Role Description
The Territory Manager will be responsible for prospecting, vetting, appointing, and managing Independent Agencies to produce profitable sales growth within a defined territory. They will be tasked with meeting and exceeding territory volume and profit objectives for First Acceptance's assigned products, while maintaining and growing relationships between First Acceptance and appointed agents. This position is fully remote with travel to the Northern California Territory, with the applicant's home base preferred near this area.
Responsibilities
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Consistently achieve agreed-upon new business production, direct written premium, loss ratio goals, and other KPIs on an annual basis by effectively managing the agents of an assigned territory.
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Work independently to schedule daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly activities to achieve the required objectives.
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Solicit new agencies, evaluate their potential to write quality new business, and recommend qualified new agencies for appointment to the vice president of Business Development.
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Train appointed agencies on First Acceptance Products, Processes, and Technology.
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Recommend agencies to participate in profit-sharing, rewards, special incentives programs, and other agency sales initiatives.
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Increase the percentage of producing agents within the territory through relationship management, additional training, and process improvements.
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Terminate agents for lack of production, unprofitable results, or other causes.
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Routinely conduct agency visits to review production, quality, and profitability trends.
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Document visits, actions, and communications with each IA in Salesforce.
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Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
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Bachelorβs degree or equivalent education, training, and work-related experience of 5 years or more in a Territory Manager or High-Volume Sales capacity.
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2+ years of work-related experience in P&C insurance operations.
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Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), Salesforce, and other sales analytics reports.
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A proven track record of consistently meeting sales and new business expectations, including achieving sales plan targets.
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Must possess practical verbal and written communication skills.
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Must perform well in high-energy, dynamic, and team-oriented environments.
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Ability to adapt to new situations and learn quickly.
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High degree of initiative, mature judgment, and discretion.
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Ability to follow directions and complete assigned tasks within a timely manner with limited supervision.
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Must be willing to travel up to 50%. Travel may consist of up to 3 nights per week. A company car and a company card for expenses are provided.
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Must have an acceptable driving record.
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Bilingual (Spanish & English) preferred.
Requirements
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The physical demands described here are representative of those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.
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Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.
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While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to do manual tasks, which may include the use of hands to finger and handle controls.
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Tasks may also require the ability to talk or hear.
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The employee will frequently sit, bend, and reach with hands and arms, and is occasionally required to stand and walk.
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The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
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Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
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Other abilities include possessing the capacity to learn, concentrate, think, and read.
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Oftentimes, the employee will be communicating and interacting with others while working.
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To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Benefits
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Salary Range for this position is $94,760 - $109,335 annually.
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In compliance with California pay transparency requirements, First Acceptance Insurance provides the above base salary range for this position.
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This range reflects the base salary First Acceptance Insurance reasonably expects to pay for this role at the time of posting.
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Actual compensation will be determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, education, internal equity, and geographic location.