General Insurance Specialist

About UOB

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as branches and offices. Our history spans more than 80 years. Over this time, we have been guided by our values – Honorable, Enterprising, United and Committed. This means we always strive to do what is right, build for the future, work as one team and pursue long-term success. It is how we work, consistently, be it towards the company, our colleagues or our customers.

Job Description

To meet the increasing demand and needs for our existing and new UOB customers for general insurance protection, we are looking for highly driven, focus and self-motivated individual to join our General Insurance team to present a comprehensive range of general insurance products to our clients. Successful candidates can look forward to widen and growing their careers within the bank’s capacity and space. 

As General Insurance specialist within the telesales team, you will be fully involved in introducing various insurance plans to meet the financial protection needs of UOB’s existing customers.

Specific responsibilities include:

• To actively make outbound calls to present General Insurance products (Hospital/Accident/Critical Illness) to UOB customers
• To pro-actively highlight the unique selling features of every insurance plan 
• Understand customer’s concern and address their needs through active listening 
• Handle customer’s objection professionally and to conduct sales call in a persuasive and engaging manner with customers to ensure closure
• Strong ability and confidence to cross-sell (e.g. a 2nd insurance plan) 
• Consistently meet and exceed sales targets set by management monthly
• Apply diligence and integrity in the selling process to ensure sales calls conducted in accordance to the bank’s quality assurance standards

Job Requirements

• Min 3 GCE O level is required
• Highly persuasive and comfortable with handling customer’s objections
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment to consistently meet or exceed sales targets
• Strong ability to transit from selling one product to another with ease
• Willing to learn and apply new techniques to improve skillsets
• Must be certified with BCP and PGI
• Relevant insurance background is required
• Basic salary will commensurate with relevant experience 
• Candidates can look forward to high/attractive incentives with strong sense of job satisfaction.

Additional Requirements

Be a Part of the UOB Family

UOB is an equal opportunity employer. UOB does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate's age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at UOB are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.

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