Senior Director Distribution Management

 

Please note that this position is expected to be part of the pending sale of the Allianz Commercial (MidCorp / Entertainment) business to Arch Insurance (Arch). By the end of May (or shortly after hiring for those hired by Allianz in the latter part of May or thereafter), Arch is expected to make comparable offers of employment to the employees of the MidCorp/Entertainment business, conditioned upon, and subject to, the closing of the transaction.  The transaction is expected to close following, and subject to, the satisfaction of all applicable closing conditions, including regulatory approval of the transaction.  If an employee receives and accepts Arch’s offer of employment, subject to the employee’s satisfaction of the conditions to Arch’s offer, the employee will commence employment with Arch at, and subject to, the close of the transaction.  At that time, the employee will be covered by Arch’s benefit plans and policies.

 

Let’s care for tomorrow.

Your ambitions.  Your dreams.  Your tomorrow.

 

At Allianz Commercial (AzC), we are the global leader for insuring corporate and specialty risks in the Allianz Group.  Whether it’s aircraft, satellites, the world’s biggest ships and tallest building, cyber-attacks or climate change impacts, AzC has the major risks covered when it comes to protecting businesses.

 

We are looking for a Director Distribution Manager within our Distribution function, based in San Francisco.

Your Team 

Our team is committed to invest in our people through training and professional development while supporting you along the way—all so you can meet your career goals. To us, the most important measure of our success is yours.

 

The Impact You Will Have 

Reporting to the Regional Head of Middle Market Distribution NA, you will join the team as Director, Distribution Management.  You will be responsible for business development and relationship management with regional and national brokers, while working internally with Strategic Relationship Leaders, lines of business, and service-related functions such as Claims, Risk Control, etc. to deliver the Allianz Commercial value proposition  We are looking for a motivated, self-starter who is passionate and can exemplify a customer-centric culture at Allianz Commercial and willing to challenge the status quo.

 

Some of your specific responsibilities could include: 

• Scheduling and chairing regular development meetings and capability pitches with assigned brokers in order to facilitate a flow of high-quality  (in-appetite) new business prospects.
• Facilitate broker’s understanding of AzC underwriting appetites and capabilities and act as point of access to AzC for broker enquiries

• Utilize a systematic and disciplined engagement approach to increase AzC profile and promote AzC as preferred insurer amongst key broker partners 
• Strategically align underwriters, leaders, products, and services based on the broker’s regional/local structure & hierarchies, organizational charts, industry vertical and/or product specialties, and other key contacts.

• Manage all broker matters via the AzC CRM platform (Salesforce)
• Successfully increase AzC "Size of Wallet", meeting New/Upsell and Cross Sell targets as per local and regional sales plans for key brokerages
• Achieve new business, growth, retention, and profitability ratios per North American and Regional broker sales plan for assigned brokers
• Proactively engage in dialogue with brokers to identify and deliver Upsell and Cross Sell opportunities; develop, maintain, and execute pipelining activity where applicable to improve submission and quote ratio of agreed target lists
• Collaborate