Full-Time

Insurance Agent

Posted on 5/9/2026

Shelter Insurance

Shelter Insurance

1,001-5,000 employees

Regional insurer offering multi-line coverage

No salary listed

Twinsburg, OH, USA

In Person

Category
Sales & Account Management (1)
Required Skills
Sales
Lead Generation
Requirements
  • Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States.
  • A motivated attitude, an entrepreneurial spirit, and skilled capacity for effectively communicating with clients in a sales atmosphere.
Responsibilities
  • Develop and grow your Shelter Insurance Agency by meeting new people, developing new contacts, and becoming known in your community.
  • Develop prospects and sell Shelter products in your agency.
  • Launch and operate your own agency.
  • Build and manage staff to assist with general administrative duties and improve sales.
Desired Qualifications
  • Shelter Insurance provides support to agents including unlimited new commissions, lucrative bonus and incentive opportunities, exceptional contract benefits, professional sales training, subsidies and office staff reimbursement where applicable, and computer and technology support.
  • Shelter offers in-house and virtual new agent training schools and continuing industry education courses to help build the foundational knowledge to launch an agency.
  • Shelter has a purpose-driven culture focusing on community leadership, diversity and inclusion, financial strength and stability.

Shelter Insurance is a regional insurer serving the Midwest and South, offering auto, home, life, and business coverage across 14 states. It sells policies through a network of over 1,400 local agents who tailor plans to individuals, families, and small to mid-sized businesses. Premiums pay for covered losses and the company also invests collected funds to generate additional income and strengthen finances. Its goal is to provide reliable coverage with personalized service while maintaining financial stability through careful risk management and investments.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Columbia, Missouri

Founded

1946

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Guidewire modernization improves operational efficiency in policy and claims processing capabilities.
  • Insurance Data Network membership enables collaborative fraud detection data sharing with competitors.
  • Rockne Corbin's 32-year tenure ensures experienced leadership continuity through strategic transitions.

What critics are saying

  • Regional concentration in Midwest and South exposes Shelter to catastrophic weather-driven claims.
  • Mutual structure limits capital for aggressive telematics adoption versus shareholder-driven competitors.
  • Guidewire implementation delays could increase administrative costs and lose market share.

What makes Shelter Insurance unique

  • Mutual structure aligns incentives with policyholders, prioritizing service over shareholder returns.
  • Regional focus in Midwest and South enables deep market knowledge and personalized agent relationships.
  • AI-powered fraud detection via Shift Technology reduces claims costs and protects policyholder premiums.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Company Match

Paid Vacation

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Vitality Wellness Program

Flexible Work Hours

Bonus Opportunities

Company News

PR Newswire
May 7th, 2025
Shelter Insurance Goes With Shift For Claims Fraud Detection

Solution Deployed to Fight Auto & Property Insurance FraudBOSTON and PARIS, May 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Shift Technology , a provider of AI-powered decision optimization solutions for the global insurance industry, today announced that Shelter Insurance has gone live on Shift Claims Fraud to help mitigate exposure to auto & property insurance fraud risk. The insurer is also a member of the recently announced Insurance Data Network (IDN).As a mutual insurer, Shelter is owned by its policyholders as opposed to shareholders. As such, the company has long been known for its commitment to customer service and its continuous innovation in the service of delivering exceptional policyholder experiences. Viewing claims fraud as an activity that adversely affects legitimate customers and the insurer's combined ratio, Shelter turned to Shift to help them apply artificial intelligence (AI) to the challenge of finding suspicious claims and determining how best to investigate their veracity."What is insidious about insurance fraud is that it impacts nearly every aspect of the insurance business, from the policyholder experience to profitability to the premiums our insureds pay," Mark Jones, Director of Litigation and SIU, Shelter Insurance. "Through our work with Shift we are able to identify a greater number of suspicious claims, separate them from legitimate claims, thoroughly investigate, and conclude it as quickly, accurately, and fairly as possible. This is incredibly beneficial to the business and our customers."According to industry estimates, P&C claims fraud costs U.S

Insurance Innovation Reporter
Dec 10th, 2024
Shelter Insurance Selects Guidewire to Transform Business Operations

Shelter Insurance selects Guidewire to transform business operations.

KOMU-TV
Aug 18th, 2023
Shelter Insurance president to retire, successor named

COLUMBIA - Shelter Insurance Companies announced Friday its current president and CEO, Randa Rawlins, will retire, effective April 30, 2024.

Springfield Business Journal
Dec 1st, 2021
Shelter Mutual Insurance Company recognized as Business of the Year, and Community Outreach Ministries received Community Partner of the Year on Nov 24th 21'.

Shelter Insurance was named Business of the Year, and Community Outreach Ministries received Community Partner of the Year honors, according to a news release issued last week.