Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

insurance collectortoinsurance broker

A insurance collector already meets 44% of what the insurance broker role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From insurance collector
44%
Overlap1
To insurance broker
16 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
61.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

44%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

61.8/ 100

1 Share of the insurance broker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the insurance collector profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A insurance broker role treats 10 of its required skills as things a insurance collector already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • actuarial science
  • analyse insurance needs
  • apply technical communication skills
  • claims procedures
  • create insurance policies
  • handle financial transactions

What stands in the way is 8 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A insurance broker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a insurance collector background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held create cooperation modalities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held claims procedures business, administration and law
  • already held create insurance policies communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held analyse insurance needs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held insurance market business, administration and law
  • already held analyse insurance risk information skills

All 16 carried skills, including the 10 the insurance broker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 30 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held inform on insurance products required
  • required, not held prospect new customers required
  • required, not held sell insurance required
  • required, not held advise on financial matters required
  • required, not held protect client interests required
  • optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
  • optional, not held promote financial products optional
  • optional, not held build business relationships optional
  • optional, not held deliver visual presentation of data optional
  • optional, not held manage claims process optional
  • optional, not held manage contract disputes optional
02 information skills 2 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held compare insurance products required
  • required, not held calculate insurance rate required
  • optional, not held analyse claim files optional
  • optional, not held initiate claim file optional
  • optional, not held manage claim files optional
  • optional, not held apply statistical analysis techniques optional
  • optional, not held file claims with insurance companies optional
  • optional, not held monitor legislation developments optional
  • optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
03 business, administration and law 1 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held sales promotion techniques required
  • optional, not held customer service optional
  • optional, not held contract law optional
  • optional, not held financial products optional
  • optional, not held modern portfolio theory optional
  • optional, not held social security law optional
  • optional, not held tax legislation optional
04 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held decide on insurance applications optional
  • optional, not held organise a damage assessment optional
05 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use data processing techniques optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a insurance broker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 16 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held actuarial science knowledge
  • already held analyse insurance needs skill
  • already held apply technical communication skills skill
  • already held claims procedures knowledge
  • already held create insurance policies skill
  • already held handle financial transactions skill
  • already held insurance law knowledge
  • already held insurance market knowledge
  • already held principles of insurance knowledge
  • already held types of insurance knowledge
  • already held analyse insurance risk skill
  • already held create cooperation modalities skill
  • already held develop investment portfolio skill
  • already held identify clients' needs skill
  • already held maintain records of financial transactions skill
  • already held manage contracts skill
22 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held analyse claim files optional
  • optional, not held customer service optional
  • optional, not held decide on insurance applications optional
  • optional, not held initiate claim file optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
  • optional, not held manage claim files optional
  • optional, not held promote financial products optional
  • optional, not held apply statistical analysis techniques optional
  • optional, not held build business relationships optional
  • optional, not held contract law optional
  • optional, not held deliver visual presentation of data optional
  • optional, not held file claims with insurance companies optional
  • optional, not held financial products optional
  • optional, not held manage claims process optional
  • optional, not held manage contract disputes optional
  • optional, not held modern portfolio theory optional
  • optional, not held monitor legislation developments optional
  • optional, not held organise a damage assessment optional
  • optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
  • optional, not held social security law optional
  • optional, not held tax legislation optional
  • optional, not held use data processing techniques optional
11 held skills the insurance broker role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse financial risk skill
  • not needed by the target role credit card payments knowledge
  • not needed by the target role debt collection techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role debt systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role handle financial disputes skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain client debt records skill
  • not needed by the target role obtain financial information skill
  • not needed by the target role perform debt investigation skill
  • not needed by the target role provide support in financial calculation skill
  • not needed by the target role review insurance process skill
  • not needed by the target role review investment portfolios skill
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held sales promotion techniques required
  • optional, not held customer service optional
  • optional, not held contract law optional
  • optional, not held financial products optional
  • optional, not held modern portfolio theory optional
  • optional, not held social security law optional
  • optional, not held tax legislation optional
Index
Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.