Insurance Program Manager Resume
Charlotte, NC
Profile: Seasoned mid-career insurance and technology professional with demonstrated expertise in leading a variety of underwriting and technology initiatives. Proven success in developing and implementing strategic and tactical business focused technology solutions.
Summary Of Qualifications:
- CPCU & CIC Designations
- ACORD XML Proficient
- Business Acumen
- Analytical Skills
- Tactical Execution
- Strategic Insight
- Relationship Building
- Training & Development
- Problem Solving
- Accelerates Collaboration
- Self - Starting
- Dedicated to Results
Technology Solutions Experience:
Confidential. - Charlotte, NC 7/00 - 1/09
Insurance Program Manager
Primary Responsibility: Successful management and execution of insurance carriers' business requirements, underwriting rules and coverage offerings.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Led team in the development and implementation of an online system to facilitate real time straight-through processing (underwriting, quoting and issuance) of The Hartford's Small Business commercial insurance products including Business Owners Policy (BOP), Workers Compensation, Auto and Umbrella.
- Analyzed and deployed real time rating and underwriting of BOP and Workers Compensation for St. Paul and Travelers.
- Coordinated projects to balance the needs of the business, the database administrator and the developers.
- Served as business subject matter expert as well as business and technology contact for all agents and all carriers.
- Maintained two platforms in a production environment serving two distinct groups of clients.
- Evaluated various carriers' underwriting guidelines and converted those guidelines into rules to be coded by technology staff.
- Translated and developed the underwriting questions into easily understandable text for display during the user experience.
- Conducted extensive review and debugging of XML streams that facilitated the quoting and issuance process between Access CoverageCorp and the carrier.
- Performed extensive QA testing of new and existing functionality.
- Conducted training sessions for new agency users and handled in-coming helpdesk inquiries.
- Served as point person and subject matter expert representing the business perspective in all prospective client meetings.
- Conducted product demonstrations for carriers, agencies and MGAs.
Confidential Achievement/Recognition:
- Hartford Partner Program, an agency initiative specifically designed to utilize Access CoverageCorp's "Interchange" product earned a 2007 Chairman's Award from The Hartford. This award highlights employees' expertise, creativity, and commitment to delivering excellent service and innovative products to Hartford's customers and profitable growth to Hartford's shareholders.
- Using Interchange, the Hartford Partner Program generates in excess of $75,000,000 of quoted business with a "hit" ratio of 46%.
- First and only entity to achieve real time Commercial Automobile issuance with The Hartford
Underwriting Experience:
Confidential- Charlotte, NC 5/98 - 7/00 Team Manager/Multiline P & C Underwriter Primary Responsibility: Profitable growth and management of $35 million book of Property and Casualty business. This includes management of the underwriting team and the accompanying support staff.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Personally managed a $7 million book of commercial multi-line business, including Property, General Liability, Workers Compensation, Auto, Umbrella, Crime, Boiler and Employment Practices Liability.
- Served as in-house "Package" (Property and General Liability) Consultant.
- Cultivated and maintained strong relationships with agency base.
- Marketed Kemper's new products to existing agents.
- Developed enhanced employee performance through coaching and evaluation process.
- Conducted policy audits within the local branch as well as other branches throughout the country.
Confidential- Charlotte, NC; Braintree, MA and Wallingford, CT 1/90 - 5/98 Commercial Lines Underwriter Primary Responsibility: Profitable growth and management of $6 million book of Property and Casualty business. Other Experience:
Confidential- Meriden, CT 10/91- 3/94 Crisis Counselor/Crisis Stabilization Program Primary Responsibilities: Staffed the crisis hotline and conducted in-home visits with crisis patients.
Education: Bachelor of Arts Major/Minor: Psychology/Political Science