A professional who directs and coordinates activities of branch or district office of insurance company, agency or insurance brokerage firm. Responsibilities include:

• Hires and trains workers in performing activities, such as selling insurance, processing insurance claims, or underwriting.
• Reviews activity reports to ensure that personnel have achieved sales quotas, processed claims promptly, or credited collections to policyholders' accounts.
• Confers with company officials to plan and develop methods and procedures to increase sales, lower costs, and obtain greater efficiency.
• Interprets, implements, and enforces company policies.
• Prepares and submits activity reports.
• May reconcile earned commissions with commission advances on sales personnel.
• May be designated according to type of office managed as District Branch Manager; District Claims Manager; District Sales Manager; Manager, Farm Underwriters; Manager, Field Underwriters; Manager, Insurance Agency.