Commercial Lines Account Manager

Summary

Higginbotham is seeking a Commercial Lines Account Manager to provide prompt, accurate, and courteous service to clients, producers, and company personnel. The role supports the acquisition, maintenance, expansion, and servicing of commercial accounts by designing insurance programs, coordinating proposals and renewals, negotiating with carriers, and managing account workflows.

Responsibilities

• Collectively plans, designs and implements appropriate insurance programs for clients that coincide with agency guidelines
• Maintains knowledge of new developments or changes with various carriers and new Federal/State laws that may affect how our clients conduct business; consults, informs and educates clients about coverage, exclusions and exposures: documents electronic filing accordingly
• Generating premium allocations for clients; advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency
• Negotiating rate terms and conditions with Carriers on behalf of clients
• Provides technical support to Producers (coverage-wise, with proposal, suspense items, etc.)
• Prepares necessary proposals, summaries of insurance and applications, submits them to appropriate insureds and carriers, obtains clients’ signatures on all applications, follows up to ensure timely responses, all in conjunction with Producer
• Remarkets, contacts clients and follows up in conjunction with producers, renews policies by agency standards
• Consults, informs and educates audit procedures to clients in conjunction with producer
• Set priorities and manages workflow to ensure efficient, timely and accurate processing of transactions and other responsibilities

Skills

• 3-5 years of Commercial Property & Casualty Insurance experience required
• Active General Lines or Property & Casualty License required
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• In office or remote position based out of our Jackson, TN office location
• Ability to lift 25 pounds
• Repeated use of sight to read documents and computer screens
• Repeated use of hearing and speech to communicate on telephone and in person
• Repetitive hand movements, such as keyboarding, writing, 10-key
• Walking, bending, sitting, reaching and stretching in all directions
• Applied Epic experience preferred, but knowledge of similar Account Management System (AMS) is acceptable

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 3-5 years of Commercial Property & Casualty Insurance experience required
• Active General Lines or Property & Casualty License required
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• In office or remote position based out of our Jackson, TN office location
• Ability to lift 25 pounds
• Repeated use of sight to read documents and computer screens
• Repeated use of hearing and speech to communicate on telephone and in person
• Repetitive hand movements, such as keyboarding, writing, 10-key
• Walking, bending, sitting, reaching and stretching in all directions

Nice to Haves

• Applied Epic experience preferred, but knowledge of similar Account Management System (AMS) is acceptable

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Prescription drug coverage
• 401(k)
• Equity prescription incentive plan
• Multiple supplemental benefits for physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing
• Company paid holidays
• PTO
• Employee Wellness Program
• In-office or remote position based out of the Jackson, TN office location