Tara Balkissoon
Richmond Hill, NY 11419
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EXPERIENCE
**/**** - ******* ****** ********* Services, Inc. Ozone Park, NY
Property and Casualty Insurance Sales Personnel
-Write, renew and service line of business for personal and commercial
policies; advising clients on long and short term strategies.
-Evaluate and access risk for new renewal accounts in order to accept,
decline, modify, rate and quote these accounts.
-Analyze and respond to issues and problems that affect production,
taking corrective action and/or referring the problem to the broker
within the organization.
-Work independently and with teams to ensure production objectives by
soliciting new business and negotiating renewal premium with policy
holders.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients, referring parties
(Real Estate agencies and mortgage brokers), insurance underwriters, and
Banks’ Escrow agents; preserve awareness of the competitive marktplace
while complying with all regulatory requirements.
-Train new employees, emphasizing comprehension of not only their job
description but also effective strategies to boost and maintain both clients’
satisfaction and profit and growth objectives as well.
-Taking phone calls and passing them on the respective extensions.
-Handling substantial amount of cash on a daily basis.
-Balancing the records book, writing checks to send out to the various
companies, and ensure payment is received on time so as to avoid
cancellation of any policy.
04/2002 - 12/2002 -Elesy Manor, Baltimore, MD
Geriatric Nurse
Cared for the elderly and ensurd that medications and meals were taken on
time.
12/2002 - 06/2003 Dr. George V. Jhagroo, Richmond Hill, NY
Medication Administrator and Medical Assistant
Took patients blood pressurs, temperature, EKG, X-Ray and gave relevant
medication and prescriptions.
EDUCATION Red Cross, Baltimore, MD
-Licensed with the board of nursing, 2002
Medication administration certification and CPR certification.
John Adams High School, Ozone Park, NY 11417
High School Diploma, 09/10/07.
Rio Claro College, Rio Claro, Trinidad
Five year certificate, September 1973 - June 1978
SKILLS MS Word, WordPerfect, Excel and PowerPoint.
REFERENCES Furnished upon request.