Financial security advisor, Life and health insurance
Top Benefits
About the role
As a life and health insurance financial security advisor, you help serve, prospect for, solicit, and develop and maintain business relationships with members and clients. You help sell life and health insurance products and services through multiple distribution channels based on member/client needs and current strategies and practices. Your focus areas include individual insurance, group insurance and retirement savings plans, insurance brokerage, segregated funds, travel insurance and life and health insurance claims settlement. You promote and sell financial security products and services. You analyze member/client needs and recommend personalized solutions. The ability to communicate effectively and thoroughly understand clients’ expressed needs is therefore essential. You balance sales objectives, sound and prudent risk management, profitability and member/client satisfaction. You develop and maintain personal business relationships with clients who have complex, diverse needs. The ability to tailor your approach as needed is therefore essential. You represent Desjardins and enter the organization into agreements with clients. You also have opportunities to establish and negotiate product and service terms in accordance with standards and procedures. Interpersonal savvy is therefore essential. More specifically, you will be required to:
- Sell and provide advice on life, health, disability and critical illness insurance products
- Assess customer satisfaction and service quality, follow up and make improvements as needed. Establish and maintain good relationships with referral sources. Help target and analyze potential member/client files
- Monitor the industry to identify business development opportunities and stay on top of new products and trends.
What we offer*
- Competitive salary and annual bonus
- 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
- Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
- Group insurance including telemedicine
- Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment
- Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.
What you bring to the table
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
- A minimum of one year of relevant experience
- Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered
- Mutual fund representative certificate – Autorité des marchés financiers
- Knowledge of French is required
Action oriented, Communicates effectively, Customer Focus, Differences, Interpersonal Savvy, Nimble learning, Situational adaptability
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Trade Union (If applicable)
At Desjardins, we believe in equity, diversity and inclusion. We're committed to welcoming, respecting and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for all. At Desjardins, we have zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind. We believe our teams should reflect the diversity of the members, clients and communities we serve.
If there's something we can do to help make the recruitment process or the job you're applying for more accessible, let us know. We can provide accommodations at any stage in the recruitment process. Just ask!
Job Family
Member/client sales and service (FG)
Unposting Date
2025-10-31
About Desjardins
Desjardins Group is the largest cooperative financial group in North America and the fifth largest cooperative financial group in the world, with assets of $435.8 billion as at March 31, 2024. It was named one of Canada's Best Employers by Forbes magazine and by Mediacorp. To meet the diverse needs of its members and clients, Desjardins offers a full range of products and services to individuals and businesses through its extensive distribution network, online platforms and subsidiaries across Canada. Ranked among the world's strongest banks according to The Banker magazine, Desjardins has some of the highest capital ratios and credit ratings in the industry and the first according to Bloomberg News.
Financial security advisor, Life and health insurance
Top Benefits
About the role
As a life and health insurance financial security advisor, you help serve, prospect for, solicit, and develop and maintain business relationships with members and clients. You help sell life and health insurance products and services through multiple distribution channels based on member/client needs and current strategies and practices. Your focus areas include individual insurance, group insurance and retirement savings plans, insurance brokerage, segregated funds, travel insurance and life and health insurance claims settlement. You promote and sell financial security products and services. You analyze member/client needs and recommend personalized solutions. The ability to communicate effectively and thoroughly understand clients’ expressed needs is therefore essential. You balance sales objectives, sound and prudent risk management, profitability and member/client satisfaction. You develop and maintain personal business relationships with clients who have complex, diverse needs. The ability to tailor your approach as needed is therefore essential. You represent Desjardins and enter the organization into agreements with clients. You also have opportunities to establish and negotiate product and service terms in accordance with standards and procedures. Interpersonal savvy is therefore essential. More specifically, you will be required to:
- Sell and provide advice on life, health, disability and critical illness insurance products
- Assess customer satisfaction and service quality, follow up and make improvements as needed. Establish and maintain good relationships with referral sources. Help target and analyze potential member/client files
- Monitor the industry to identify business development opportunities and stay on top of new products and trends.
What we offer*
- Competitive salary and annual bonus
- 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
- Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
- Group insurance including telemedicine
- Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment
- Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.
What you bring to the table
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
- A minimum of one year of relevant experience
- Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered
- Mutual fund representative certificate – Autorité des marchés financiers
- Knowledge of French is required
Action oriented, Communicates effectively, Customer Focus, Differences, Interpersonal Savvy, Nimble learning, Situational adaptability
Curious about this profession? Click here
#LI-Hybrid
Trade Union (If applicable)
At Desjardins, we believe in equity, diversity and inclusion. We're committed to welcoming, respecting and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for all. At Desjardins, we have zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind. We believe our teams should reflect the diversity of the members, clients and communities we serve.
If there's something we can do to help make the recruitment process or the job you're applying for more accessible, let us know. We can provide accommodations at any stage in the recruitment process. Just ask!
Job Family
Member/client sales and service (FG)
Unposting Date
2025-10-31
About Desjardins
Desjardins Group is the largest cooperative financial group in North America and the fifth largest cooperative financial group in the world, with assets of $435.8 billion as at March 31, 2024. It was named one of Canada's Best Employers by Forbes magazine and by Mediacorp. To meet the diverse needs of its members and clients, Desjardins offers a full range of products and services to individuals and businesses through its extensive distribution network, online platforms and subsidiaries across Canada. Ranked among the world's strongest banks according to The Banker magazine, Desjardins has some of the highest capital ratios and credit ratings in the industry and the first according to Bloomberg News.