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Shana Sara Jacobson

Laredo,TX

Summary

Experienced Insurance Sales Agent with over 10 years of experience customizing insurance programs with expertise in developing successful marketing strategies including individual and group sales presentations.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Administrative Assistant

AARP - Casa De Israel - Purpose Institute
08.2022 - Current
  • Print lessons for upcoming Purpose Institute class sessions.
  • Restock supplies to maintain adequate stock levels.
  • Greeting visitors.
  • Managed email and text correspondence and send out invitations to meetings.
  • Volunteered to help with special projects of varying degrees of complexity (i.e. cooking meals for community outreach events).

Credit Card Sales Executive

Wholesale Payments Incorporated
01.2022 - Current
  • Contacted customers regarding 0% Credit Card Processing with self-generated as well as pre-set appointments to promote new products and services.
  • Used consultative sales approach to understand and meet customer needs.

Insurance Sales Agent

Quility Insurance
11.2020 - 01.2021
  • Contact clients who requested Mortgage Protection Insurance to provide a quote and sell insurance.
  • Scheduled fact-finding appointments to determine client needs and overall financial situations.
  • Sought out new clients and developed client relationships through networking, direct referrals, lead databases and self-generated leads.
  • Recommended type and amount of coverage based on analysis of customers' circumstances using persuasive sales techniques.

Call Center Medicare Insurance Agent

Empower Brokerage, Inc.
09.2022 - 11.2022
  • Interviewed applicants and explained scope of different available benefits.

Insurance Service Representative

AMAX Auto Insurance
06.2021 - 09.2021
  • Incorporated cross-selling and upselling techniques to generate sales and profits and increase referral retention rates
  • Encouraged policyholders to submit referrals to increase client base.
  • Initiated outbound customer calls to review policy reviews and late payments to avoid lapse in coverage.

Insurance Agent

Concentrix
10.2021 - 11.2021

Medicare Insurance Sales

  • Calculated premiums and established payment methods for sales.
  • Worked with sales team to collaboratively reach targets, consistently meeting or exceeding personal quotas.

Hemodialysis Patient Care Technician

Satellite Healthcare Inc.
11.2020 - 01.2021
  • Clean and connect to access sites, including fistulas and grafts, by following infection control protocols.
  • Set up and operated dialysis machines for patients receiving treatment for kidney failure.
  • Safely transported, transferred, and positioned patients on chairs for treatment.
  • Measured and recorded patients' pre-dialysis and post-dialysis vital statistics, including weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse rate, and respiration rate.

Certified Nursing Assistant

Luling Care Center
07.2020 - 10.2020
  • Cared for average of 15 patients per 8 hours in Nursing Home Care facility, delivering high-quality, efficient support to meet all needs.
  • Participated in Live Guitar Music Playing activities with patients to boost mood and improve overall memory (by encouraging them to sing along).
  • Facilitated activities of daily living, including personal hygiene management, feeding and ambulation.

Medicare Sales Representative

Physicians Mutual
08.2018 - 01.2020
  • Assisted with set up of lunch-and-learn group meetings.
  • Interviewed applicants and explained scope of different available benefits.
  • Assessed information gleaned from interviews, educational, and medical records, consultation with other professionals and diagnostic evaluations to identify clients' abilities, needs and eligibility for services.
  • Scheduled appointments with applicants to gather information and explain benefits processes.
  • Utilized direct marketing strategies such as mailings and phone contracts to approach potential clients and increase sales.
  • Calculated premiums and established payment methods for sales.
  • Determined financial needs by assessing existing coverage and aligning new products and services with long-term goals.
  • Collected all premiums on or before effective date of coverage.
  • Met with customers to provide information about available products and policies.

Insurance Sales Agent

Colonial Life
01.2020 - 11.2020
  • Assisted with set up of lunch-and-learn group meetings.
  • Interviewed applicants and explained scope of different available benefits.
  • Assessed information gleaned from interviews, educational, and medical records, consultation with other professionals and diagnostic evaluations to identify clients' abilities, needs and eligibility for services.
  • Scheduled appointments with applicants to gather information and explain benefits processes.

Appointed Insurance Sales Agent

Foremost Insurance Company
01.2003 - 02.2017
  • Sold auto, motorcycle, boat and mobile home insurance.

Medicare Sales Representative

Buffett Senior Healthcare
02.2017 - 08.2018
  • Sold Medicare Supplement policies working with pre-set appointments as well as self-generated leads.

Customer Service Representative

Texas Trusted Insurance Company
10.2013 - 01.2017
  • Responded to customer requests for commercial insurance services and company information.

Certified Medication Aide

Magnolia Living & Rehabilitation
01.2012 - 02.2013
  • Administered prescribed drugs to high-volume patient caseload.
  • Checked vital signs on 8 hour basis and contacted Licensed Vocational Nurses & Registered Nurses regarding any patient health concerns or behavioral changes.

Certified Nursing Assistant

Marbridge Foundation
02.2012 - 02.2013
  • Participated in guitar playing activities with MENTALLY and PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED YOUTH to boost mood and improve overall memory (by encouraging them to sing along) and provide light entertainment.
  • Delivered individualized patient care by recording vital signs, documenting observations and evaluating patient needs.
  • Cared for average of 15 patients per 8 hours in Nursing Home Care facility, delivering high-quality, efficient support to meet all needs.
  • Facilitated activities of daily living, including personal hygiene management, feeding and ambulation.

