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Insurance Product Specialist

upcover

upcover

Product
India
Posted on Mar 18, 2024

Who is upcover?

upcover is Australia's fastest insurance for small businesses. We are changing how insurance gets created, distributed and experienced by small business owners. We are HQed in Sydney and Australia is our first market.

The Daily Telegraph listed upcover at #2 from amongst the top 50 startups in Australia.

What do we do at upcover?

  1. We help small business owners get access to easy, affordable and jargon free business insurance
  2. We partner with some of worlds largest insurers to give small businesses access to first in class coverage, all online.
  3. We enable any business, brand or marketplace to become distributors of insurance using our plug & play API first platform

Who is backing us?

Some of Australia's most iconic angel investors and institutions, among them Antler and BetterLabs.

About the role

You will be the voice of upcover amongst small business owners, taking inbound queries, understanding their requirements and offering the insurance products on upcover's platform. You will be assisting business owners, helping them in their business insurance buying journey.

We have an intense four week training program to help you scale up and become well versed in the insurance products we offer. At the end of your training and probation, you will undertake the RG146 qualification (fully paid for by upcover) to be compliant with the local regulations around giving general advise on insurance products. Australia is after all one of the most heavily regulated markets for insurance in the world.

Requirements

  • Ability to communicate, persuade and influence using facts, data and information at hand
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English language
  • Ability to learn complex legal and contractual concepts
  • Fluency in computer literacy
  • Attention to detail

Perks

  • 100% remote setup with flexibility to work from anywhere in the world
  • Opportunity to scale up and lead teams
  • CTC: 8-12 LPA (based on experience and performance)

Interview Process

  • Phone screening round
  • Screening round with upcover's product specialist
  • Behavioural round #1 with Co-founders
  • Behavioural round #2 with Co-founders

Our Culture

upcover is headquartered in Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺 and has a team thats distributed across the world. Our 16+ strong team is made up of several different cultures (Australia 🇦🇺, Greece 🇬🇷, India 🇮🇳, Pakistan 🇵🇰, Italy 🇮🇹, Nigeria 🇳🇬, Brazil 🇧🇷, Singapore 🇸🇬 , Bangladesh 🇧🇩, Spain 🇪🇸 and Kazakstan 🇰🇿) and we are proud that everyone in our team operates with a very high level of autonomy and responsibility.

We are a super supportive team that helps you achieve your goals - whether working or living abroad or living regionally across Australia - and we believe you can do all that while delivering in your role at upcover. We work hard, and we are a strong supporter of work-life balance. There is plenty of opportunity here at upcover - from market leading salaries, work-life balance, support to work anywhere in the world, and employee shares for exceptional performance.

We are committed to employment equity and welcome applications regardless of race, ethnicity, age, nationality, religion, disability, sexual orientation or philosophy of life