Personal Lines Senior Territory Manager

Liberty Mutual Insurance; Downers Grove (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company is seeking a Senior Territory Manager in Downers Grove to drive profitable growth in the assigned territory through agency partnerships. This role involves managing and supporting independent agents and requires significant industry experience and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum six years of progressively responsible insurance sales experience necessary.
• Advanced knowledge of insurance products, contracts, and marketing techniques required.
• Ability to travel daily with occasional overnight travel is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Drive profitable growth for assigned territory through partner engagement.
• Lead agency management processes including prospecting and business planning.
• Provide leadership and mentorship within the team for continuous improvement.

Skills

Sales Success

Partnership Development

Negotiation

Analytical Thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Description

Safeco Insurance is part of the Personal Insurance business unit of Liberty Mutual Insurance. Safeco is committed to providing a range of superior property and casualty products to customers across the United States through a network of independent agents. Safeco is proud to support the communities that we live and work in and values a diverse work force. You'll be engaged in meaningful work for an organization that is committed to "helping people live safer, more secure lives" every day.

As a Senior Territory Manager, you will drive profitable premium growth within your assigned territory by selecting, engaging and managing independent agents to successfully sell and support Safeco's Personal Lines products and services. This role is at the forefront of building premium growth through relationships with our underwriters and agents to ensure we build market-share successfully.

Responsibilities

• Owns and manages assigned territory driving profitable growth to achieve financial and operational targets.
• Leads assigned geographical territory and agency management processes (e.g. Agency prospecting, business planning, engagement, training, compensation, plant optimization, etc.).
• Independently builds and cultivates mutually beneficial agency partnerships in person with agency ownership, management and frontline staff.
• Establishes position as a trusted advisor while delivering product, underwriting philosophy, appetite and system training, support retention and new business development to increase depth and maximize agency revenue.
• Creates, maintains, and executes high quality agency strategies and plans to achieve direct written premium, profit and new business goals.
• Plans include strategic and tactical components and are aligned with?key Personal Lines or Business Lines business strategies including carrier consolidation (book transfer), agency plant expansion, service center support and new product/program rollout support.
• Drives and ensures quality of new business flow, appropriate book mix, and overall risk management of both individual agency books and overall assigned territory. Provides appetite and target market clarity, identifies and addresses profit or quality of business concerns to ensure profitability across territory.
• Leads, collaborates with, influences and supports internal business partners (underwriting/product management/claims/risk control) to identify and capitalize on opportunities, solve problems, share key competitor and industry intel and provide voice of our agent/customer.
• Collaborates with Personal Lines (PL) or Business Lines (BL) counterparts to effectively partner with shared agency assignments.
• Strategically utilizes internal and external programs and tools designed to support the Independent Agent channel and Senior Territory Manager agency management including all Marketing and Development programs, business development tools and internal production/profitability data and analysis.
• Provides leadership and mentoring for other team members, guidance on agency initiatives, and contributes ideas for continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor`s Degree or equivalent industry experience.
• Minimum six years of progressively more responsible insurance sales and management work experience.
• Advanced knowledge of company services, products, marketing techniques, insurance contracts, risk funding and rating plans, and industry trends.
• Proven track record of revenue growth and sales success in a prior role.
• Proven success in developing and building partnerships, decision making and problem solving.
• Advanced knowledge of the business including production management, claims, loss prevention, underwriting, administration, sales operations and agency business operations.
• Highly effective written and oral communication skills, including presentation, persuasion, timing, tact and negotiation skills.
• High degree of customer focus, interpersonal relationship skills and problem solving.
• Advanced analytical thinking, business analytics and business development skills.
• Strong time management and team orientation skills.
• Well versed understanding of marketing principles.
• Must be licensed by the state if required.
• Ability to travel daily with occasional overnight travel.
• Appropriate driving record required to operate a company vehicle.

About Us

Pay Philosophy: The typical starting salary range for this role is determined by a number of factors including skills, experience, education, certifications and location. The full salary range for this role reflects the competitive labor market value for all employees in these positions across the national market and provides an opportunity to progress as employees grow and develop within the role. Some roles at Liberty Mutual have a corresponding compensation plan which may include commission and/or bonus earnings at rates that vary based on multiple factors set forth in the compensation plan for the role.As a purpose-driven organization, Liberty Mutual is committed to fostering an environment where employees from all backgrounds can build long and meaningful careers. Through strong relationships, comprehensive benefits and continuous learning opportunities, we seek to create an environment where employees can succeed, both professionally and personally.At Liberty Mutual, we believe progress happens when people feel secure. By providing protection for the unexpected and delivering it with care, we help people embrace today and confidently pursue tomorrow.We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment where employees from all backgrounds can build long and meaningful careers. By actively seeking employee feedback and amplifying the voices of our seven Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), which are open to all, we create an environment where every individual can make a meaningful impact so we continue to meet the evolving needs of our customers.We value your hard work, integrity and commitment to make things better, and we put people first by offering you benefits that support your life and well-being. To learn more about our benefit offerings please visit: https://LMI.co/BenefitsLiberty Mutual is an equal opportunity employer. We will not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, veteran's status, pregnancy, genetic information or on any basis prohibited by federal, state or local law.Fair Chance Notices

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