Area Vice President-Casualty

Risk Placement Services, Inc. is one of the nation's largest specialty wholesale insurance brokerage firms. We work with top-rated carriers to design robust coverage for our clients. Our employees are fueled by a culture built around teamwork, creativity and responsiveness.

Position Summary:

Produces revenue through sales to new and existing complex clients with emphasis on mid to large companies with high revenue.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Consults with clients according to their needs, retaining them as clients.
• Participate in team sales situations with other producers and support personnel.
• Assist, educate and develop other staff members in new client sales situations and existing client service requirements.
• May manage other producers and sales support.
• Applies industry technologies to new sales, additional sales to existing clients and account service.
• Provides direction in account transfer situations.
• Prepares and implements an individual business plan and production budget.
• Develops and maintains interdivision/intercompany relationships consistent with our corporate culture.
• May manage new business goals, sales situations, and account service to comply with procedure manuals and to prevent error and omission incidents.

Required:

• Bachelor's degree and 3 years related experience required OR High School Diploma/GED and 8 years experience.
• Appropriate insurance licensing required.

Desired:

• Professional designation such as CIC, CEBS, CPCU, or ARM

Work Traits:

• Act independently with minimal direction
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

U.S. Eligibility Requirements:

• Interested candidates must submit an application and resume/CV online to be considered
• Are you 18 years of age or older or can you demonstrate legal capacity to enter a contract?
• Must be willing to submit to a background investigation; any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States. For U.S. employment opportunities, Gallagher hires U.S. citizens, permanent residents, asylees, refugees, and temporary residents. Temporary residence does not include those with non-immigrant work authorization (F, J, H or L visas), such as students in practical training status. Exceptions to these requirements will be determined based on shortage of qualified candidates with a particular skill. Gallagher will require proof of work authorization
• Must be willing to execute Gallagher's Employee Agreement or Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement which requires, among other things, post-employment obligations relating to non-solicitation, confidentiality and non-disclosure

RPS offers competitive salaries and benefits, including: medical/dental/vision plans, life and accident insurance, 401(K), employee stock purchase plan, educational expense reimbursement, employee assistance program, flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function) training programs, matching gift program, and more.

Risk Placement Services believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and does not discriminate against nor favor any applicant because of race, sex, color, disability, national origin, religion, creed, age, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, gender, gender identity / expression, actual or perceived sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Risk Placement Services will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.