Sales Representative (Home, Auto & Lifestyle) - 12-month contract

What You’ll Do
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Sales for the Ontario Region, you will handle inbound calls from customers seeking quotes or looking to expand their coverage. Your role is to uncover customer needs, recommend tailored insurance solutions, and provide accurate, competitive quotes. You’ll introduce new products and services, explain coverage options, and ensure a positive experience that builds loyalty and drives additional business. In addition, you’ll actively ask for referrals to help grow our sales pipeline and identify opportunities to deepen customer relationships. The core parts of your role will be to:

Sell products (Home, Auto & Lifestyle with a specialty in Marine) by establishing contact and developing relationships with prospects. Responding promptly to telephone inquiries and written requests. Following-up on ex-dates, re-quoting prospects from previous years, cancelled files, contacting leads generated, and asking for referrals.
Create a trusting environment that fosters new sales opportunities and retention of existing business to increase sales potential.
Actively participate within the team unit and independently to continuously contribute to overall business improvement.
Actively ow and resolve all customer inquiries, while ensuring the customer effort is minimized.

Accurately process account changes, maintaincomplete customer documentation, prepare correspondence, and document files for follow up in EPIC.

Tackle complex insurance-related cases, creatively utilizing all available resources until full resolution is met.

Keep updated on company underwriting guidelines and changing markets.

Perform other duties within competence, as assigned.

What You Bring
This is the unique blend of skills and experience we would love to see in an ideal candidate:

Valid RIBO License (required)
1+ year experience in personal lines (home & auto insurance)
1+ year experience specializing in marine insurance
Fluency in French and English is an asset
Strong communication skills with the ability to build trust and rapport
Excellent organizational and time-management skills in a fast-paced environment
Solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
A proactive mindset with strong problem-solving abilities

We also consider your potential. If you know you have what it takes to do the job, but your experience doesn’t exactly match the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply and provide us with more details about why you think you would be a great fit.

Why Join Us?

Be part of a supportive, collaborative team
Develop your expertise in a growing industry
Make a meaningful difference in clients’ lives every day
Opportunities to grow your career and expand your skills

Salary Range

This position offers a competitive salary within a range from $52,454 to $72,096 along with rewarding bonuses that recognize your dedication.

At the OTIP Group of Companies (OGC), we value transparency and take multiple factors into account when determining your starting salary, including your skills, experience, and alignment with the role as well as internal equity, while positioning you for continued growth and recognition over time.

Some of the Perks We Offer:

We offer best-in-class pension and benefits, total reward programs and comprehensive mental wellness support to set you up for every success in and outside of work. Here are just some of the reasons you’ll love working here:

Defined benefit pension plan for a financially confident retirement
100% coverage of approved continuing education and licensing fees
Access to a wealth of learning resources, including LinkedIn Learning for professional development
Flexible work-from-home and hybrid options
Unlock your potential with opportunities for advancement

Let’s work together! If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply online.