Brian Schmidt

About Brian Schmidt

An accomplished leader with over 20 years experience in property & casualty insurance across general business management, account management, operations, technology, and business process improvement. Brian is a proven coach who leverages his experience and consultative leadership approach to build teams that drive organizations to better quantitative and qualitative results.Brian is passionate about the insurance industry and welcoming good talent to help the industry deliver on its mission of risk management. Brian serves on the Board of the Cincinnati CPCU Society Chapter, the international Underwriting Interest Group of the CPCU Society, is a mentor for RMI students at the University of Cincinnati, and works with Gamma Iota Sigma and the Lindner Women in Business Club to promote insurance as a career path for students at the University of Cincinnati.Specialties: Field Sales Leadership, Project management, Artificial Intelligence Stratgies, Training, Profitability Management, Account Planning, Regional/National/International Planning, Scorecard Development, Policy Acquisition, Active Risk Management, Data Driven Solutions, Operations Management, By Peril Models, Fraud Detection, Segmentation, Predictive Analytics, Usage Based Insurance, Expense Ratio Management, Combined Ratio Management

Experience

1. Senior Vice President, Business Leader - Strategic Accounts

   Xceedance

   May 2023 — Present · Cincinnati, OH, US

   As SVP of Strategic Accounts I lead a matrixed organization of insurance professionals to deliver consulting, managed services and staff augmentation support to our clients. Together my team and I support and augment the capacity of our clients across the insurance life cycle in operations, technology, claims, underwriting, finance & accounting, actuarial science, data science, and process management.

Education

• University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

  2018

• Hondros College

  Property & Casualty Insurance License, P&C Insurance

• University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business

  BBA, Marketing

  2002

Skills

• Project Management
• Commercial Lines
• Pricing
• Sales
• Email Marketing
• Direct Marketing
• Sales Management Coaching
• Product Development
• Employee Benefits
• Umbrella Insurance
• Marketing Communications
• Liability
• Account Management
• Claim
• Life Insurance
• Sales Process
• Account Planning
• Non-Profit Director
• Management
• Casualty Insurance
• Insurance
• Strategic Planning
• Sales Management
• Social Media Marketing
• Profitable Growth
• Commercial Insurance
• Marketing Strategy
• Team Leadership
• Direct Sales
• Legal Liability
• Territory Development
• Philanthropy
• Professional Liability
• Sales Operations
• Customer Retention
• Customer Service
• Website Development
• Property & Casualty Insurance
• General Insurance
• Training