Commercial Lines Sales Manager

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Commercial Lines Sales Manager leading field sales for Utica National, a U.S. property and casualty insurance carrier. Driving regional growth, agency partnerships, profitability, and customer retention.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead, coach, and develop Commercial Lines Field Sales Representatives
  • Establish expectations for activity, performance, and outcomes
  • Conduct ride-alongs, call reviews, and territory inspections
  • Recruit, onboard, and develop talent
  • Execute territory sales plans to achieve new business premium, total written premium, retention, and loss ratio targets
  • Oversee agency segmentation and resource allocation
  • Guide agency portfolio growth, rehabilitation, and exit decisions
  • Translate corporate distribution strategy into executable field action
  • Drive consistent messaging and value proposition across agency interactions
  • Execute regional growth initiatives and programs
  • Own regional sales results and manage representative performance
  • Monitor growth, submission flow, pipeline quality, hit ratio, retention, and regional/state profitability KPIs
  • Diagnose performance issues and take corrective action
  • Provide leadership involvement in key agency relationships and LAPP accounts
  • Build executive-level relationships with priority agents
  • Drive agency engagement, share of wallet, and loyalty
  • Maintain expense discipline within allocated budgets
  • Partner with underwriting, product, operations, claims, service, FAD, EIU, Specialty, and Small Commercial teams
  • Provide market intelligence on pricing, coverage gaps, agency sentiment, competitor activity, risks, and opportunities
  • Complete or support regional-level reporting
  • Perform other duties as assigned and conform with corporate policies and procedures

Requirements:

  • 7+ years of increasingly responsible P&C insurance roles, including leadership
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent business experience
  • Significant insurance education, such as INS, AU, or CPCU, or demonstrated willingness to pursue insurance education is strongly recommended
  • Ability to lead and develop Commercial Lines Field Sales Representatives
  • Experience managing agency relationships and territory performance
  • Ability to manage growth, profitability, retention, and loss ratio objectives
  • Ability to monitor and act on sales and profitability KPIs
  • Ability to collaborate with underwriting, claims, product, operations, specialty, and small commercial teams
  • Ability to provide market intelligence, competitive insights, and regional performance analysis

Benefits:

  • Variable Compensation Bonus plan eligibility
  • Medical and Prescription Drug Benefit
  • Dental Benefit
  • Vision Benefit
  • Life Insurance and Disability Benefits
  • 401(k) Profit Sharing and Investment Plan, including annual company financial contribution and discretionary Profit Sharing contribution based upon annual company financial results
  • Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Tuition Assistance, Training, and Professional Designations
  • Company-Paid Family Leave
  • Adoption/Surrogacy Assistance Benefit
  • Voluntary Benefits: Group Accident Insurance, Hospital Indemnity, Critical Illness, Legal, ID Theft Protection, Pet Insurance
  • Student Loan Refinancing Services
  • Business Travel Accident Insurance
  • Matching Gifts program
  • Paid Volunteer Day
  • Employee Referral Award Program
  • Wellness programs
  • Personal Insurance Discount