WritingJob Description: Sales Executive – Life InsuranceAbout the Role

We are looking for a motivated, customer-focused, and target-oriented Sales Executive to promote life insurance products, generate leads, and build strong customer relationships. The role involves identifying prospective customers, understanding their financial protection needs, explaining suitable insurance products, and assisting them throughout the application process.

The ideal candidate should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a customer-centric approach, and the ability to achieve sales targets while adhering to established compliance procedures and ethical sales practices.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead Generation: Identify and generate potential customer leads through referrals, networking, cold calling, and other prospecting activities.
- Customer Prospecting: Reach out to prospective customers, understand their requirements, and identify opportunities to recommend appropriate life insurance products.
- Product Explanation: Explain insurance products, policy features, benefits, premiums, coverage, exclusions, and applicable terms clearly to customers.
- Customer Needs Assessment: Understand customers’ financial goals, protection requirements, and budget considerations to help them explore suitable insurance solutions.
- Sales and Business Development: Promote life insurance products, convert qualified leads into customers, and contribute to business growth.
- Customer Relationship Management: Build and maintain long-term relationships with existing and prospective customers to encourage trust, satisfaction, and retention.
- Follow-up Management: Follow up with leads, address customer queries, provide requested information, and support prospects throughout the sales process.
- Application Documentation: Assist customers with insurance application forms, document collection,



verification, and submission in accordance with established procedures.
- Sales Target Achievement: Work toward assigned monthly and periodic sales targets, lead conversion goals, and business development objectives.
- Customer Service: Respond to customer enquiries, provide product-related assistance, and coordinate with relevant teams to resolve service issues.
- Sales Reporting: Maintain accurate records of leads, customer interactions, follow-up activities, applications, and sales performance.
- Compliance and Ethical Selling: Follow applicable insurance regulations, customer verification requirements, internal policies, and ethical sales practices.
- Market Research: Identify potential customer segments, understand market needs, and explore opportunities to expand the customer base.
- Team Coordination: Collaborate with sales managers, customer service teams, and other internal stakeholders to support effective sales operations.

Qualifications and Experience

- Educational Qualification: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Finance, Commerce, or a related field is preferred.
- Experience: Experience in sales, business development, customer service, or financial services is preferred. Freshers with strong communication and sales aptitude may also apply.
- Sales Skills: Understanding of lead generation, prospecting, customer acquisition, and sales conversion techniques.
- Product Knowledge: Willingness to learn about life insurance products, policy features,



coverage options, and customer eligibility requirements.
- Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain financial products clearly.
- Negotiation Skills: Ability to address customer concerns, handle objections, and support informed purchasing decisions.
- Customer Relationship Management: Ability to build trust, maintain professional relationships, and provide consistent follow-up.
- Documentation Skills: Ability to assist with application documentation and maintain accurate customer records.
- Target Orientation: Ability to work toward sales targets, manage a sales pipeline, and remain motivated in a performance-driven environment.
- Professional Ethics: Commitment to transparency, customer confidentiality, regulatory compliance, and responsible selling practices.

Required Skills

Sales, Lead Generation, Customer Relationship Management, Insurance Products, Prospecting, Negotiation, Communication, Follow-up Management, Customer Service, Client Acquisition, Sales Conversion, Application Documentation, Sales Reporting, Target Achievement, Market Research, and Compliance Management.

Preferred Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate should be proactive, persuasive, and customer-oriented, with the ability to identify prospective customers, understand their insurance needs, and explain suitable life insurance products effectively.

Candidates should demonstrate solid relationship-building skills, consistent follow-up, and a commitment to achieving sales targets while maintaining ethical standards. The ability to manage customer enquiries, assist with application documentation, and deliver a positive customer experience is essential for this role.

Pay: ₹300,000.00 - ₹500,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person

📌 Insurance Sales Executive (Pune)
🏢 Hirevoo
📍 Pune