Job Description

Responsibilities and Duties

Develop strong business relationships with key agents and provide underwriting guidance to the agents.
Select, price and develop coverage terms for commercial lines accounts to achieve profitable underwriting results and assist with providing leadership, support, and coaching for the underwriting function
Manage a territory of independent agents to ensure that profitability and growth objectives for the company are being met
Review new business applications to evaluate the degree of risk involved
Accept or decline risks based on the company's underwriting policies
Review application for completeness
Contact agents for missing or incomplete information
Maintain a profitable book of business within assigned levels of authority by using sound underwriting judgment and technical skills, and continued personal development to meet the company goals of quality and timeliness
Interpret insurance coverage's for agents and insureds
Maintain and establish a good working relationship with agents and communicate underwriting decisions to agents and insureds

Qualifications and Skills

Bachelor’s Degree with a background in insurance or equivalent experience
8 years of underwriting and marketing experience at a company or agency level, with a minimum of 5 years of underwriting in the commercial lines sector of insurance; some regional carrier experience preferred
Demonstration of self-development through the attainment of professional insurance designations, CPCU, ARM, PLU, etc
Ability to create business opportunities by demonstrating excellent underwriting skills and product knowledge. Must possess a value-added service mentality
The expectation is this employee will travel 3 days per week to visit agents in the designated territory

Valid through: 4/27/2021