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Lisa Blackwell

Camp Hill,PA

Summary

Experienced commercial insurance leader with a proven history of effectively managing teams and driving operational success. Seeking a small commercial director position to further utilize skills and expertise. Proficient in developing, communicating, and implementing strategic initiatives that enhance efficiency and contribute to both current and future results. Dedicated to fostering a collaborative work environment that promotes growth and achieves organizational goals.

Overview

33
33
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Manager for Assigned Small Commercial Underwriting

Nationwide Insurance
01.2021 - 10.2024
  • My team had the highest Engagement Survey Score in Standard Small Commercial at 85%, with a manager satisfaction rate of 100%
  • Member of the Diversity & Inclusion Committee
  • Created an Underwriting Effectiveness Metric tool for assigned underwriters to measure peers on key metrics
  • Member of the Metric & Objective Committee 2021 to present and led the Assigned portion
  • Worked on the Leadership RCPS Pod creating a new way to measure customer service time standards
  • Presented to Underwriting Leadership and the Underwriting Team multiple times
  • Partnered with my Small Commercial Territory Managers and Agencies via regular meetings
  • Member of the Manual Migration Deep Dive Project
  • My Teams YTD exceeded the ASE pricing tool Recommended goal by 13.4%
  • Conducted a total of seventy-two interviews to hire underwriters
  • Partnered with IT to make the ASE Renewal Pricing Tool correct for Assigned Underwriting

Staff Project – Multi-year CLT Manager Consultant, Policy Migration

Nationwide Insurance
01.2018 - 01.2021
  • Facilitated the PCIO policy migration mapping meetings for the complex property section
  • Successfully oversaw the policy migration business mapping for the Auto line, kept the project on track and completed it on tight timeline with limited resources by maximizing meetings and workflow
  • Created automatic tracking for the Business Auto Mapping templates so that leadership and all involved parties knew of our progress
  • Sent weekly emails with successes, challenges, and our proposed solutions to the challenges to keep leadership and all stakeholders informed
  • Innovatively solved for 225,000 blank genders by finding, a resource that could design an algorithm to solve for 93% of the missing genders
  • Found a way to get driver violations and license status without ordering updated driving records at migration, saving the company an estimated $805,311

Staff Project – Two Year Contract for School of Middle Market Training

Nationwide Insurance
01.2016 - 01.2018
  • Designed and delivered on time, both technical and soft skill training at the intermediate to advanced level including checking other content creators for quality, technical and grammar correctness.
  • Created active classes in with interactive quizzes, games, puzzles, and experiential learning
  • Built case studies of real accounts to demonstrate insurance concepts

Middle Market Commercial Lines Underwriter

Penn National Insurance
01.2015 - 01.2016
  • Responsible for a $22 million-dollar book of commercial business including all standard commercial lines
  • Underwrote a book of commercial lines business in NJ from $100,000 to $950,000 in premium
  • Increased quotes in the pipeline for my book increased by 14%, raised renewal premium an average of 3.4% while maintaining a 36% loss ratio

Commercial Underwriting Manager

Nationwide Insurance
01.2010 - 01.2015
  • Responsible for a large book of commercial business including all standard commercial lines
  • Lead a team of nine commercial underwriters with a varied underwriting appetite
  • Exceeded my 2013 DWP overall growth plan by 7.02% while maintaining a healthy 91.4% premium retained ratio and a 38% twelve month moving loss ratio
  • Partnered with our District Sales Managers by speaking and answering questions at district meetings
  • Mentored my team on difficult conversations successfully to maintain relationships with Sales
  • Coached underwriters to explain their thought process to agents when discussing risks
  • Management Leader for the Loss Control Liaison Team
  • Officer of the Nationwide Diversity and Inclusion Board
  • Taught the course Mapping Connections to all new associates in the region to assist them in understanding the companies, past, present, and future stance on diversity and inclusion
  • Created, implemented, and served as the Coordinator for The Step Forward program to engage and socialize our newest Underwriting Product Organization Associates

Commercial Lines Underwriting Specialist

Nationwide Insurance
01.2007 - 01.2010
  • Responsible for a $4.5 million book of commercial business
  • Voted one of the Most Value Underwriters in 2010, 2011 and 2012 by my peers
  • Worked with loss control manager to determine new premium ordering guidelines for loss surveys
  • Substituted for our Commercial Lines Trainers when they were absent
  • Designed the formatting and contributed articles for the Commercial Connection Newsletter

Disability Underwriter

The PMA Insurance Group
01.1999 - 01.2007

*Worked to design and price commercial long & short-term disability insurance

  • Designed a quoting and pricing tool for short and long term disability.
  • Created A database using Access to streamline quote and marketing information reports resulting in reduced entry and retrieval time for team
  • Achieved an overall score of 98.5% on quality assurance audits
  • Trained all new employees for the disability area on our systems

Licensed Fire and Casualty Agent

Farmers Insurance Company
01.1992 - 01.1994
  • Provided policy quotes for Auto and Homeowners policies, obtained solicitor license to perform all agent functions and wrote new business
  • Increased efficiency through self-study of computer functions
  • Improved office sales through cross-selling products to customers

Education

Business -

Missouri Southern State College

Skills

  • Customer service
  • Team leadership
  • Time management
  • Decision-making
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Complex Problem-solving
  • Staff training and development
  • Staff management
  • Strategic planning
  • Operations management
  • Project management
  • Sales techniques
  • Conflict resolution
  • Negotiation
  • Business planning
  • Policy and procedure development
  • Change management
  • Computer skills
  • Problem resolution
  • Team development
  • Managing operations and efficiency

Designations Certifications Licensures

Fellow Life Management Institute (FLMI), Associate in Agency Administration (AIAA), Associate Customer Service (ACS), Pennsylvania Accident Life & Health, Fixed Annuities, Series Six License

Activities

  • PA State Speaking Champion for Insurance Professionals of Greater Harrisburg (IPOGH) in 2012
  • Former Education Chair for IPOGH
  • Board of Elections Minority Inspector
  • Volunteer at the Ronald McDonald House
  • Active in my local community and church

Certification

  • Fellow Life Management Institute (FLMI)
  • Associate in Agency Management (AIAA)
  • Associate Customer Service (ACS)
  • Working on Certified Insurance Counselor Designation (CIC)

Timeline

Manager for Assigned Small Commercial Underwriting

Nationwide Insurance
01.2021 - 10.2024

Staff Project – Multi-year CLT Manager Consultant, Policy Migration

Nationwide Insurance
01.2018 - 01.2021

Staff Project – Two Year Contract for School of Middle Market Training

Nationwide Insurance
01.2016 - 01.2018

Middle Market Commercial Lines Underwriter

Penn National Insurance
01.2015 - 01.2016

Commercial Underwriting Manager

Nationwide Insurance
01.2010 - 01.2015

Commercial Lines Underwriting Specialist

Nationwide Insurance
01.2007 - 01.2010

Disability Underwriter

The PMA Insurance Group
01.1999 - 01.2007

Licensed Fire and Casualty Agent

Farmers Insurance Company
01.1992 - 01.1994

Business -

Missouri Southern State College
Lisa Blackwell