Senior Commercial Lines Account Executive

Foundation Risk Partners
Teaneck, NJ
On-site

Who this role is best for

Best suited to experienced insurance professionals with a focus on property and casualty insurance working in the commercial risk management domain.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 10+ years of experience managing real estate, construction, and manufacturing clients
    — “10+ years experience with real estate, construction and manufacturing clients - highly preferred”
  • Professionals with expertise in insurance brokerage and risk management consulting
    — “Foundation Risk Partners, one of the fastest growing insurance brokerage and risk management consulting firms in the US”
  • Individuals capable of handling high-value client accounts with complex insurance needs
    — “approximately 20 domestic and international clients with combined annual property and casualty insurance premiums of over $30 Million”

Things to consider

  • The role involves significant coordination with third-party vendors and insurance carriers
    — “Responsible for overseeing all insurance broker and other third party risk management vendors”
  • Candidates must be prepared to handle a wide range of client industries and their unique risk profiles
    — “Client industries include construction, real estate, manufacturing, private equity and hospitality and others”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize your experience in managing high-value insurance portfolios and negotiating with carriers
    — “Manage the insurance and risk management programs of those clients including the placement of all traditional, non-traditional insurance for all clients”
  • Highlight your ability to create and implement loss forecasting models and reduce future claim occurrences
    — “Create a loss pick and forecasting models using current Loss Cost Factors to anticipate claim trends”
  • Showcase your background in contract review and risk transfer mechanisms
    — “Review, draft and negotiate the insurance provisions in, and provide opinion on, all vendor contracts”
  • Demonstrate your track record in post-acquisition risk management and portfolio company transitions
    — “Post-acquisition portfolio company management”
  • Position yourself as an expert in coordinating disaster recovery and business continuity plans
    — “Set up and coordinate clients’ disaster recovery and business continuity plans”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • manage insurance and risk management programs for clients
  • oversee placement of insurance bids
  • coordinate disaster recovery and business continuity plans
Typical background
experience in insurance or risk managementsales and account management

Skills & requirements

Required

Risk ManagementInsuranceClient ManagementContract NegotiationRisk Assessment

Preferred

Complex Sales CyclesSaas Sales

About the role

Original posting from Foundation Risk Partners via Greenhouse

Foundation Risk Partners, one of the fastest growing insurance brokerage and risk management consulting firms in the US, is adding a Senior Account Executive to their Risk Management Consulting Practice in the NJ Metro Region. 

Job Summary:

This position will act as the account manager for approximately 20 domestic and international clients with combined annual property and casualty insurance premiums of over $30 Million. Client industries include construction, real estate, manufacturing, private equity and hospitality and others. Manage the insurance and risk management programs of those clients including the placement of all traditional, non-traditional insurance for all clients.

Essential Functions:

Risk Management renewal responsibilities include:

Gathering, summarizing and presenting all renewal exposures prior to the renewal of all lines of property and casualty insurance coverage

Develop service requirements for potential insurance brokers and carriers; Interview, vet and select the insurance brokers requested to bid on the insurance programs

Design insurance policy language specifications; Prepare insurance renewal submissions and provide them to the marketplace

Review and analyze all insurance proposals and negotiate the terms of coverage as well as premiums and address any additional underwriting questions from the marketplace

Recommend to clients the insurance programs best suited for their particular exposures and risks

Oversee the placement of winning insurance bids; ensure binders, policies and endorsements are issued correctly and if not, request the necessary amendments to be mad

Manage the day to day needs of clients’ risk management programs which include:

Manage clients’ internal risk management team/insurance departments

Report to CFO on implementation and management of clients’ corporate risk control programs

Counsel senior management on transactional risk exposures through use of economic models and risk vs. benefit analyses

Responsible for overseeing all insurance broker and other third party risk management vendors to ensure they are working in clients’ best interests

Set up and coordinate clients’ disaster recovery and business continuity plans

Review, draft and negotiate the insurance provisions in, and provide opinion on, all vendor contracts, leases, loans and other types of contracts using all methods of contractual risk transfer

Ensure compliance of insurance certificates requested by vendors of clients and also review certificates received by clients from various third parties to ensure acceptability

Schedule and coordinate all loss control inspections by insurance carriers, as well as property valuations by appraisers; Address any loss control concerns and amend valuations with carriers based on appraisals

Set up and train clients’ claims staff as well as review all incoming first party and third party claims; Report all claims to the appropriate policies and insurance carriers

Run quarterly claims review meetings to ensure all losses are being adjusted in an efficient manner and that all reserves are set at appropriate levels

Create a loss pick and forecasting models using current Loss Cost Factors to anticipate claim trends

Review loss frequency and severity by claim type to establish patterns and use that knowledge to decrease future occurrences

Coordinate the claims recovery process and assist in the adjustment of all losses for clients’ maximum benefit and ensure receipt of appropriate payments

Set up and manage captive insurance programs; present underwriting exposures negotiate pricing, advise on cash management and perform financial statement review

Additional Skillsets/Job Functions

Due Diligence project team for Private Equity clients. Responsibilities include:

Pre-acquisition risk management and insurance reviews of the target company. Confirm the acquisition is free of problematic and costly insurance and risk management issues

Establish benchmarks to evaluate insurance transactions and offers

Solicit competitive bids for new insurance coverage to address the newly acquired entity’s exposures

Analyze, negotiate and bind the appropriate coverages

Transition new entity into clients’ master programs if appropriate, otherwise move the coverage onto a stand-alone program

Post-acquisition portfolio company management

Create Master property insurance programs for portfolio companies to maximize terms of coverage and buying power in the marketplace

Competencies & Qualifications: 

NJ P&C license

AMS360 or EPIC 

10+ years experience with real estate, construction and manufacturing clients - highly preferred

Prefer EST candidates but will consider other time zones based on level of experience

This range represents the estimated low and high end of the salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and may be above or below the range based on factors including but not limited to performance, location, and experience. The range listed is just one component of FRP's total compensation package for employees.

Pay Transparency Range$120,000—$150,000 USDDisclaimer:

While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job requirements, management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties from particular jobs and to assign other duties as necessary.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO):

FRP provides equal employment opportunity to qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or any other classifications protected by law.

Benefits:

FRP offers a comprehensive range of health-related benefit options including medical, vision, and dental. We offer a 401(k) with company match, company paid life insurance, STD, LTD and a generous PTO policy starting at 18 days per year plus 10 paid holidays & 2 floating holidays!

Source: Foundation Risk Partners careers (Greenhouse)

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