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Also called auto insurance agent, automotive insurance agent, bilingual insurance sales agent and burial agent.
$62,280
Median pay a year
479,100
People do this work
6
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Insurance Sales Agent
1 certification
Summary
Insurance sales agent selling life, property, casualty, health, and automotive policies while customizing programs to meet client needs and managing administrative tasks related to policy maintenance and client relations
Experience
Insurance Sales Agent
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Sold various types of insurance policies to businesses and individuals on behalf of insurance companies
Customized insurance programs to suit individual customers, often covering a variety of risks
Explained features, advantages, and disadvantages of various policies to promote sale of insurance plans
Performed administrative tasks, such as maintaining records and handling policy renewals
Sought out new clients and developed clientele by networking to find new customers
Called on policyholders to deliver and explain policy, analyze insurance program, and suggest changes
Conferred with clients to obtain and provide information when claims were made on a policy
Skills
Core Skills
Customizing financial products, Gathering customer information, Examining property condition, Reviewing sales accuracy, Examining documents, Calculating costs of goods or services, Developing marketing plans, Explaining financial information
Checking & Planning
Identifying potential customers, Studying product information
Open to
On site, Remote
Education
Bachelor's Degree Your college, Year
Certifications & Licenses
State license for this work Your state board, Year
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Customized insurance programs for individual customersSold various types of insurance policies to clientsExplained features and advantages of insurance policiesMaintained records and handled policy renewalsSought out new clients through networking effortsConferred with clients during claims processing
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Customized insurance programs to meet the unique needs of individual customers
Explained the features and advantages of various insurance policies to promote sales
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Customized insurance programs for several clients each month to meet their unique needs
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Several clients each monthA few clients every weekMost of my clients
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Explained the features and advantages of various insurance policies to promote sales
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Increased client understanding and trustHelped clients make informed decisionsLed to more policy purchases
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Explaining financial information
Customizing financial products
Gathering customer information
Identifying potential customers
Examining property condition
Reviewing sales accuracy
Examining documents
Calculating costs of goods or services
Developing marketing plans
Studying product information
Attending events
Installing computer software
The work itself
What an Insurance Sales Agent does
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Sell life, property, casualty, health, automotive, or other types of insurance. May refer clients to independent brokers, work as an independent broker, or be employed by an insurance company.
What it pays
How much does an Insurance Sales Agent make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$46,870
Median
$62,280
75th percentile
$96,950
About 479,100 people do this work in the United States.
What it pays in each state
State
25th percentile
Median
75th percentile
AK
$49,800
$50,500
$72,140
AL
$47,740
$65,510
$103,100
AR
$40,950
$56,720
$79,830
AZ
$48,040
$61,560
$79,740
CA
$49,370
$76,120
$104,860
CO
$49,360
$68,730
$100,600
CT
$53,600
$74,840
$103,320
DC
$60,460
$84,530
$126,750
DE
$45,160
$46,710
$76,990
FL
$46,010
$59,790
$79,420
GA
$45,980
$61,850
$99,430
HI
$57,930
$64,170
$79,440
IA
$45,770
$60,140
$82,080
ID
$47,740
$58,510
$94,860
IL
$46,780
$64,280
$98,370
IN
$48,850
$61,360
$94,710
KS
$46,800
$60,370
$103,980
KY
$46,260
$60,880
$81,000
LA
$43,480
$55,440
$79,540
MA
$72,850
$79,300
$109,390
MD
$45,170
$58,300
$79,700
ME
$49,920
$62,920
$78,860
MI
$47,890
$61,900
$88,390
MN
$59,940
$78,640
$104,170
MO
$41,960
$58,990
$81,960
MS
$37,420
$47,930
$78,080
MT
$50,110
$62,040
$83,200
NC
$43,980
$58,710
$78,430
ND
$57,400
$71,220
$96,540
NE
$48,300
$61,590
$93,740
NH
$54,330
$74,370
$102,310
NJ
$60,060
$81,640
$124,460
NM
$36,500
$45,180
$71,000
NV
$42,060
$49,100
$65,380
NY
$55,810
$78,110
$125,350
OH
$47,290
$61,260
$81,040
OK
$38,360
$47,920
$77,580
OR
$48,230
$61,680
$85,440
PA
$48,870
$73,370
$100,350
PR
$29,870
$36,250
$49,470
RI
$61,210
$79,930
$123,080
SC
$44,990
$61,350
$94,850
SD
$57,870
$71,990
$99,600
TN
$44,710
$57,120
$77,360
TX
$39,740
$51,180
$83,460
UT
$45,960
$61,230
$95,070
VA
$46,380
$60,520
$80,590
VT
$60,900
$70,720
$82,980
WA
$48,570
$61,040
$85,900
WI
$57,080
$79,450
$107,990
WV
$34,280
$45,480
$75,260
WY
$54,780
$71,830
$99,550
Other names
Other names for this job
auto insurance agent, automotive insurance agent, bilingual insurance sales agent, burial agent, compensation agent, debit agent, district agent, group insurance special agent, health insurance agent, health insurance sales agent, insurance agent, insurance agent team member.
More names for this work
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This page is about the occupation Insurance Sales Agents. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.