This position is located in our Head Office. Geographically this position will serve Paris/Ile de France and Normandy (potentially up to 12 departments) with direct report to the head of field offices.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and execute the commercial strategy in the Paris / Ile de France area.
- Be the representative of Chubb locally with brokers and partners by building, developing, and structuring strong and durable relationships.
- Lead brokers animation and distribution to develop a profitable portfolio and achieve quarterly broker visitation goals. Identify portfolio or brokers with industry specialism.
- Work closely with the underwriting teams to present our underwriting appetite to develop new business opportunities.
- Identify market trends in the region and help identify the industry practices unmet needs in this market.
- Report regularly and forecast results.
Along with the other Branch managers in Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Nantes, and Strasbourg, the BDM Paris plays a key leadership role in driving the business locally.
Broker Management:
- Maintain CHUBB visibility in close relation with line managers and increase our market share in this market while developing our revenue and maintaining our profitability.
- Develop our local sales presence by managing and reinforcing relationships with brokers across all lines of business.
- Organize brokers visits according to the broker segmentation and support the field presence of the underwriters.
- Define the financial goals by line and by broker for the main brokers.
- Ensure efficiency of broker visits made in the region: preparation work, agreed actions, trip reports, actions follow-up.
- Analyse and monitor sales KPIs by lines of business and by broker and come up with actions that maximise our potential.
- Represent CHUBB during professional shows or events including industry trade events.
- Prospecting and cross-selling to ensure saturation of our clients, promoting our online platform solution.
- Pipeline management in conjunction with dedicated underwriters.
- Attend monthly sales meetings in Paris.
- Build/develop a strong relationship/partnership with our main brokers/partners to proactively adapt our offer to market needs.
- Develop a perfect knowledge of CHUBB underwriting appetite for each line of business.
- Develop new contacts to enlarge our footprint and reinforce our position in that market.
Internal Stakeholder Management:
Influencing other underwriters as well as Business Lines Managers with whom he/she needs to become a trusted partner.
Cross work with operational functions (Operations, claims, etc.).
Qualifications:
- Ideally 3 years of experience in P&C insurance, preferably in commercial lines, with a good understanding of insurance products.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Highly autonomous, highly sales-driven, but able to understand underwriting strategies and work closely with underwriting teams.
- Experience in managing brokers is a strong plus.
Key Skills: