Insurance intermediary: providers, schools, information, FAQs

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Insurance intermediaries are persons who offer or conclude insurance contracts in the interests of insurance companies or other persons. Those who work independently must be entered in the public register of insurance intermediaries. Intermediaries like to give advice, always know more than others and love good and targeted solutions. Those who train as specialists can advise and support private and corporate customers on insurance and pension issues.

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Insurance intermediary - The attractive job in the insurance industry

As an insurance broker, your day-to-day work revolves around insurance contracts. Do you enjoy working in the insurance industry and do you like dealing with financial matters? If you are also an open-minded person with a customer-oriented way of thinking, enjoy communicating with people and are a good speaker, then training or further training to become an insurance intermediary may be just right for you.

 

This professional group offers insurance contracts to a wide variety of people (private individuals or companies) and, at best, also concludes them. The art of this activity is to clearly demonstrate the existing risks, explain the advantages of a contract in an understandable way and convince the customer that concluding a contract is the best and safest decision. In order to be able to carry out this work confidently and self-assuredly and with competent specialist knowledge, you will acquire sound knowledge in subjects such as law, the insurance industry, customer advice and all areas of the insurance industry during your training as an insurance intermediary. Think future-oriented, show your talents and train to become an insurance agent.

 

This further training is not federally recognized, so each school sets its own regulations and content for this course. The duration of the course can also vary greatly, but is often twenty days of attendance and self-study. Find out more about training to become an insurance intermediary directly from the individual schools and ask for further documents to be sent to you free of charge.


Questions and answers

Der Abschluss Versicherungsvermittler / Versicherungsvermittlerin VBV ist kein eidgenössisch anerkannter Abschluss im Sinne einer Berufsprüfung oder einer Höheren Fachprüfung, jedoch eine von der Finanzmarktaufsicht (Finma) anerkannte Zertifizierung zur Registrierung als Versicherungs-Vermittler/in.

The VBV examination consists of a written and an oral part. The written VBV examination questions are taken online on an examination platform. In the oral examination, the candidate can choose from two options relating to sales and advisory situations: Private households (individuals, families, self-employed) or small businesses.

The insurance broker VBV qualification is one of the most important requirements for entry in the FINMA register and this also applies to Cicero membership. Depending on previous training, this qualification as a specialist in insurance brokerage is also one of the admission criteria for the insurance specialist certificate or for the degree course in insurance economics HF.

Neben einem Kurs für Einsteiger oder Umsteiger in die Versicherungsvermittlung werden auch Kurse für etablierte Profis angeboten, die insgesamt sieben Tage dauern. Zu einem solchen Kurs werden Sie jedoch nur zugelassen, wenn Sie den Assessment-Test bestehen, für den Sie mindestens zwei Jahre Berufserfahrung als Versicherungsvermittler benötigen. Weitere Informationen dazu erhalten Sie direkt bei den entsprechenden Bildungsanbietern.

Eine Abschlussprüfung für das Zertifikat Versicherungsvermittler / Versicherungsvermittlerin VBV ist unabdingbar. Diese besteht aus einem schriftlichen und einem berufspraktisch, mündlichem Prüfungsteil. Die Prüfung findet zweimal jährlich statt und dauert schriftlich 120 Minuten und mündlich inklusive halbstündiger Vorbereitungszeit 60 Minuten.

Je nach gewählter Kursmodell und Kursort dauert die Ausbildung zum Versicherungsvermittler VBV / zur Versicherungsvermittlerin VBV einen bis sieben Monate. Auch ist es möglich, dass Sie einen zweigeteilten Kurs besuchen, der im Sommer und wieder ab Winter durchgeführt wird, so dass der Herbst für das Jahresendgeschäft vom Unterricht befreit bleibt.

Independent insurance intermediaries who offer or conclude insurance contracts in the interests of insurance companies or other persons must be entered in the public register of insurance intermediaries. Only then may they commence their activities. Other insurance intermediaries may register. FINMA keeps a public register of insurance intermediaries.

Im herkömmlichen Sinn ist die Weiterbildung Versicherungsvermittler / Versicherungsvermittlerin VBV nicht berufsbegleitend, wenn Sie damit Unterricht an Abenden oder Wochenenden meinen. Dennoch ist es durchaus möglich ist, neben der Lehrgang weiterhin berufstätig zu bleiben, denn die Kurse finden in Tagesblöcken statt. Das bedeutet, dass Sie an einem  oder zwei Tagen in der Woche die Versicherungsweiterbildung besuchen und an den übrigen Tagen weiterhin Ihrer Beschäftigung nachgehen können.

An insurance broker training course teaches you more about:

  • Insurance industry
  • Legal knowledge
  • Property and asset insurance
  • Personal and social insurance
  • Customer advice
  • Exam preparation

Der Lehrgang Versicherungsvermittler / Versicherungsvermittlerin VBV richtet sich an Personen, die bei Versicherungen und anderen Dienstleistungsunternehmen der Finanzbranche arbeiten und dort Vorsorge- und Versicherungsprodukte verkaufen und für die Versicherungsberatung tätig sind.

A VBV intermediary has the following tasks:

  • Advise and support private and corporate clients
  • Demand intake
  • Offer of contracts for insurance, pension and financial products
  • Provide transparent information about the most important product features, premiums and fees
  • Conclusion of insurance contracts and solutions

You need the following qualities as an insurance broker:

  • Personal reliability
  • Communicative personality
  • Quality of advice
  • Affinity for numbers
  • Customer and solution orientation
  • Confidentiality

Redaktionelle Leitung:

Stefan Schmidlin, Bildungsberatung, Content-Team Modula AG

Quellen

Website des Schweizerischen Sekretariats für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation SBFI , Website www.berufsberatung.ch (offizielles schweizerisches Informationsportal der Studien-, Berufs- und Laufbahnberatung) sowie Websites und anderweitige Informationen der Berufsverbände und Bildungsanbieter.


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