Insurance Recruiters Key Terms

Recruit top talent by familiarizing yourself with insurance recruiters' key terms

The insurance industry covers a wide array of products, each with their own terminology and lingo. As an insurance recruiter, it is important to have a broad knowledge of all types of insurance key terms. Perhaps equally important is an understanding of the terms associated with recruitment tools. These tools include associations, software and publications that are vital parts of an insurance recruiter's arsenal.

 

Life Insurance Selling Magazine

Life Insurance Selling Magazine is a publication for the life, health and financial product industry. It is an ideal publication for recruiters to read to keep up with industry updates, as well as one in which to post classifieds.
Try: Life Insurance Selling Magazine's home page is full of insider insight and news stories impacting sellers and recruiters alike.

National Insurance Recruiters Association

The National Insurance Recruiters Association (NIRA) has a membership of more than 70 insurance recruiting organizations. It's members work cooperatively to share knowledge and best practices.
Try: NIRA's home page includes a blog as well as a recruiter search tab.

Recruitment optimization

Insurance recruiters must constantly work to improve their ability to process candidates quickly and efficiently. This is done by continuously revisiting their processes for managing requisitions as well as their screening processes.
Try: Best Practices sells a nine-page document that reveals the requisition management and screening techniques of several organizations responsible for insurance, financial services and IT staffing.

Background screening software

It is especially important that those being recruited for top positions in an insurance agency be properly screened. Screening services ensure that the credentials listed on a resume are accurate and that the employment history listed is valid and accurate.
Try: Verifications is a comprehensive screening company that completes a 10-year history on the individual, verfies date of birth and a checks professional license validility.

Broker Hunter

Broker Hunter is a networking website providing career fairs, classified section, as well as resources for anyone seeking to hire or be hired in the insurance industry
Try: Broker Hunter's Employer section includes an area to post ads as well as search for resumes.

The National Alliance for Education and Research

The National Alliance for Education and Research provides coursework in all different types of insurance -- including health, life and property and casualty. Obtaining this type of continuing education is not mandatory, and assures recruiters that a candidate is a subject matter expert
Try: The National Alliance for Education and Research website provides some information about the organization's mission statement that tells the reader a bit about the alliance and how it can help those in the insurance industry.

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