Medical Aid Gap Cover Sales Agent

You'll sell cover that families really use, from an insurance telesales floor in Newcastle. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

You'll be based at an insurance telesales floor in Newcastle. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps.

• Save policies when clients call to cancel.
• Explain waiting periods, exclusions and premiums in plain terms.
• Keep your record of advice complete for compliance audits.
• Visit clients at home or work for field advice appointments.
• Capture new policies on the admin system and check debit order details.
• Call warm leads from the dialler and qualify them in the first minute.

• Six months or more of sales, telesales or call centre work
• Honest selling, even when the easy sale is the wrong one
• FAIS fit and proper: clean credit and criminal record
• RE5 passed, or willing to write it within the first year

• Basic salary plus uncapped commission
• Monthly sales competitions with cash prizes
• Medical aid and group life cover once permanent

• If you have passed RE5, say so in your headline; it is the first filter in most financial sales ads.
• Read up on the product line (funeral, short-term or life) so you can talk about it in the interview.