An insurance underwriter, sales job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. Below, you can find an example of an insurance underwriter, sales job description:

   Insurance underwriter, sales job description example

   If you are here seeking a career where you can work side by side with motivated, driven, team minded individuals like yourself - we are interested in talking with you! We have a focused approach in our agencies and work hard every day to provide consultative insurance services to individuals and businesses across Michigan. Farmers Insurance is a company with a long history of success with a supportive leadership team and award winning training programs. Here in District 24 we offer a "sky is the limit" approach for career minded people. Our districts culture is important to us - we continually strive to create environments that encourage success for all! If these first few sentences have peaked your interest - please let us know - we would love to talk with you about working with us!
   Benefits
   
   - base salary + commission - weekends and holidays off - many opportunities for advancement
   
   Responsibilities
   
   Meet or exceed new business production goals and objectives as established. Ask for and manage customer referrals. Manage every customer contact as a cross and up-sell opportunity including financial products. Utilize Farmers excellent resource systems to understand and follow all underwriting and compliance directives. Prospect for new business by following sales leads generated by multiple resources such as; referrals, networking, marketing, cold-calling, and lead databases.
   
   Requirements
   
   Be able to obtain or currently possess a Michigan Property & Casualty insurance license - we have excellent training resources and platforms to use to obtain your license, if needed. Successfully complete our award winning Farmers training program. Be driven and motivated by the challenge to multi-task, follow-thru and follow-up. Communicate clearly so as to interact with individuals of varied levels of insurance knowledge.

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5. Post your job

   To find insurance underwriters, sales for your business, try out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important talent pools for any company is its current employees.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and your current work to ask if they know any insurance underwriters, sales they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level insurance underwriters, sales with the right educational background.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter have more than 3.5 billion users, and they're a great place for company branding and reaching potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your insurance underwriter, sales job on Zippia to find and recruit insurance underwriter, sales candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites such as salesjobs, salesheads, allretailjobs.com, sales trax.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   To successfully recruit insurance underwriters, sales, your first interview needs to engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. You can go into more detail about the company, the role, and the responsibilities during follow-up interviews.

   You should also ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match the ideal candidate profile you developed earlier. Candidates good enough for the next step can complete the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new insurance underwriter, sales

   Once you've decided on a perfect insurance underwriter, sales candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.

   You should also follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that you've filled the position.

   Once that's done, you can draft an onboarding schedule for the new insurance underwriter, sales. Human Resources should complete Employee Action Forms and ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc. They should also ensure that new employee files are created for internal recordkeeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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