Underwriting Manager

Responsibilities

• Maintain accountability for assigned territory, ensuring profitable growth and achievement of profit and premium plans for prescribed business unit strategies.
• Lead a team of underwriters to profitably underwrite complex new and renewal business through risk selection, pricing, contractual integrity, and account management, in accordance with delegated authority, and ensuring regulatory compliance. Effectively coach and develop the team to execute underwriting technical discipline and established quality standards to: Demonstrate critical thinking in assessing the risk and identifying exposures and controls. Price risk commensurate with exposures and controls. Set appropriate terms and conditions to deliver a profitable portfolio Document assigned files with underwriting thought process. Serve as a subject matter expert to assist team members with complex risks.
• Demonstrate critical thinking in assessing the risk and identifying exposures and controls.
• Price risk commensurate with exposures and controls.
• Set appropriate terms and conditions to deliver a profitable portfolio
• Document assigned files with underwriting thought process.
• Serve as a subject matter expert to assist team members with complex risks.
• Through effective portfolio management skills, achieve profit and premium plans for prescribed business unit strategies.
• Execution of business plans for achieving established operational plan targets for written premium, loss ratio, renewal retention, pricing, and expense management.
• Achieve production goals within assigned territory, leading the team to: Effectively conduct both in-person and virtual sales calls with agencies and insureds. Prospect and develop a strong pipeline of new business opportunities. Develop and maintain successful relationships with producers and agencies.
• Effectively conduct both in-person and virtual sales calls with agencies and insureds.
• Prospect and develop a strong pipeline of new business opportunities.
• Develop and maintain successful relationships with producers and agencies.
• Collaborate with Business Unit and Line of Business underwriting, Sales and Distribution, Underwriting Center, Underwriting Support, Risk Control, Legal, Claims, and other internal partners to ensure optimal stakeholder management.