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Insurance Sales Agent

Rural Mutual Insurance - Capitol

Madison, WI 53717 • $85,000 / yr • 9/10/2026

Accounting / Finance , Professional , Sales

Job Description

Job Description

Insurance Agent

Build a career helping Wisconsin families, farms, and businesses protect what matters most. Rural Mutual Insurance is seeking motivated individuals to build relationships, serve their communities, and grow a successful insurance business. Insurance experience is welcome but not required. Through our financed agent program, we provide salary support, licensing assistance, coaching, and the tools needed to succeed.

As an Insurance Agent, you'll develop customer relationships, identify insurance needs, recommend solutions, build community partnerships, and grow a book of business throughout Wisconsin. Successful agents come from a variety of backgrounds, including sales, customer service, education, agriculture, banking, healthcare, military service, and business ownership.

We invest in your success from day one through a base salary, commissions, bonus opportunities, training, and ongoing coaching. Agents meeting performance expectations generally earn between $75,000 and $85,000 in their first year. As Wisconsin's local insurance company for more than 90 years, Rural Mutual offers the community connections, underwriting support, and trusted reputation that help agents build lasting relationships and long-term careers.

Interested but not sure if an insurance career is right for you? We'd welcome the opportunity to connect. Rural Mutual district managers are available to discuss the role, answer questions, and help you determine whether this opportunity aligns with your career goals.

Compensation:

$48,000 - $85,000+ base plus commissions and bonuses


Responsibilities:
  • Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with clients, ensuring their insurance needs are met with tailored solutions.
  • Identify and assess client needs through effective communication and active listening, offering appropriate insurance products.
  • Develop and implement strategic sales plans to achieve and exceed personal and team sales targets.
  • Collaborate with colleagues and management to refine sales strategies and improve client satisfaction.
  • Stay informed about industry trends and product updates to provide clients with the most relevant and up-to-date information.
  • Conduct regular follow-ups with clients to ensure their satisfaction and address any concerns promptly.
  • Participate in community events and networking opportunities to enhance brand visibility and foster new client relationships.

Qualifications:
  • Demonstrated ability to build and maintain professional relationships with clients, customers, business partners, or community members.
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain information, products, services, or processes in a clear and understandable manner.
  • Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to accurately maintain records, customer information, and follow-up activities.
  • Ability and willingness to learn new information, stay current on industry developments, and apply knowledge to support customer needs and business goals.
  • Comfortable engaging with individuals, businesses, and community organizations to develop relationships and identify opportunities for growth.
  • Previous sales, customer service, business development, retail, hospitality, financial services, or other customer-facing experience is valued. We also welcome motivated individuals with transferable skills and a strong interest in building a career in insurance sales.
  • Experience supporting customers, clients, or business partners through application processes, service requests, problem resolution, account management, or similar transactions is a plus.
  • Current Property, Casualty, and Life Insurance licenses are preferred. Candidates who are not currently licensed must be willing and able to obtain required licenses within 60 days of hire.

About Company

At Rural Mutual Insurance, we have been protecting what we value in Wisconsin since 1934. Our reputation as one of the top 50 property and casualty companies in the country was built delivering on that promise exclusively for Wisconsin farms, businesses, and families. We provide Auto, Home, Life, Farm, and Commercial insurance throughout the state of Wisconsin.

We have a network of more than 150 Agents in 100+ locations across the state. Our agents live and work in your communities. We understand your needs and work as hard as you do to ensure you are well-protected with the coverage that is best for you. We prevent situations from becoming problems. Because we only do business in Wisconsin, we make sure that premiums paid here, stay here to keep Wisconsin strong. Since our founding, we have been headquartered in Madison.