Commercial Lines Account Executive (hybrid or remote)

Who We Are

We’re NFP, a six-time Best Places to Work award winner in Business Insurance for 2017 through 2022 who has earned the 5-Star Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) award from Insurance Business magazine. We are also recognized as an Elite Agency award winner named as a Top Employee Benefits Firm. We are a leading Insurance Broker and Consultant that provides Employee Benefits, Property & Casualty, and Retirement and Individual Private Client solutions to help our clients reach and realize their goals because we believe business is personal. Our personal commitment to our team and our clients have created long-lasting and successful relationships across our growing 300+ nationwide offices and 17 international locations. To learn more, please visit: https://www.nfp.com.

The Role

The Account Executive interacts with clients daily while developing and maintaining relationships with client and carrier representatives. The Account Executive will prepare applications, specifications and marketing strategy for new business as well as the renewals of assigned clients with some degree of supervision and approval from their Supervisor. This role may require the employee to take on the role of lead consultant and primary point of contact for their assigned clients. The Account Executive may have revenue goals and/or client retention targets.

This position will report to our Ocean City, MD office. There is flexibility for a hybrid or fully remote work-from-home schedule for well-experienced, P&C-licensed candidates who can demonstrate fluency.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Negotiates terms, conditions, coverage limits and pricing with carriers and wholesalers.
• Works with the Claims Department on relevant claims for assigned clients.
• Responsible for accurate information such as updated exposures, driver information, reporting forms, signed endorsements and miscellaneous information to avoid any E&O claims.
• Maintains a diary (follow-up system) to ensure policies, endorsements and other information is received to comply with requests.
• May supervise or direct the daily job activities of the Coordinators and Account Managers.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with carriers, and clients through regular contact and client visits. Keep clients apprised of appropriate industry trends and events, including all state and federal regulatory issues.

Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities:

• Excellent written communication skills – writes clearly; edits work for spelling and grammar; varies writing style to meet needs; presents numeric data effectively; Able to read and interpret written information
• Self-confident to make sound independent decisions
• Ability to successfully interact with a variety of people/personalities
• Strong leadership skills
• Must be able to read, analyze and reconcile financial reports
• Possess technical expertise plus good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to handle situations in a calm, courteous and professional manner
• Strong attention to detail, decision-making skills and problem resolution

Education and/or Experience:

• BA/BS preferred
• Typically more than 5 years of industry and product line experience

Certificates, Licenses, Registration:

• P&C Insurance License required
• CIC, CPCU or other P&C designation preferred

What We Offer

NFP is proud to offer a competitive salary, PTO & paid holidays, 401(k) with match, exclusive discount programs, health & wellness programs, and more. Our PeopleFirst culture focuses on building and nurturing lifelong relationships with our employees because, at the end of the day, we exist to be there for others.

NFP and You... Better. Together.

NFP is an inclusive Equal Employment Opportunity employer.