VP P&C State Product Management

Horace Mann Educators Corp

IL

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Actuarial Skills, Alliance/Partner Management, Analysis Skills, Best Practices, Business Administration, Business Growth, Cadence, Competitive Analysis/Strategy, Corrective Action, Cross-Functional, Customer Experience, Distribution Channel, Distribution Operations, Earnings and Profit, Financial Regulations, Identify Issues, Insurance, Investment Management, Leadership, Manage Agenda, Marketing, Negotiation Skills, Performance Analysis, Performance Management, Performance Reviews, Pricing, Product Management, Product Positioning, Product Pricing, Product Strategy, Profit & Loss, Proposal Development, Regulations, Regulatory Submissions, Risk, Risk Management, Set Goals, State Laws and Regulations, Talent Management, Technical Operations, Trend Analysis, Underwriting
LOCATION
IL
POSTED
30+ days ago

Introduction

Were motivated by the fact that educators take care of our childrens future and we believe they deserve someone to look after theirs. We help educators identify their financial goals and develop plans to achieve them. This includes insurance to protect what they have today and financial products to help them prepare for their future.

Overview

The Vice President P&C State Product Management leads the state-level strategy performance and execution for the companys Personal Lines Auto and Home portfolio across 44 states. This role holds direct accountability for state-level P&L outcomes and drives profitable growth through coordinated actions across pricing underwriting rules forms segmentation and portfolio management.

Partnering closely with PricingActuarial Underwriting Claims Distribution Regulatory Finance and Technology this leader translates performance insights into executable state strategies that improve loss ratios drive growth and enhance market competitiveness while ensuring regulatory alignment and operational readiness.

Responsibilities

State P&L Leadership & Strategy

Own profit and growth performance for Personal Lines Auto and Home across 44 states.

Develop and execute state-specific strategies to achieve target loss ratios retention growth and expense objectives.

Diagnose performance drivers using internal data and external market intelligence translating insights into actionable strategies.

Establish portfolio guardrails and ensure disciplined underwriting and segmentation strategies.

Rate Rule & Form Execution in partnership with PricingActuarial

Partner with Pricing and Actuarial teams to shape rate indications and state-level pricing strategies.

Lead the end-to-end rate rule and form filing agenda including proposal development cross-functional alignment regulatory submission coordination and objection management.

Ensure alignment among pricing strategy underwriting appetite claims insights and operational capabilities.

Build and maintain strong relationships with state Departments of Insurance.

Portfolio & Risk Management

Monitor and manage portfolio mix catastrophe exposure geographic concentration and emerging risk trends.

Identify and implement corrective actions when performance deviates from plan.

Drive disciplined new business growth aligned with profitability targets.

Cross-Functional Execution Leadership

Lead the implementation of product changes across Technology Operations Distribution Marketing and Customer Experience teams.

Ensure system readiness field communication training and performance monitoring plans are in place.

Establish a rigorous operating cadence including state performance reviews action tracking filing calendars and post-implementation measurement.

Competitive & Market Positioning

Maintain a strong understanding of competitor pricing underwriting posture coverage positioning and distribution dynamics.

Recommend strategic actions to strengthen competitiveness while protecting margins.

Partner with Distribution leadership to align product strategy with field execution.

Organizational Leadership

Lead and develop a high-performing team of state product leaders and managers.

Establish consistent governance best practices and performance management across the state portfolio.

Build organizational capability leadership bench strength and succession pipelines.

Success Measures

Improvement in state-level loss ratio and combined ratio.

Achievement of rate earned and profitability targets.

Retention new business growth and portfolio mix management outcomes.

Filing approval cycle times and regulatory effectiveness.

Execution quality and operational readiness.

Team engagement and talent development.

Requirements

Required

10 years of progressive leadership experience in Personal Lines insurance.

Demonstrated success managing multi-state product portfolios with direct P&L accountability.

Deep understanding of rate rule and form filings and state regulatory environments.

Proven ability to translate analytics into actionable strategy in partnership with PricingActuarial teams.

Strong cross-functional leadership experience across Underwriting Claims Distribution and Technology.

Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.

Preferred

Experience leading large-scale multi-state portfolio transformation initiatives.

Proven success in both profitability remediation and growth acceleration strategies.

CPCU designation or advanced degree MBA or similar.

Experience working within both captive agent and direct-to-consumer distribution models.

Leadership Profile

Enterprise mindset with disciplined P&L ownership.

Strong regulatory credibility and negotiation capability.

Analytical rigor combined with a bias for action.

Operational awareness to understand downstream impacts of product decisions.

Strong executive presence and ability to influence across all organizational levels.

People-focused leader committed to accountability development and team performance.

About the Company

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Horace Mann Educators Corp