Nationwide-posted 5 months ago
$151,000 - $253,000/Yr
Full-time • Senior
Remote • Grandview, OH
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

If you're passionate about helping people protect what matters most to them, as well as innovating and simplifying processes and operations to provide the best customer value, then Nationwide's Property and Casualty team could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we're looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care. This position is open to working remotely in the United States. As the COE AVP, Property Underwriting Performance, you will support the VP in leading strategic initiatives across multiple business lines. You'll help cultivate a high-performing underwriting culture, leverage market insights, and drive performance across Nationwide's property portfolio. This role partners across the value chain to align underwriting and product strategies with risk appetite, reinsurance, and profitability goals. Operating with a high degree of independence, it requires deep property underwriting expertise, strong knowledge of form language, and a broad understanding of terms and conditions. You'll also lead the communication and execution of strategies that deliver measurable business outcomes.

  • Drive thought leadership on market trends in pricing, coverage, data, and appetite to ensure competitive, customer-aligned products.
  • Develop and maintain a strategic roadmap to identify market disruptors and deliver innovative underwriting capabilities.
  • Engage with external markets and reinsurance brokers to benchmark performance and strengthen Nationwide's market position.
  • Lead underwriting philosophy and practices to align with enterprise goals and profitability targets.
  • Ensure underwriting integrity through underwriting practices, automation, and advanced analytics.
  • Collaborate with Pricing and ECRM teams to manage pricing adequacy, geographic exposure, and CAT accumulation.
  • Monitor portfolio performance and steer risk selection, capacity optimization, and complex coverage design.
  • Establish and maintain best practices across CLESS property underwriting, including guidelines, training, and audits.
  • Participate in business reviews and implement corrective actions to meet performance goals.
  • Ensure compliance with corporate standards and drive improvements in production, retention, and expense management.
  • Partner across the value chain to resolve complex issues and enhance underwriting outcomes.
  • Work with Corporate Reinsurance to develop and optimize property reinsurance strategies.
  • Inspire and develop underwriting talent to build technical expertise and maintain a competitive edge.
  • Influence training, audits, vendor management, and systems to support business needs.
  • Lead a high-performing team in a hybrid work environment.
  • Bachelor's degree in business or related field.
  • Typically, 15-25 years of commercial lines property underwriting including at least five years of leadership experience.
  • Relevant professional designations such as CPCU, ARM, and are highly desirable.
  • Demonstrated knowledge across admitted and non-admitted markets, domestic and international business.
  • Experience spanning personal lines, small commercial, middle market, large accounts, inland marine, programs, and alternative markets.
  • Proficiency in underwriting ground-up, loss-limited, primary, excess of loss, reinsured, quota-shared, and layered business.
  • Strong understanding of CAT-exposed business across all major perils.
  • Proven leadership in property and casualty products, insurance operations, field and staff functions, and industry trends.
  • Strong decision-making, technical underwriting expertise, and the ability to lead cross-functional initiatives.
  • Medical/dental/vision insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Short and long term disability coverage
  • Paid time off with a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year
  • Nine paid holidays
  • 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off
  • 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Company-paid pension plan
  • Business casual attire
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