Agency Manager

Agency Manager

Join a team with unlimited potential in a dedicated sales role. Spend your time selling; not servicing existing customers.

Brightway Insurance, with over 400 locations throughout the country, is opening a franchise in Richmond, Virginia and is looking for an Agency Manager dedicated to helping people in the community find the combination of insurance products and services they need at a price they want.

The role of a Designated Agency Principal in the Brightway system is to be an experienced property/casualty insurance Producer who, together with the Agency Owner, will represent the agency with the insurance carriers.

The Designated Agency Principal is also responsible for new business production by prospecting, executing, quoting and selling new property/casualty insurance business that enables the agency to prosper and grow.

Designated Agency Principal job duties:

• Work with the Agency Owner to represent the agency to carriers
• Builds referral sources
• Determines clients' particular needs through fact-finding and active listening
• Understands carriers' niches, underwriting criteria and customer appetite
• Responds to inquiries for policies, providing quotes, gathering necessary signatures and paperwork and binding coverage with carriers
• Works in conjunction with Brightway Service Center to ensure customers' ongoing needs are met
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications and participation in professional organizations
• Maintains appropriate insurance license
• Meets sales goals as defined by Agency Owner
• Enters customer information in AMS as directed

Required skills:

• Verbal and written communication
• Problem solving
• Computer
• Self-management
• Prospecting
• Relationship building
• Ability to meet sales goals
• Active listening
• Product knowledge
• General math skills
• Organization

Established in 2008, Brightway grew to become one of the largest privately owned property/casualty insurance distribution companies in the U.S. with over 400 franchises in 32 states and $900 million in annual premium. Recently, Brightway's success led to private equity investment that has infused the company with financial and human capital, and data and analytics access, to accelerate growth and deliver new and exciting market opportunities.

Benefits:

• $35,000 to $40,000 base salary plus competitive commission rate
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Retirement savings plan with company match.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Continuous professional development and licensing support.
• Opportunities for career advancement within the organization
• Free financial consulting / retirement planning