Beens Insurance Agency: Sales and Development Intern

Students Plus Startups • Leon Valley, TX

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Farmers Insurance – Kim Beens Agency is seeking a motivated, curious student to join its team as a Sales Development Intern. This is a hands-on introduction to the insurance sales process, supporting licensed producers with prospective-customer outreach, appointment booking, online customer responses, and learning how insurance is quoted. The internship is suited to someone exploring sales, business, marketing, or insurance. It is a 10-week summer internship through the Students + Startups program, based in the agency’s San Antonio, Texas office.

Interns learn the agency’s quoting process but do not quote, sell, bind, or advise customers on insurance coverage; those activities are handled by licensed agents. The internship includes training in insurance basics, the sales process, and compliance, as well as exposure to commercial and personal lines insurance. Interns receive mentorship from experienced agents and agency leadership. For the right candidate, it may provide a path to a licensed role and potentially the protégé program, a path to agency ownership.

The internship runs from May 31 to August 6, 2027, and is full-time at 40 hours per week. Attendance at orientation May 26–28, 2027, is mandatory. Students receive a $6,000 summer stipend, paid in three installments. Housing applications are accepted once an internship has been secured.

Requirements

• Be a current student or recent graduate of a San Antonio-area college or university.
• Have strong phone and written communication skills and be comfortable making outbound calls.
• Be organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Be comfortable with computers and Microsoft Office/Excel, and able to learn new software.
• Be self-motivated, coachable, and eager to learn.
• Demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Be professional and reliable, and able to keep customer information confidential.
• No insurance license is required.

Nice To Haves

• Study business, marketing, communications, or a related field.
• Be bilingual in English and Spanish.
• Have an interest in earning a Texas Property and Casualty license.

Responsibilities

• Make outbound calls to leads and book appointments for licensed Agency Producers.
• Follow Do Not Call rules and agency calling guidelines during every outreach.
• Respond promptly and professionally to customer messages, comments, and reviews on the agency’s social media pages and Yelp.
• Enter and update lead, contact, and activity information in the AgencyZoom CRM.
• Learn the agency’s quoting processes and systems under the guidance of licensed agents.
• Participate in the daily team huddle.
• Participate fully in agency training on insurance basics, the sales process, and compliance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• $6,000 summer stipend, disbursed in three installments.
• Mentorship from experienced agents and agency leadership.
• For the right candidate, a potential path to a licensed role and the protégé program.
• Housing applications accepted once an internship has been secured.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed