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Some folk do the most bizarre things to get cheaper insurance. A Canadian customer has legally changed his gender so he can get cheaper cover for his Chevrolet Cruze.
The 24-year-old man became a woman – on paper – and saved himself £643 a year.
Thankfully, here in Blighty there’s no need for such shenanigans.
The average price of car insurance has actually fallen by 11% over the past year, a decrease of £95, according to the latest price index from a leading comparison website.
It just goes to show: to help Ted avoid becoming Tina, it pays to know your stuff when dealing with insurance.
So, if you’d like to become an insurance agent helping customers land the best deals with the least hassle, here are five things you need to know before going for the top insurance roles on s1jobs.
It’s an open sector
Insurance affects many aspects of our everyday lives and so personal experience of cars, homes and holidays can be as important to employers as academic qualifications.
With some on-the-job training you can match your own knowledge with specialist know-how to become an invaluable insurance agent.
It offers flexible working
Not all insurance companies work nine to five. Many people will be looking for insurance advice after their own working hours or over the weekend.
This means an agent can find themselves working shift patterns that accommodate other important responsibilities, such as studying or childcare.
It’s a sociable sector
Long gone are the days when insurance brokers sat in stuffy, dusty offices, beavering away in silent isolation.
The modern insurance office is more likely to be a vibrant workplace, where your daily job requires frequent customer and colleague interaction, as well as professional networking.
It offers career opportunities
Learning and growing are vital parts of any job, if it’s to offer career opportunities. Because roles in insurance are highly varied, you could quickly find yourself taking on a range of different responsibilities – and this means the chance to go for specialisation and, of course, promotion.
Your skills are transferrable
There’s a strong focus on training and development in insurance – the type of upskilling that widens your career horizon.
Insurance encompasses so many soft skill sets – customer service, admin, teamwork – that your experience working here could take you to the top in many different job sectors.
Whether it’s an insurance sales person or adviser, claims representative or underwriter, you can find all the best Insurance roles on s1jobs.