Job Description
The Director of Risk Consulting leads and manages teams focused on helping organizations identify, assess, and mitigate potential risks. This role involves providing strategic guidance, developing risk management frameworks, and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations for our property and casualty clientele. The Director oversees and manages the Risk Consulting staff that supports our property casualty clients providing proactive risk consulting to reduce future cost of risk. The Director works in the office and travels to customer locations to review results of the Risk Consulting services provided by Gregory & Appel and the insurance companies we represent. The Director participates in new business/ prospect meetings to assist with Sales and renewals to assist with client retention. Primary Duties
- Day to day management of risk consultants serving as technical resources and advisor.
- Design and implement risk consulting programs to lead staff and assist clients with reducing their cost of risk; examples include E-Learning, Risk Transfer, Safety Audits, Emod Analysis, claim trending, OSHA benchmarks and more.
- Monitor staff service efforts including strategic service/stewardship reports, client risk control seminars and service visits.
- Develop, review and revise department workflows and procedures for risk control to keep pace with technology advancements, industry changes, new regulations and E&O compliance.
- Serve as mentor for staff responsible for overseeing the career development plans for each employee in the Risk Consulting Department.
- Manage the department budget working closely with the COO primarily & CFO.
- Lead the hiring process for new department staff as needed based on agency growth and colleague turnover.
- Serves as Risk Consultant to key clientele in our Commercial Department, Group Captive and Large Deductible programs.
- Serve as a Seminar speaker for clients, industry associations and risk management groups such as IASBO (Indiana Association of School Business Officials) CRI (Captive Resources, Inc.), others.
- Serve as a risk control advisor for Property Casualty Producers, Commercial Operations Verticals.
- Assist with the transition of clients to new PC Producers due to termination, resignation or retirement of Production staff.
- Participate in prospect meetings to sell the Gregory & Appel Client Service offerings as part of our overall risk management package and assist with responding to written requests for proposals.
- Promote cross-selling of new business for PC, Group, Personal Lines and Worksite offerings.
- Serve as Liaison to Employee Benefits Department to integrate safety and wellness services promoting the 24/7 concept of Safety and Health on and off the job.
- Serves as part of the Gregory & Appel Emergency response team responsible for designing, implementing and participating in fire drills, unwanted intruder, severe weather and other emergencies.
Experience and Skills
Qualifications Years of Experience:
- Five years of commercial property and casualty insurance experience within an independent agency or insurance company environment is required.
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree; or combined equivalent years of education and experience
License, Certification, or Registration:
- Property and casualty insurance license required.
- Professional designations such as CSP, ARM, AIC, CRM, CIC, CPCU are desirable.
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Gregory & Appel Insurance
Aug 14, 2025