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Insurance Sales Agent

Rural Mutual Insurance - Northwest

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.

Compensation:

$48,000 - $85,000 (Base Salary PLUS Commissions and Bonuses)


Responsibilities:
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with prospective and existing customers by understanding their needs and providing trusted guidance.
  • Identify customer risks, coverage needs, and goals, then recommend appropriate insurance solutions to help protect what matters most.
  • Develop and execute a business development plan to generate new opportunities, strengthen customer relationships, and grow a successful book of business.
  • Build relationships within the community through networking, local events, and partnerships with individuals, businesses, and organizations.
  • Collaborate with underwriting and other internal teams to help deliver insurance solutions that meet customer needs.
  • Provide responsive, high-quality customer service by addressing questions, resolving concerns, and supporting customers throughout their insurance experience.
  • Continuously develop industry and product knowledge to provide informed recommendations and stay current with changing customer needs and market trends.

Qualifications:
  • Experience building and nurturing relationships with clients, partners, and community members.
  • Ability to effectively communicate complex concepts in a clear and relatable manner.
  • Strong organizational skills to manage databases and records efficiently.
  • Ability to stay informed about industry trends and policy changes to provide up-to-date advice.
  • Comfortable networking with local businesses and homeowners to expand client base and influence community presence.
  • Sales experience and a history of achieving performance goals are valued; however, we also welcome motivated individuals who are eager to build a successful career in insurance sales.
  • Experience working with clients and business partners to facilitate applications, policy servicing, underwriting requirements, or other customer-focused processes is a plus.
  • Licensed in property, casualty, and life insuranceor committed to obtaining licenses within 60 days of being hired.

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 are paid here and stay here to keep Wisconsin strong. Since our founding, we have been headquartered in Madison.