Full-Time Vice President, Personal Lines Inside Sales
Job Description
Our client, an Insurance Brokerage, is one of Ontario’s leading Independent Insurance Brokerages and is seeking a Vice President, Inside Sales & Group to join their Executive Team.
Reporting directly to the President, you will lead the Firm’s Inside Sales & Group Home & Auto Insurance Divisions while working alongside the President and the Firm’s Executive Team to lead the Brokerage and collaborate on macro-level operational items. The scope of this role could increase over time to include additional leadership responsibilities within their Personal Lines Department.
Responsibilities of this role include:
– Leadership and mentoring of a 6-person (and growing) sales team with the team working in a hybrid work environment (3 days at the office and 2 days working from home) this position is an in office role
– Recruitment, hiring, onboarding and training of new staff for the sales team
– Responsible for achievement of departmental sales and renewal retention objectives
– Establishment of onboarding and ongoing training programs for departmental staff
– Point of contact for insurer partners as relating to the Inside Sales & Group Departments
– Participate in Personal Lines meetings with Insurer Partners at the brokerage level
– Underwriting of Personal Lines applications for the departments in accordance with brokerage Guidelines
– Successful intake and integration of brokerage acquisitions into the departments
– Establishment of future new business initiatives for inside sales department
– Work with our Group Business Development Manager to grow our Group home and auto portfolio
– Represent Insurance Brokers’ Leadership Team at various events & meetings
– Collaborate with Executive Team on opportunities, challenges and issues that affect the Brokerage
We are looking for a candidate with these qualifications:
– Minimum of 3 years’ experience leading and managing a team in either a brokerage or insurer setting
– RIBO licensed or willing/able to obtain a RIBO license prior to commencement of employment
– University Degree or College Diploma in Business preferred
– CIP or similar designation preferred
– Extensive knowledge of personal lines underwriting and products
– Experience in training and implementation of training programs
– Extensive knowledge of Applied Rater
– Experience with Power Broker BMS an asset
– Ability to “think outside the box”
– Excellent organizational skills and the ability to “organize minutia”
How to Apply
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