National General is a part of The Allstate Corporation, which means we have the same innovative drive that keeps us a step ahead of our customers’ evolving needs. We offer home, auto and accident and health insurance, as well as other specialty niche insurance products, through a large network of independent insurance agents, as well as directly to consumers.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Territory Sales Manager is responsible for consistently exceeding agreed upon new business production, direct written premium, and loss ratio goals, and other KPIs on an annual basis by effectively managing the agents of an assigned market to increase company market share by driving profitable growth.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Hybrid– Location Specific to West Virginia.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• 5 or more years of combined sales management/leadership experience with Personal Lines Carriers and/or and Financial Services Industry
• Proven history for obtaining business results through the development of effective internal relationships within the sales organization and across other business functions.
• Industry certifications (preferred)
• Property and Casualty Licenses (preferred)

JOINING OUR TEAM ISN’T JUST A JOB — IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY. ONE THAT TAKES YOUR SKILLS AND PUSHES THEM TO THE NEXT LEVEL. ONE THAT ENCOURAGES YOU TO CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUO. ONE WHERE YOU CAN SHAPE THE FUTURE OF PROTECTION WHILE SUPPORTING CAUSES THAT MEAN THE MOST TO YOU. JOINING OUR TEAM MEANS BEING PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER – A WINNING TEAM MAKING A MEANINGFUL IMPACT.

National General Holdings Corp., a member of the Allstate family of companies, is headquartered in New York City. National General traces its roots to 1939, has a financial strength rating of A– (excellent) from A.M. Best, and provides personal and commercial automobile, homeowners, umbrella, recreational vehicle, motorcycle, supplemental health, and other niche insurance products. We are a specialty personal lines insurance holding company. Through our subsidiaries, we provide a variety of insurance products, including personal and commercial automobile, homeowners, umbrella, recreational vehicle, supplemental health, lender-placed and other niche insurance products.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Hybrid– Location Specific to West Virginia.
• Delivers on the business unit’s annual execution plan (growth, profitability, agency engagement, new appointments) for their market under the guidance of a Regional Sales Manager and/or Zone Director.
• Positions and promotes full suite of NGACC Insurance products into Independent Agency Partners to include, multiple personal auto products, homeowners, commercial vehicle, flood, and recreational vehicle (based on state availability)
• Position is responsible for product/user integration with industry technology and comparative rating platforms within market and assigned agencies.
• Consults with IA’s by having a strong knowledge of the independent agency channel, including industry competitors, major brokers and national industry associations to gather market intel to help promote and position NGAAC products and/or make market enhancement to align with industry opportunity.
• Develops and maintains the assigned market’s new agency appointment pipeline, supports National Accounts & Alternative Distribution Initiatives to implement corporate agreements at the local market level.
• Collaborates with Product, Pricing, Operations to perform stakeholder (agency) and risk analysis on market related issues.
• Maintain accurate records of sales activities, client interactions, and follow-ups in CRM software.
• Continuously evaluates the markets agency force including performance and production, training/skill gaps and execution to established business plan.
• Collaborates with IAs to assist with creation of agency-specific short term and long-term strategic business plans, periodically reviews and suggests adjustments as necessary to achieve results.
• Position is key company liaison within assigned market to both independent agencies and industry associations and must be field facing 4 days per week, driving key business initiatives.
• Territory Sales Manager handles increasing the quote and issuance flow of assigned market beyond the rate and UW trends filed and implemented in the market.
• Role uses full suite of production data and reporting to identify trends, capitalize on opportunity and regularly address agency level performance.