Insurance Agents and Brokers
Job description
These individuals sell various types of insurance (life, automobile, property, etc.) to individuals, businesses, and public institutions. This group includes supervisors.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
Main tasks
- Establish insurance coverage for clients.
- Calculate insurance premiums and determine payment terms.
- Provide information on insurance plans and their features.
- Ensure that policy requirements (appropriate forms, medical exams, etc.) are completed.
- Respond to customer claims and requests.
- Target potential clients and solicit them.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to management positions.
- Additional training allows these individuals to be recognized as an Associate or Fellow of the Insurance Institute.
- Successful completion of courses offered by the Canadian Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors leads to various levels of professional qualification.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $21.19
- Median
- $29.80
- Maximum
- $45.58
Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 60.8% Female
- 39.2% Male
- 60.8% Female
- 39.2% Male
Job types
All of Québec
- Full time
- Part time
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- None
All of Québec
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
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NAICS 52495% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 451% of jobs
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NAICS 521, 522, 523, 5261% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 561% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6230% of jobs
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Others2% of jobs
All of Québec
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NAICS 52495% of jobs
-
NAICS 44, 451% of jobs
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NAICS 521, 522, 523, 5261% of jobs
-
NAICS 55, 561% of jobs
-
NAICS 621, 622, 6230% of jobs
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Others2% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
College
ACS in assurance de dommages
Placement rate: 87.3%
2.5% of graduates pursue further studies
ACS in assurance de dommages et communication en anglais
Placement rate: 85.1%
7.5% of graduates pursue further studies
DCS in financial Services and Insurance Technology
Placement rate: 55.9%
38.2% of graduates pursue further studies
Also required
- Successful completion of exams by the Autorité des marchés financiers [Financial markets authority].
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Reading comprehension
- Data collection
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Critical thought
- Written expression
- Persuasion
- Time management
- Service oriented
- Information processing
- Negotiation
- Social perception
- Active learning
- Coordination
- Judgment and decision-making
- Mathematics
Abilities
- Written comprehension
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Speech clarity
- Written expression
- Speech recognition
- Near vision
- Deductive reasoning
- Awareness of issues
- Classification
- Information organization
- Inductive reasoning
- Mathematical reasoning
- Basic numeracy
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Critical thinking
- Focussed on results
- Capacity to influence and mobilize
- Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
- Honesty
- Capacity to work in a team
- Capacity to be discrete
- Knowledge of computer science, digital and electronics
- Knowledge of office work
Interests
- Work in sales or client service
- Collect, verify, sort, and classify data or information
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Official name of the NOC 63100
Insurance agents and brokers
Job titles
- Insurance Brokers
- Insurance Agents
- Insurance sales representative
- Insurance agent supervisor
- Life insurance agent
- Field agent - insurance
- Automobile insurance agent
- Fire insurance agent
- District supervisor - insurance office
- Insurance sales supervisor
- Life insurance representative
- Group insurance representative
- General insurance representative
Skill type
Sales and service
Last update: January 29, 2026