SVP, Branch Manager - Chubb Global Casualty

Chubb•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

The Global Casualty San Francisco Branch Manager reports to the SVP, Field Operations, Underwriting in Chubb Global Casualty and works closely with the Regional Executive Officer, to successfully drive financial performance of the Branch territory. The San Francisco Branch Manager's responsibilities include leading and executing activities which achieve the Branch goals related to business development, distribution management, customer penetration and retention, regulatory compliance and staff development in order to positively impact profit, revenue growth, customer relations, and employee development for each of our segments, products and services. Additionally, the Branch Manager will collaborate with the REO/RCOO, Regional and National Managers and other network and corporate resources to drive results, implement process improvements and to maximize efficiencies.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; advanced degree preferred
Minimum of 10 years primary casualty large lines underwriting experience
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.

Responsibilities

Providing direction and leadership in driving consistent profit and growth in the branch
Establishing a vision for future growth for the 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 Global Casualty executive in the local market place.
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 market place.
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