Small Business Territory Manager

CNA Insurance • Chicago, IL

1d • $72,000 - $141,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

This role is responsible for increasing submission flow, new business conversion, and written premium growth into Small Business through disciplined local engagement and execution. The Territory Manager will improve agent, producer, and CSR clarity on appetite, workflows, and how to do business with CNA. They will foster strong connectivity between agencies and underwriting, resulting in fewer stalled deals, faster issue resolution, and an improved partner experience. The position requires the execution of effective territory and agency management plans that support sustainable growth and placement behavior.

Requirements

• 5+ years in commercial insurance distribution, agency management, or sales roles; Small Business experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated success driving producer and CSR adoption, territory growth, and improved conversion outcomes.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with underwriting and internal partners to remove barriers and accelerate flow.
• Proven ability to drive Small Business submission flow, placement behavior, and conversion through disciplined, local sales execution.
• Strong territory and agency management capability, including prioritization, pipeline stewardship, and focus alignment to portfolio goals.
• Deep understanding of Small Business agency operations and the ability to influence producer and CSR behavior through clarity and enablement.
• Solid working knowledge of Small Business underwriting appetite, products, and submission quality standards.
• Ability to build strong underwriting–agency connectivity and facilitate effective account-level collaboration.
• Sound business judgment informed by local market dynamics, competitive activity, and performance trends.
• Strong communication and presence, with the ability to engage credibly as the “known face” in-market.
• Self-directed and execution-oriented, with the discipline to manage travel, activity cadence, and competing priorities effectively.

Responsibilities

• Drive individual submission deal flow into Small Business; manage local pipelines and weekly execution plans.
• Execute agency growth plans for assigned agencies and prioritized geographies, aligning activity to portfolio goals.
• Conduct regular in-person and virtual engagement with frontline producers and CSRs, including training, appetite refresh, workflow enablement, and quoting navigation.
• Create demand for CNA’s Small Business products by reinforcing appetite fit, speed-to-quote pathways, and ease-of-doing-business advantages.
• Execute national partner and growth strategies locally, as directed by National Sales Executives.
• Own and manage the assigned territory, taking accountability for production results, pipeline health, and execution discipline.
• Build and execute agency-level engagement strategies, including business planning, prioritization, training, and optimization actions.
• Adjust focus across agencies and segments based on performance, opportunity, and strategic importance.
• Become the “known face” in-market: ensure agencies know who to call, what CNA wants to write, and how to submit effectively.
• Establish credibility as a trusted advisor through product knowledge, underwriting appetite clarity, and workflow guidance.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to coordinate onboarding and ensure early and sustained production from new appointments.
• Build strong connectivity between Underwriting and the agent-broker community to facilitate account-level collaboration and remove friction.
• Reinforce underwriting appetite, submission quality standards, and best practices to improve hit ratios and conversion.
• Help agents and CSRs “submit to win” by improving fit, documentation quality, and execution timing.
• Maintain awareness of local market dynamics, competitor activity, and agent feedback; share insights with Regional Sales Director and partners.
• Support portfolio health within the territory by influencing mix of business, submission quality, and continuity of flow.
• Maintain activity discipline across agency visits, trainings delivered, pipeline movement, and conversion actions.
• Track results and report progress through the Regional Sales Director’s operating cadence.
• Provide structured feedback loops from field execution and agent behavior back to regional and national leadership.

Benefits

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package to help employees and their family members achieve their physical, financial, emotional and social wellbeing goals.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed