Regional Vice President

New England Regional Office

Bedford, NH

Merchants Insurance Group, is a leading Property and Casualty Insurer in the Northeast, and is looking for an experienced Regional Vice President for our Bedford, New Hampshire regional office.

The safety of our colleagues, both current and future, is Merchants Insurance Group’s highest priority. At this time, most of our colleagues are working remotely due to the current COVID-19 pandemic. The candidate selected for this position will be trained remotely and must be able to work from home in a designated work area until such time as it is determined that colleagues will return to the office.

The Regional Vice President is a member of the Regional and Corporate Leadership Team, and is responsible for leading, directing and achieving assigned goals for the Bedford, New Hampshire Regional office. Ultimately the Regional Vice President is responsible for Profitable Policy and Premium Growth in the New England Region. This position interacts extensively with internal colleagues, company leadership, and our Independent Agency Partners.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 

• Achieve targeted underwriting profit in the regional office through effective management of agents, underwriting selection of risk, pricing of exposures and processing of applicants, endorsements and other transactions.
• Implement Agency Management initiatives and strategic plans to achieve premium and profit objectives.
• Meet or exceed premium growth objectives in the target lines of business and classes of risk.
• Achieve regional loss ratio and production goals for commercial lines of business.
• Achieve Regional Budget and Leadership/Organizational development. Produce positive budget results, develop strong interpersonal relationships and deliver excellent service while building a strong team that is highly engaged and customer focused.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Qualified candidates will have a 4 year degree or equivalent work experience.
• Professional Insurance Education engagement is desired ( i.e. CPCU).
• A minimum of 8 years technical underwriting, sales, management or supervisory experience.
• Extensive commercial product knowledge; ability to contribute to product development
• Knowledge of MA, NH and VT Insurance Regulations and Markets is required.
• Established relationships with New England Independent Agents is desired.
• Microsoft Office knowledge as well as the ability to work with internal company systems (WINS, ImageRight, SharePoint, etc.).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• The ability to develop and deliver meaningful presentations to large audiences.
• Proven ability to stay focused on multiple tasks and to effectively and efficiently achieve the desired goals and deadlines.
• The ability to travel at least 50% of the time (based upon COVID-19 guidelines) to meet with agency partners, conduct sales meetings, and develop customer relationships.
• A valid driver’s license is required.

Merchants Insurance Group Benefits:

• Welcoming and positive team environment
• Flexible work arrangements, including flex scheduling and summer hours
• Competitive pay scale
• Generous paid time off package
• Full Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, 401(k) employer match amount is 100% up to 6% of your annual contributions. You are immediately 100% vested in the employer match dollars.
• Outstanding company bonus programs
• Tuition Reimbursement

And many more exciting company benefits!!  EOE