Insurance Sales Agent
Rural Mutual Insurance is looking for individuals ready to build a meaningful career by leveraging their relationship-building skills, discipline, and commitment to serving others in Sun Prairie and the surrounding area.
Who Thrives Here
Success in this role comes from the ability to build relationships, earn trust, stay organized, and serve others. While insurance experience is valued, it is not required. Many of our successful agents have backgrounds in:
- Insurance and financial services
- Military service, law enforcement, fire service, and emergency response
- Education, coaching, and school administration
- Community banking, mortgage lending, and agricultural finance
- Small business ownership, contracting, and farm operations
- Hospitality, retail management, and customer service leadership
- Business development, account management, and professional sales
- Healthcare, nonprofit leadership, and community organizations
- Early-career professionals in business, agriculture, finance, communications, or related fields
If you've spent your career helping people, solving problems, leading teams, or building relationships, you may already have the foundation to succeed. We provide training, licensing support, and coaching to help you build the rest.
The Opportunity
As a Financed Agent with Rural Mutual Insurance, you will build and grow a book of business across Wisconsin. This role offers structure, support, and a clear path to long-term growth without the pressure of traditional sales quotas.
What building your career looks like:
- Develop relationships with individuals, families, farmers, and business owners
- Identify customer risks and match them with the right insurance solutions
- Build referral networks with local professionals, lenders, and community leaders
- Participate in community organizations and local events
- Create and execute a business plan with support from your manager
- Grow a book of business that generates long-term, recurring revenue
Compensation and Growth
Financed Agents receive a base salary, commissions, and bonus opportunities. Starting salaries are typically around $48,000 annually. Total first-year earnings for agents meeting performance expectations generally range between $75,000 and $85,000, though actual earnings vary based on production and business results.
As Financed Agents transition into Career Agent roles, income continues to grow through new business production and retention. The financing model provides runway to build relationships without immediate sales pressure. Income grows as your business grows, with significant increases in years two and three as referrals and renewals compound.
Why Rural Mutual
Rural Mutual has served Wisconsin exclusively for more than 90 years, offering:
- Local underwriting decisions made by people who know Wisconsin
- Deep credibility with farming, small business, and rural communities
- A trusted brand that opens doors in reputation-driven communities
- Commercial and farm product depth beyond personal lines
What We Provide
- Comprehensive licensing support and pre-licensing training
- Structured onboarding and a clearly defined ramp period
- One-on-one coaching from an experienced manager
- Marketing resources, tools, and ongoing development programs
- Access to underwriting professionals who work alongside you
- A community of agents across Wisconsin invested in each other's success
What It Takes to Succeed
Agents who thrive in this role tend to be:
- Driven by relationships, not transactions
- Comfortable with accountability and honest about performance
- Active in their community or eager to become a recognized part of it
- Resilient enough to persevere when challenges arise
- Forward-thinking enough to treat this like a business, not just a job
- Coachable enough to follow a proven system while it’s still new
This role is not a fit if you seek a predictable routine, capped salary, or a role where showing up is enough. The ceiling is high, but so are the standards.
Pay
$48,000 - $85,000+ yearly base salary, plus commissions and bonuses.