Doug Edwards Email & Phone Number

Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States

Ocala, Florida

Daily management of all personal, commercial, and farm/agriculture operations. Provided support to 13-19 member team that included producers, account executives, agents and production staff in development and effectively maintaining their monthly and annual sales production, renewal retention, new business growth, and profitability forecasted goals meeting corporate, agency, and market-segmented projections. Subject Matter Expert- multiple lines of insurance in multi-state in multiple type of industries including sports and entertainment, hospitality, contracting, habitational, manufacturing, farm and agriculture, professional, and public entities. Resolved policy conflict issues with companies, brokers, and clients for unresolved underwriting issues, claims, billing and cancellations, accounting, and market changes. Established, developed and retained long term internal and external long term relationships with carriers, brokers, other internal partners and most importantly the policyholders to meet all forecasted production and underwriting goals, company standards, and achieve profitability contingency rewards. Handled all contract negotiations with existing and new companies, state insurance requirements, and agents licensing and continuing education requirements.

Glen Allen, Virginia, United States

Underwriting/ Sales/ Product Development/ Leadership/ ManagementAccomplished Sr Commercial Underwriter with 14 years of experience in multi- lines, multi-state and multi- industries in small, middle market and large types accounts. Strong skills in sales, marketing, product development, revenue growth, agency development, working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to establish and implement new products that maximized revenue growth and profits. Recognized by management for anticipating problems, presenting effective solutions, team collaboration and cooperation, consistently optimizing productivity, reducing cost, and increasing revenue for new business growth and profitable book of business.

Solicting, Prospecting and Referral commercial new business multi-lines insurance.Assisted brokage division with placing commercial equine, farm and agriculture, other commercial brokered business.Obtained CIC designation at this time

Lancaster County, Va

Handled 650K Existing book of Personal, Farm, Commercial and Life Insurance business process renewals, endorsements and referralsIncreased 30% of premium growth new business production over 2 years Received AIS designation Started working on CLUdesignationWon district rookie of the year and 2nd in State Rookie of the year for sales achievement and life sales growth

Richmond, Va

Newly started division of starting insurance offices in all existing and newly created Carmax Auto Dealerships in the USA as the Agency director. Prospected from the car salesman for new business auto sales for newly insurance buyers or prepared competitive quotes for existing insurance customers or obtained ex-dates for auto, homeand other lines of insurance in VA, NC, MD and GA at that time.

Licensed VA Property and Casulaty & Life and Health AgentProspected and Telemarketed for new business X dates and leads, or door to door cold callilng Managed small existing book of home, life and persona auto business, processing and handling endorsment changes and renewalsReceived LUTCF Designation and passed series 6 licenseSales Acheivement award 1992 for new business sales in life and annunities