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Ocupacions
Insurance broker
Commercial insurance broker Household insurance broker Insurance agent Insurance broker Insurance intermediary Insurance sales adviser Insurance sales advisor Insurance sales agent Insurance sales consultant Insurance sales person Insurance sales representative Insurance seller Life insurance broker Life insurance representative Personal lines insurance broker Property and casualty insurance agent and broker Retail insurance broker Sales insurance supervisor
Insurance brokers promote, sell and provide advice on various insurance policies such as life insurance, health insurance, accident insurance and fire insurance to individuals and organisations. They also work as intermediaries between individuals or organisations and insurance companies, and negotiate the best insurance policies for their clients, arranging insurance cover where needed. Insurance brokers engage with new prospective clients, provide them with quotes for their policy needs, assist them in the signing of new insurance contracts and propose specific solutions to their specific problems.
Tasks
Tasks include -
(a) Obtaining information about customers’ circumstances necessary to determine appropriate type of insurance and conditions;
(b) Negotiating with customers to determine type and degree of risk for which insurance is required;
(c) Explaining details of insurance and conditions, risk coverage premiums and benefits to customers;
(d) Assisting clients to determine the type and level of coverage required, calculating premiums and establishing method of payment;
(e) Negotiating and placing reinsurance contracts;
(f) Advising on, negotiating terms for and placing insurance contracts for large or special types of projects, installations or risks.
Knowledge
- Finance, banking and insurance
- Wholesale and retail sales
- Law
- Statistics
- Work skills
Digital competencies
- Developing professional relationships or networks
- Selling products or services
- Engaging with others to identify needs
- Promoting products, services, or programs
- Negotiating and managing contracts and agreements
Digital competencies
- Managing, gathering and storing digital data
- Analysing and evaluating information and data
Personal competencies
- Taking a proactive approach
- Processing information, ideas and concepts
- Supporting others
- Demonstrating willingness to learn
- Communicating
Professional groups of the occupation
Technicians and associate professionals
Business and administration associate professionals
Sales and purchasing agents and brokers
Insurance representatives
Other occupations of the professional group
Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?
Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès
Insurance representatives
270
Number of contracts in Barcelonès
76,92%
Percentage of contracts in Catalonia
16,88% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès
65,19%
Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès
28,52%
Part-time contracts
1,27% Turnover index
191
Average of job seekers in Barcelonès
3%
Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
The market for this profile is hiring
Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age
Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.
Business and administration associate professionals
61%
39%
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
Contracts by age groups.
Business and administration associate professionals
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
What vacancies are published in the professional family?
Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year
Sales and purchasing agents and brokers
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Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.
What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?
Insurance representatives
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
The vacancies published are for working in:
Job vacancies posted by county
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
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