Commercial Lines Division Broking Leader NJNY Metro Iselin, NJ
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Job Location:
Iselin, NJ - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 225000 - 250000
Posted on:
28-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
World Insurance Associates is a unique insurance organization offering top products and services from major providers combined with attentive service from local agents.
Founded in 2011 World is one of the fastest-growing insurance brokers in the U.S. with over 2200 employees in over 260 offices across North America. We specialize in personal and commercial insurance lines surety and bonding employee benefits financial and retirement services and human capital management solutions.
Our rapid growth and market leading presence has created opportunities throughout the state and we offer top talent the choice to work from one of our multiple offices throughout the region.
Position Overview
The New Jersey/New York Metro Division Broking Leader is a strategic and influential senior broking leader with a proven ability to negotiate and drive optimal outcomes for clients and prospects across diverse market segments. The DBL leads and orchestrates all broking activities for new and renewal business aligning with organizational goals for client retention and growth. The DBL demonstrates deep expertise in insurance coverages carrier underwriting guidelines alternative funding strategies and evolving legislative frameworks. Builds and nurtures high-impact relationships with clients carrier partners and internal stakeholders fostering collaboration and delivering exceptional value. Serves as a trusted advisor and thought leader championing innovation and excellence in broking practices.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead placement strategy with World Client Advisors and Account Executives to achieve optimal outcomes for clients and prospective clients
- Drive a competitive coverage placement process and demonstrate strong negotiation skills to achieve appropriate cost coverage and capacity targets for clients and prospective clients
- Maintain productive and responsive relationships with underwriting managers practice leaders and business development managers of Worlds key Trading Partners
- Participate as requested in client and prospective client introductory strategic planning and proposal meetings and represent World in a professional and responsive manner
- Promote utilization of strategic Trading Partners critical to maintaining secure and dependable relationships for World to generate optimal outcomes for clients and prospective clients
- Collaborate with peers and national resources as necessary to ensure clients and prospective clients coverage needs are comprehensively addresses
- Manage business models in accordance with corporate KPIs
- Exhibit strong leadership capacity in training developing supervising and appraising associates to ensure they experience a productive and fulfilling career path at World
- Productively and with clear vision lead a team of diverse placement professionals who possess varying levels of expertise and skill in distant locations to achieve defined goals and objectives
- Serve as primary internal source of information concerning market trends pricing practices and other underwriting policies
- Assist in developing Broking Practice policies and procedures to support our commitment to continuous improvement
- Maintain focus on World-authorized workflow and standard operating procedures to support the delivery of a consistent service model across the World enterprise
Skills/Competencies
- Comprehensive understanding of Worlds scope of expertise structure distribution strategy and value proposition
- Broad and diverse knowledge of the global insurance industry marketplace including:
- Middle market and large account segments
- All property and casualty products
- Excess and Surplus Lines marketplace and how to access
- London and Bermuda market facilities
- Property and Casualty program designs including guaranteed cost/first dollar deductible/retention structures quota share & layered property programs liability towers risk management and alternative risk
- Project/process management discipline and follow-through
- Compelling deductive reasoning skills
- Strong leadership capabilities
- Substantial inter-personal skills and associate engagement expertise
- Effective listening and communication skills
- Collaborative nature
- Action-oriented ambitious initiative-taker
- Analytical and creative thinker
- Commitment to continuous learning and development
- Good understanding of complex property and casualty insurance programs risk management and alternative risk structures
- Purposeful results-driven competitive tenacious desire to win
- Understands how to identify and apply corporate resources to achieve optimal outcomes for clients and prospective clients
- Knowledgeable of the global insurance marketplace and keeps current with changing marketplace landscape
- Strong ability to influence and negotiate with trading partner peers and achieve optimal outcomes for clients and prospective clients
- Committed to working in a shared leadership environment and among cross-functional teams and promoting World values of collaboration excellence leadership innovation and integrity
- Lead through empowerment engagement collaboration feedback and buy-in from others
- Collaborate with Practice Leaders Division Leaders Division Growth & Service Leaders to ensure Broking objectives are in accordance with World corporate objectives
- Stay aligned with customer acquisition strategies to ensure Broking activity effectively supports business growth initiatives
- Support and embed World workflow processes and procedures
- Represent World brand to the global marketplace in a professional manner
- Identify creative ways to work more efficiently with our key trading partners
- Identify and maintain close relationships with Worlds key trading partners decision-makers at regional management level
- Encourage other associates to align with World initiatives values and principles
- Confident to challenge those whose behaviors conflict with World values and principles
- 10-15 years industry experience in risk management and insurance brokerage underwriting and carrier relationship management role; or in combination
- 5-10 years in leadership role with high-performing successful teams including goal setting and associate performance review responsibilities
- Complete Understanding of a national insurance brokers sales service and broking platforms
- Proficient in all Microsoft office products
- Mid-level expertise with excel
- Active Property & Casualty license in NJ and/or NY
- Preferred insurance designation such as CPCU CIC or ARM
- 4-year college degree from an accredited institution or equivalent professional designation
Equal Employment Opportunity
At World Insurance Associates (WIA) we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts experiences and opinions allows our employees our products and our community to flourish. WIA is honored to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender identity sexual orientation or Veteran addition WIA makes reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.
Compensation
This position is located in New Jersey. The base salary for this position at the time of this posting may range from $225000 to $250000. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors including business needs experience level of responsibility and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package and variable pay programs please visit more details.
To Executive Search Firms and Staffing Agencies:
World does not accept unsolicited resumes from any agencies that have not signed a mutual service agreement. All unsolicited resumes will be considered Worlds property and World will not be obligated to pay a referral fee. This includes resumes submitted directly to Hiring Managers without contacting Worlds Human Resources Talent Department.
At World Insurance Associates (WIA) we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts experiences and opinions allows our employees our products and our community to flourish. WIA is honored to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender identity sexual orientation or Veteran addition WIA makes reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.
Compensation
This position is located in New Jersey. The base salary for this position at the time of this posting may range from $225000 to $250000. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors including business needs experience level of responsibility and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package and variable pay programs please visit more details.
To Executive Search Firms and Staffing Agencies:
World does not accept unsolicited resumes from any agencies that have not signed a mutual service agreement. All unsolicited resumes will be considered Worlds property and World will not be obligated to pay a referral fee. This includes resumes submitted directly to Hiring Managers without contacting Worlds Human Resources Talent Department.
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Required Experience:
Senior Manager
Key Skills
- area management
- Employee Evaluation
- Cold Calling
- Construction Experience
- Management Experience
- Profit & Loss
- Territory Management
- Restoration
- Sales Management
- Budgeting
- Leadership Experience
- Mentoring
About Company
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