Insurance Broker
Operates as an independent agent to sell life, fire, accident, industrial or other forms of insurance for a range of insurance companies. Registration or licensing may be required.
Tasks
- monitoring commodity prices, trends and other factors affecting the supply and demand for commodities
- negotiating the purchase and sale of commodities such as grains, wool, minerals and metals
- determining the specific financial and insurance requirements of clients, and researching and reviewing available finance and insurance products for suitability to meet clients’ requirements
- analysing clients’ financial status, discussing financial options and developing financial strategies
- recommending loan combinations that meet clients’ needs
- interviewing prospective clients to explain insurance policy conditions, risks covered, premium rates and benefits, and to make recommendations on the amount and type of cover
- arranging insurance, home loan mortgages and other types of finance for clients through banks, lenders, financiers and insurance companies
- preparing documents which set out the conditions of finance, repayments and loan periods
- identifying and advising on significant risk changes to clients’ insurance
- broking complex and commercial leases, equipment finance, commercial finance, project finance and finance for property developers
QUALIFICATIONS
An Associate Degree, Advanced Diploma or Diploma, or at least 3 years of relevant experience is usually needed. Many Financial Brokers have a university degree. Sometimes experience or on-the-job training is needed in addition to a qualification. Registration or licensing may also be required.
Tertiary Education Providers
NSW
- Charles Sturt University
- University of New England
- The University of Sydney
- Western Sydney University
- Macquarie University
- Southern Cross University
- University of New South Wales
- University of Newcastle
- University of Technology Sydney
- University of Wollongong
- Avondale College of Higher Education
Victoria
- Australian Catholic University
- Swinburne University of Technology
- RMIT University
- Deakin University
- Monash University
- Victoria University
- Federation University
- University of Divinity
- La Trobe
- The University of Melbourne
- Eastern College
- South Australia
- Flinders University
- The University of South Australia
- The University of Adelaide
- Torrens University
- Tabor College of Higher Education
Western Australia
- Curtin University
- The University of Western Australia
- Edith Cowan University
- Murdoch University
- The University of Notre Dame
Tasmania
Queensland
- James Cook University
- The University of Queensland
- Bond University
- The University of Southern Queensland
- Griffith University
- CQUniversity
- The University of the Sunshine Coast
- Queensland University of Technology
Australian Capital Territory
Northern Territory