Average salary
National Statistic
Change Location
$25,000 - $115,000
INSURANCE AGENT: If You're Self-Motivated You'll Be Successful
About this video
An Insurance Agent describes his work contacting clients and meeting their insurance needs. He's been in the business since 1975, when a friend introduced him to a part-time opportunity. He enjoyed it so much he quickly made it into a full-time career.
Job Title: Insurance Agent
Job Summary: Insurance Sales Agents
Job Description
Insurance sales agents help insurance companies generate new business by contacting potential customers and selling one or more types of insurance. An agent explains various insurance policies and helps clients choose plans that suit them. Although most insurance sales agents work for insurance brokerages selling the policies of several companies, some work directly for a single insurance company.
On-the-Job Training
Moderate-term on-the-job training
Additional Info
A number of organizations offer certifications that show an agent’s expertise in insurance specialties. These certifications are not required for employment, but they can give job candidates an advantage over other applicants. Certifications can also be a source of continuing education credit.
Certification Requirement
Required by State.Quick Facts
Projected Job Growth
15 to 25 percent
Typical schedule
Flexible, Full-time
Typical workplace
Home, Remote, Indoor, Office, Travel
Personal Qualities
Analytical skills, People skills, Leadership ability, Networking, Problem solving skills, Verbal communication skillsEducational Path
Education Requirement
Bachelor's degree
Recommended Education Degree
Bachelor's degree
PathSource provides free English transcriptions for each of our informational interviews on video which will appear here after you have signed in. Our advanced transcriptions are highly interactive. They scroll down automatically as the video plays and users can jump to a specific part of the video by clicking on any word in the transcript.
For a small fee, we offer transcriptions in different languages, making PathSource a great tool for English Language Learners. This feature is currently available for customers in the education field only.
Please contact us at support@pathsoruce.com if you have any questions or would like to get a price quote for advanced transcripts offered in a second language.
P3.instances[0].transcript.parse_transcript_data({"transcript":"<p><span m='460'>I'm</span> <span m='600'>an</span> <span m='690'>insurance</span> <span m='1160'>agent</span> <span m='1640'>for</span> <span m='1870'>Farmers</span> <span m='2230'>Insurance--</span> <span m='3470'>been</span> <span m='3590'>doing</span> <span m='3940'>it</span> <span m='4650'>since</span> <span m='4930'>1975.</span> <span m='6370'>My</span> <span m='6530'>job</span> <span m='6910'>is</span> <span m='7130'>to</span> <span m='7550'>contact</span> <span m='8180'>people</span> <span m='8670'>and</span> <span m='9020'>compare</span> <span m='9400'>their</span> <span m='9600'>insurance.</span> <span m='10540'>See</span> <span m='10740'>what</span> <span m='10880'>their</span> <span m='11030'>insurance</span> <span m='11480'>needs</span> <span m='11810'>are,</span> <span m='12130'>and</span> <span m='12260'>try</span> <span m='12410'>to</span> <span m='12520'>convince</span> <span m='12920'>them</span> <span m='13060'>to</span> <span m='13190'>go</span> <span m='14140'>with</span> <span m='14430'>us.</span> </p><p><span m='15340'>While</span> <span m='15540'>I</span> <span m='15580'>was</span> <span m='15710'>going</span> <span m='15870'>to</span> <span m='15960'>college,</span> <span m='16360'>a</span> <span m='16400'>friend</span> <span m='16630'>of</span> <span m='16680'>mine</span> <span m='16980'>was</span> <span m='17160'>interviewed</span> <span m='17610'>with</span> <span m='17970'>Farmers</span> <span m='18330'>and</span> <span m='19790'>he</span> <span m='20030'>started</span> <span m='20360'>the</span> <span m='20430'>program.</span> <span m='21020'>It's</span> <span m='21140'>a</span> <span m='21190'>reserve</span> <span m='21630'>program.</span> <span m='22480'>You</span> <span m='22910'>keep</span> <span m='23120'>working,</span> <span m='23690'>but</span> <span m='23900'>you</span> <span m='24000'>do</span> <span m='24180'>this</span> <span m='24670'>part-time.</span> <span m='25640'>And</span> <span m='26150'>so</span> <span m='26880'>it</span> <span m='26980'>sounded</span> <span m='27340'>like a</span> <span m='27400'>great</span> <span m='27730'>idea.</span> <span m='28400'>I</span> <span m='28580'>tried</span> <span m='28980'>it</span> <span m='29220'>and</span> <span m='29990'>I</span> <span m='30080'>really</span> <span m='30330'>enjoyed it,</span> <span m='30690'>and then</span> <span m='30960'>finally</span> <span m='31260'>went</span> <span m='31440'>into</span> <span m='31660'>it</span> <span m='31720'>full-time.</span> </p><p><span m='32830'>You've</span> <span m='33300'>got</span> <span m='33490'>to</span> <span m='33560'>be</span> <span m='33710'>a</span> <span m='33760'>self-motivated</span> <span m='34570'>person</span> <span m='35160'>that</span> <span m='35320'>is</span> <span m='37080'>setting</span> <span m='37400'>goals.</span> <span m='38070'>Learn</span> <span m='38290'>how</span> <span m='38380'>to</span> <span m='38450'>set</span> <span m='38670'>goals</span> <span m='38920'>right</span> <span m='39140'>away.</span> <span m='39870'>And</span> <span m='40160'>then</span> <span m='40470'>be</span> <span m='40820'>very</span> <span m='41130'>thorough</span> <span m='41640'>and</span> <span m='42060'>follow</span> <span m='42400'>through</span> <span m='42650'>with</span> <span m='42820'>what</span> <span m='43020'>your</span> <span m='43170'>goals</span> <span m='43550'>are.</span> </p><p><span m='44140'>When</span> <span m='44610'>you</span> <span m='44700'>work</span> <span m='44890'>for</span> <span m='44990'>yourself,</span> <span m='45430'>it's</span> <span m='45630'>really</span> <span m='45960'>easy</span> <span m='46240'>just</span> <span m='46680'>to</span> <span m='47160'>take</span> <span m='47360'>time</span> <span m='47620'>off</span> <span m='47830'>and</span> <span m='47930'>do</span> <span m='48180'>what you</span> <span m='48240'>want</span> <span m='48480'>to</span> <span m='48550'>do.</span> <span m='49080'>Therefore</span> <span m='49640'>you're</span> <span m='49770'>being</span> <span m='50000'>your</span> <span m='50170'>own</span> <span m='50310'>worst</span> <span m='50610'>enemy.</span> <span m='51760'>But</span> <span m='52340'>if</span> <span m='52390'>you</span> <span m='52490'>set</span> <span m='52750'>goals</span> <span m='53040'>and you'll</span> <span m='53220'>stick</span> <span m='53510'>to</span> <span m='53650'>them,</span> <span m='53750'>then</span> <span m='53900'>you'll</span> <span m='53960'>be</span> <span m='54100'>extremely</span> <span m='54630'>successful.</span> </p>","file":{"id":305192,"video_id":"2793693401001","name":"1430-InsuranceAgentFarmers1","duration":55728,"thumbnail_url":null}});
