Who We Are:
NFP, an Aon company, is a multiple Best Places to Work award winner in Business Insurance who has also earned the 5-Star Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) award from Insurance Business magazine and the WORK180 employer endorsement. We are an organization of consultative advisors and problem solvers. We help companies and individuals around the globe address their most significant risk, workforce, wealth management and retirement challenges through custom solutions and a people-first approach. To learn more, please visit: https://www.NFP.com.
Summary:
The Assistant Vice President assists the Vice President with responsibility for multiple highly complex clients. Manages new and existing clients, maintains strong relationships with key client stakeholders and carriers and is responsible for policy compliance and human resources functions.
This role will ideally report to our Charlotte, NC office on a hybrid work schedule. We will consider remote options for highly qualified candidates with extensive experience in High-Net-Worth Personal Lines who can work a full-time schedule in Eastern Standard Time.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain ongoing relationships with complex and large clients; Act as the subject matter expert on Property & Casualty and carrier products and services
- May supervise an account team.
- Maintains and manages solid relationships with clients and carrier sales representatives. Negotiate with carriers for best possible result
- Work with Senior Leadership team to develop regional client deliverables. Ensure deliverables are executed within the local office(s) and that they are complete, accurate and conform to NFP standards. Make adjustments as necessary
- Attend renewal and strategy meetings with high-profile or challenging clients. Manage team structure and monitor team workload to determine capacity to take on new clients
Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities:
- Personal Lines with extensive High Net Worth Account/Client Management experience. This must include experience at an independent agency or retail insurance brokerage
- Familiarity with major markets, such as AIG, Chubb/ACE, PURE and Cincinnati Financial. This includes knowledge of their products, appetite and experience with their quoting systems
- Comprehensive experience with the metropolitan New York area markets preferred
- Highly professional and self-motivated
- Strong verbal and written communication skills as well as excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate with clients, colleagues, and carriers
- Proficiency in Outlook, Word, and Excel
- Excellent written communication skills – writes clearly; edits work for spelling and grammar; varies writing style to meet needs; presents numeric data effectively; able to read and interpret written information.
- Self-confident to make sound independent decisions
- Ability to successfully interact with a variety of people/personalities
- Strong leadership skills
- Must be able to read, analyze and reconcile financial reports
- Possess technical expertise plus good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to handle situations in a calm, courteous and professional manner
Education and/or Experience:
- More than 10 years industry and product line experience.
- A bachelor’s degree preferred. HS Diploma or GED is required
- In addition to familiarity with the major markets as mentioned above, a familiarity with carriers such as Travelers and Progressive as well as The National Flood Ins. Program
- Experience with an agency management system/CRM is required. Fluency with Epic is a plus
Certificates, Licenses, Registration:
- Property & Casualty Broker's License required upon hire
- CPCU or other P&C designation preferred.
What We Offer:
NFP is proud to offer a competitive salary, PTO and paid holidays, 401(k) with match, exclusive discount programs, health and wellness programs, and more. Our people-first culture focuses on building and nurturing lifelong relationships with our employees because, at the end of the day, we exist to be there for others. The base salary range for this position is $75,000 – $130,000. The base salary offered will be determined by factors including, but not limited to, experience, credentials, education, certifications, skill level required for the position, the scope of the position, and geographic location. Actual base salary offered will be determined on a case-by-case basis. In addition to the base salary, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives.
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NFP is an inclusive Equal Employment Opportunity employer.