Kimberly Hewit, Cic Email & Phone Number

Wooster, Ohio, United States

Wadsworth, Ohio, United States

Westfield Center, Ohio

Planned, organized, and executed the commercial lines track of the Graduate Development Program (GDP) for employees hired and executed The Association Perpetuation Plan Program (TAPP), Westfield’s new producer school and all returning events.• Collaborated with hospitality, learning operations, product, risk control, and the commercial lines underwriting teams regarding the execution of programs ensuring full corporate alignment. • Identified and updated content for commercial curriculum and redesigned 24 commercial lines courses better utilizing changing technology and utilizing remote training modules.• Facilitated approximately 50% of the GDP curriculum to incoming training classes. Facilitation areas included ISO forms training, underwriting fundamentals classes, risk management, and courses aimed at target industry sectors such as manufacturing, hospitality, and contracting risks.• Instructed new employee orientation for all incoming employees, offered bi-monthly for up to thirty new hires.• Developed a timelier feedback process for GDP trainees and peer coaches within the business units ensuring more effective performance updates and subsequent improvement process.• Composed schedules to ensure appropriate contacts for trainees.• Managed up to 15 trainees, coached on development and evaluated job performance.• Collaborated in developing an underwriting playbook for existing underwriters to share tools and resources to help facilitate sales-related discussions with agencies. This assisted underwriting team with counter arguments such as addressing price issues.

Westfield Center, Ohio

Underwrote commercial package, workers compensation, and businessowners new business policies up to $25,000 in premium ($40,000 if including work comp), renewals, and endorsements• Actively managed significant territory covering all of Illinois except Cook County.• Negotiated pricing with agency partners to accurately price exposures.• Educated agencies on endorsements and coverages available to insureds.• Offered business planning assistance to help agencies reach goals, visiting home offices, guiding staff on growth options

Lima, Ohio

Underwrote commercial package new business policies, renewals, and endorsements