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East London: Financial Advisor for personal and commercial lines

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Job Description

About the Role

We are seeking a skilled Financial Advisor to join our team in East London, responsible for generating new business opportunities and providing expert advice to clients on personal and commercial lines of insurance.

Key Responsibilities

  • Source sufficient lead generating opportunities to ensure a healthy income-generating pipeline
  • Conduct comprehensive needs analysis with prospective clients to discharge their advice responsibility
  • Maintain and update Lead Generation Matrix on a weekly basis
  • Perform in line with business expectations on agreed key performance areas
  • Stay up-to-date on product comparisons with opposition products
  • Be proficient in the Client product and stay abreast of all product changes and enhancements
  • Ensure compliance with regulations and standards of Insurance regulations and professional guidelines and ethics
  • Maintain and develop appropriate skills and knowledge to provide specialist, professional advice in relevant business areas
  • Meet the required dress code and professional appearance

Requirements

  • Matric/Grade 12 FAIS Credits (RE5)
  • Minimum of 2-3 years’ experience in selling short term insurance (commercial and personal lines) as a broker agent or tied agent
  • Face-to-face sales only
  • All required regulatory exams and accreditation
  • Computer skills including but not limited to:
  • Calendar management
  • Excel
  • Power Point
  • MS Word
  • Social media presence and ability to use social media as a networking tool

Qualifications

  • None mentioned in the original job description, so this section is skipped.

Salary & Benefits

  • No salary information was provided in the original job description, so this section is skipped.

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