Portland Branch Manager
Portland, OR, United States
Job Description
Branch Manager - Portland, Oregon
Chubb is the world's largest publicly traded property and casualty insurer. With operations in 54 countries, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance, and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. The company is distinguished by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength, underwriting excellence, superior claims handling expertise and local operations globally.
The Portland Branch is comprised of over $170M gross written premium book of business encompassing business from across all the Chubb segments including Major Accounts, Commercial Insurance, Small Business, Financial Lines and Personal Risk Services. The Branch Manager position has matrix management responsibilities for all local employees and reports to the Regional Executive Officer.
The Portland Branch Manager's responsibilities include leading and executing activities which achieve the Branch goals related to business development, distribution management, customer penetration and retention, and staff development. Additionally, the Branch Manager will collaborate with the REO, Regional and National Managers and other network and corporate resources to drive results, implement process improvements and to maximize efficiencies.
The Branch Manager is specifically accountable for:
Providing direction and leadership in driving consistent profit and growth in the branch. In addition, establishing a vision for future growth for the Portland territory and working with the businesses to realize that vision.
Building and leading the execution of strategic and tactical plans that cultivate producer relationships and maximize the development of targeted business.
Collaborating with Segment and Product leaders to establish goals and development plans and evaluating performance of Branch Segment and Product Leaders.
Ensuring that effective producer planning, prospecting and account rounding strategies and processes are in place.
Serving as the senior Chubb executive in the local marketplace.
Bringing the diverse elements of the organization together to meet the needs of our customers.
Presenting a unified, cohesive, and consistent Chubb storefront and brand to the marketplace.
Managing all underwriting and service personnel to accomplish internal and external objectives.
Providing leadership and direction for many critical business functions including: planning and budgeting,
expense management
recruitment, retention, and development of staff
performance management; and -team building
Qualifications
Knowledge, skills, and abilities:
Demonstrated advanced competencies in results orientation, customer focus, teamwork & collaboration, leadership, communication, and coaching/developing others.
Extensive property and casualty insurance industry experience leading to a broad understanding of the industry, products, distribution, regulation, and current issues.
Depth of experience and expertise in at least one of several disciplines including underwriting, claims or other service departments.
Strong financial acumen is required.
Extensive experience in managing customer, broker, and agency relationships.
High proficiency in sales and marketing of insurance products, and in developing and managing a cohesive marketing strategy across the multiple Chubb segments and products with divergent business objectives and strategies.
Proven success in leading, coaching and developing people.
Education and Experience:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; advanced degree preferred
Relocation provided
About Us
Chubb is a world leader in insurance. With operations in 54 countries, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance, and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. The company is distinguished by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength, underwriting excellence, superior claims handling expertise and local operations globally.
At Chubb, we are committed to equal employment opportunity and compliance with all laws and regulations pertaining to it. Our policy is to provide employment, training, compensation, promotion, and other conditions or opportunities of employment, without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, mental and physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, age, and pregnancy or any other characteristic protected by law. Performance and qualifications are the only basis upon which we hire, assign, promote, compensate, develop and retain employees. Chubb prohibits all unlawful discrimination, harassment and retaliation against any individual who reports discrimination or harassment.
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