Select Commercial Lines Practice Leader

USI Insurance Services; Needham (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Generous paid time off

Paid family leave

Short and long-term disability

Job summary

A leading insurance service provider in Needham, Massachusetts is seeking a Practice Leader to drive revenue growth for Select Commercial Lines. The ideal candidate will have 5-8 years of experience in Property and Casualty brokerage sales and strong leadership abilities. Responsibilities include managing sales producers, achieving sales goals, and fostering collaboration across teams. Competitive benefits including health insurance and generous paid time off are offered.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of Property and Casualty brokerage sales experience.
• Previous leadership experience preferred.
• Proven track record for meeting or exceeding performance targets.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Select sales producers to achieve revenue growth.
• Drive behaviors to meet revenue growth targets.
• Oversee the marketing team for client placements.

Skills

Property and Casualty brokerage sales experience

Leadership

Consultative sales approach

Communication skills

Motivational skills

Education

Insurance designations such as CIC and ARM

Job description

Overview

General Description: Responsible for driving continuous revenue growth for Select Commercial Lines. Manage the Select sales producers and responsible for achieving sales and budget goals. The Practice Leader will be a key part of the Regional Executive Leadership Team.

Responsibilities

• Learn then lead USI’s proprietary One Advantage Platform, to include:
• Omni: Proprietary, real time, interactive intranet-based client solutions.
• Network: Vast experienced local resources, networked nationally.
• Enterprise: Combining Omni solutions with the Network for comprehensive results.
• Provide leadership and coaching to Select producers and staff to generate revenue and meet sales goals.
• Drive behaviors to ensure that Select producers are working to meet revenue growth targets. Includes prospecting, generating first appointments, and closing new business opportunities.
• Partner with local in-house recruiting team to source, screen, hire, and onboard new producers/brokers.
• Oversee the marketing team for placement of new Select Commercial Lines clients, including relationship management of carrier partners
• Create positive collaboration with other practices to drive a robust cross sell process.
• Lead huddle meetings to prepare for new business appointments.
• Join Select producers on new business appointments.
• In conjunction with local CRM Champion, facilitate prospects to Select producers.
• Ensure Select producers maintain robust pipelines with quality prospects.

Key Performance Metrics

• Simple Net New (SNN): New business exceeds lost business.
• Direct contribution margins (controllable within the practice).
• Organic revenue growth.
• Execution of USI One Advantage.
• Recruiting, hiring and promotion of team to MM Producer role.
• Execution of best practices (Huddles, Sales Activation, Hiring).

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• 5-8 years of Property and Casualty brokerage sales experience.
• Previous leadership experience preferred.
• Insurance designations such as CIC and ARM strongly preferred.
• Proven track record for meeting or exceeding performance targets.
• Must be a skilled individual that is driven to motivate others to achieve sales goals.
• Possess a consultative, solutions based selling approach.
• Executive presence with polished and well developed written and oral communication skills.
• Must be a collaborative and passionate leader with high integrity.
• Familiar with a cross-sell approach. Proactive sales management and tracking. Selling coverage and services as opposed to price.

USI is committed to providing a full-suite of competitive benefits for our growing population and its diverse needs. We offer a wide range of health, welfare and financial benefits including medical, wellness, dental and vision, 401(k), flexible spending and health savings accounts, short and long-term disability, life insurance and other unique employer-sponsored and voluntary programs. USI also offers a generous paid time off policy, paid family leave benefit as well as paid holiday time.