Private Home Health Care Provider

Right At Home, Inc.
02.2011 - 02.2013
  • Assisted patients with dressing, grooming and feeding needs, helping to overcome and adapt to mobility restrictions.

Certified Nursing Assistant

Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
05.2011 - 01.2012
  • Facilitated activities of daily living, including personal hygiene management, feeding and ambulation.
  • Oversight of Memory Care Unit with 20+ Patients.

Home Health Care Provider

Kindred Healthcare, Inc.
06.2018 - 11.2019
  • Assisted patients with dressing, grooming and feeding needs, helping to overcome and adapt to mobility restrictions.

Home Health Care Provider

Girling Healthcare, Inc.
09.2009 - 03.2011
  • Assisted patients with dressing, grooming and feeding needs, helping to overcome and adapt to mobility restrictions.

Insurance Sales Agent

AFLAC
12.2012 - 12.2013
  • Assisted with set up of lunch-and-learn group meetings.
  • Interviewed applicants and explained scope of different available benefits.
  • Assessed information gleaned from interviews, educational, and medical records, consultation with other professionals and diagnostic evaluations to identify clients' abilities, needs and eligibility for services.
  • Scheduled appointments with applicants to gather information and explain benefits processes.
  • Calculated premiums and established payment methods for sales.

Insurance Agency Owner

Farmers Insurance Group
01.2007 - 01.2008
  • Assisted set up of lunch-and-learn group meetings.
  • Interviewed applicants and explained scope of different available benefits.
  • Assessed information gleaned from interviews, educational, and medical records, consultation with other professionals and diagnostic evaluations to identify clients' abilities, needs and eligibility for services.
  • Scheduled appointments with applicants to gather information and explain benefits processes.
  • Utilized direct marketing strategies such as mailings and phone contracts to approach potential clients and increase sales.
  • Calculated premiums and established payment methods for sales.
  • Determined financial needs by assessing existing coverage and aligning new products and services with long-term goals.
  • Collected all premiums on or before effective date of coverage.
  • Met with customers to provide information about available products and policies.

Insurance Sales Agent

Gray Insurance Agency
01.2003 - 01.2007
  • Agency Producer developing new clients for Property/Casualty and Life insurance and developed client relationships through networking at Luncheon Meet-Up Meetings, direct referrals, lead databases and self-generated leads.

Education

General Education

Bakersfield College
Bakersfield, CA

Basic Life Support - CPR / AED

North American CPR
New Braunfels, TX
07.2020

BASIC LIFE SUPPORT - CPR / AED

Central Texas Nurse Network
Austin, TX
01.2010

High School Diploma - Business

Delano High School
Delano, CA
06.1976

Skills

  • Licensed in 20 states (10 years)
  • Medicare Specialist (2 years)
  • Farmers Insurance Agent (1 year)
  • Appointed with 20 carriers
  • Commercial Lines
  • Property/Casualty
  • Workmen's Compensation
  • Life Insurance - Asset Protection
  • Vision and Dental Insurance
  • General Liability

Timeline

Call Center Medicare Insurance Agent

Empower Brokerage, Inc.
09.2022 - 11.2022

Administrative Assistant

AARP - Casa De Israel - Purpose Institute
08.2022 - Current

Credit Card Sales Executive

Wholesale Payments Incorporated
01.2022 - Current

Insurance Agent

Concentrix
10.2021 - 11.2021

Insurance Service Representative

AMAX Auto Insurance
06.2021 - 09.2021

Insurance Sales Agent

Quility Insurance
11.2020 - 01.2021

Hemodialysis Patient Care Technician

Satellite Healthcare Inc.
11.2020 - 01.2021

Certified Nursing Assistant

Luling Care Center
07.2020 - 10.2020

Insurance Sales Agent

Colonial Life
01.2020 - 11.2020

Medicare Sales Representative

Physicians Mutual
08.2018 - 01.2020

Home Health Care Provider

Kindred Healthcare, Inc.
06.2018 - 11.2019

Medicare Sales Representative

Buffett Senior Healthcare
02.2017 - 08.2018

Customer Service Representative

Texas Trusted Insurance Company
10.2013 - 01.2017

Insurance Sales Agent

AFLAC
12.2012 - 12.2013

Certified Nursing Assistant

Marbridge Foundation
02.2012 - 02.2013

Certified Medication Aide

Magnolia Living & Rehabilitation
01.2012 - 02.2013

Certified Nursing Assistant

Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
05.2011 - 01.2012

Private Home Health Care Provider

Right At Home, Inc.
02.2011 - 02.2013

Home Health Care Provider

Girling Healthcare, Inc.
09.2009 - 03.2011

Insurance Agency Owner

Farmers Insurance Group
01.2007 - 01.2008

Appointed Insurance Sales Agent

Foremost Insurance Company
01.2003 - 02.2017

Insurance Sales Agent

Gray Insurance Agency
01.2003 - 01.2007

General Education

Bakersfield College

Basic Life Support - CPR / AED

North American CPR

BASIC LIFE SUPPORT - CPR / AED

Central Texas Nurse Network

High School Diploma - Business

Delano High School
Shana Sara Jacobson