Account Manager Associate

Are you ready to start your career in the insurance industry? As an Account Manager Associate, you'll be an essential part of our team, supporting account managers to deliver exceptional service to our clients. This entry-level role is designed to help you grow, with the opportunity to move into an Account Manager position over time.

This role will be fully in office in our Salem, OR location, but has the opportunity to move to a hybrid schedule after the 1-year mark.

In this role, you'll be at the heart of our client relationships:

• Assist the account managers by communicating with clients, addressing their inquiries, and ensuring their needs are met.
• Handle the processing of insurance policies, from gathering information to preparing applications and submitting them to underwriters.
• Prepare quotes and proposals, analyzing coverage options and collaborating with your team to create competitive solutions.
• During renewals, you'll gather the necessary information, prepare documents, and coordinate with underwriters to ensure everything runs smoothly.
• Work closely with internal departments like underwriting, claims, and finance, to help ensure smooth operations and resolve client-specific needs.
• Maintain the highest standards of confidentiality and compliance, handling sensitive data with care.

• A bachelor's degree or a high school diploma/GED, preferred
• Attention to detail to ensure accuracy in documentation and processes.
• The ability to collaborate effectively with internal teams and external stakeholders.
• A commitment to maintaining confidentiality and adhering to industry regulations.
• Proficiency in working with multiple systems and strong technology competency.
• The ability to switch between tasks, prioritize deadlines, and manage multiple projects.
• Proactive in asking questions while also being resourceful and independent.

We offer a competitive and comprehensive compensation package. The base salary range represents the anticipated low end and high end of the range for this position. The actual compensation will be influenced by a wide range of factors including, but not limited to previous experience, education, pay market/geography, complexity or scope, specialized skill set, lines of business/practice area, supply/demand, and scheduled hours. On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits. 

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one!
• Life and accident insurance
• 401(K) and Roth options
• Tax-advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA)
• Educational expense reimbursement
• Paid parental leave

Other benefits include:

• Digital mental health services (Talkspace)
• Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function)
• Training programs
• Gallagher Thrive program – elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing
• Charitable matching gift program
• And more...

**The benefits summary above applies to fulltime positions. If you are not applying for a fulltime position, details about benefits will be provided during the selection process.

We value inclusion and diversity

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Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organization. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.