VP, Commercial Insurance Manager

Chubb•Irvine, CA

About The Position

The VP, Commercial Insurance Manager partners with branch and distribution management to grow the Newport Beach and San Diego middle market commercial book of business. The role reports to the Pacific South Region Commercial Manager and manages a portfolio of approximately $200 million in property and casualty (P&C) premium. The position is directly accountable for the middle market P&C branch underwriting operation and results, including new-business production, account retention, and rate efforts across Commercial P&C lines. It leads underwriting staff and advances the local team’s sales and marketing expertise. The manager is also responsible for portfolio and financial performance, underwriting strategy, agency and producer relationships, audit quality, business development, budgets, staff development, and effective branch operations.

Requirements

Understanding of Chubb’s middle market P&C lines, products, and appetite.
Strong technical multiline underwriting skills; preferably, a high level of underwriting authority and strong credibility with the Commercial Insurance Home Office.
Strong leadership skills to manage a team of multiline commercial underwriters.
Strong understanding of field distribution channels, including brokers, regional agents, and independent agents.
Strong people-management skills.
Strong focus on KPI management and accountability.
Advanced marketing and sales skills.
Demonstrates strategic relationship-building, customer focus, agility, execution, operational decision-making, and skillful communication.

Responsibilities

Account for premium, profitability, growth, retention, and expense plans and results for middle market P&C and middle market professional lines (non-SRC) business serviced within assigned branches.
Manage KPIs for submissions, quotes, and binds for each team member and the assigned territory.
Manage field-business profit and loss, and coordinate agency management and production across the Commercial Insurance product portfolio.
Execute new-business and renewal underwriting strategies for assigned branches.
Serve, in collaboration with Product Line and Industry Practice, as a technical resource for referrals and underwriting authority; coordinate with Home Office, Product, and Segment leaders on risks outside field authority.
Drive the self-audit process for the Newport and San Diego retail underwriting team and achieve satisfactory corporate underwriting audit scores.
Develop marketplace-specific opportunities and customized approaches based on market conditions and agency needs.
Work with Field Operations to develop and execute marketing strategy, and coordinate marketing and production activities across Orange and San Diego counties for the Commercial Insurance portfolio.
Direct business development activities and guide implementation of sales and product launches.
Manage the regional and local producer network, coordinate consistent agency-management strategies, facilitate product education and appetite discussions, and serve as a point person for key local producer relationships.
Oversee business and budget planning for business produced within the Newport and San Diego branches, and administer expenses effectively.
Hire, retain, and develop staff; oversee onboarding, training, succession planning, inclusion, coaching, mentoring, performance management, and compensation.
Ensure effective staff deployment, maintain mentoring and succession relationships with high-potential senior underwriters and specialists, and oversee workflows, staffing resources, and technology use for efficient, cost-effective field operations.
Collaborate with HR on performance management and compensation processes.