Personal Lines Underwriting Manager

Western National Group & Umialik Insurance • Edina, MN

50d • Hybrid

About The Position

Western National Insurance Group is seeking a Personal Lines Underwriting Manager to join our team! The individual in this role will have the opportunity to develop and oversee the underwriting staff to ensure growth and profitability, supporting organizational objectives. They will work collaboratively with other departments to develop and execute solutions in the interest of achieving long-term personal lines plans.

Requirements

• Experience managing a team of insurance professionals.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of industry best practices, standards, and multiple discipline underwriting concepts.
• Demonstrated ability to coach, direct, and develop individuals.
• Valid and unrestricted driver’s license with acceptable driving record.
• Strong negotiation and relationship-building skills.
• Demonstrated ability to multitask and solve problems.
• Demonstrated time management skills with ability to meet deadlines and show initiative.
• Bachelor’s degree in insurance or finance, or equivalent related experience.
• CPCU, AU, or CIC certification.
• Intermediate-to-advanced skills working with Microsoft programs (e.g., Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).
• Proficient use of various core systems, office and computer equipment, and software packages.

Responsibilities

• Develops and manages strategies and underwriting team to identify and pursue new opportunities to achieve a balanced, profitable, and quality book of business while protecting company assets.
• Selects, coaches, develops, and retains staff to achieve individual, departmental, and company goals.
• Creates opportunities for synergy and integration of workflow and drives efficiencies in systems and processes.
• Acts as a referral underwriter for underwriting staff; provides feedback and technical guidance to underwriters, as needed.
• Actively seeks opportunities to promote company’s products and services; networking within insurance community to stay abreast of marketplace changes and emerging industry issues.
• Participates in initiatives to develop and implement processes and policies.
• Develops and maintains highly effective business relationships with agents as well as internal and external customers.
• Ensures processes are followed and underwriting decisions are made in accordance with underwriting guidelines and within service standard requirements.
• Makes decisions that have a significant impact on results for a major portion of the company.
• Interprets and executes policies and guidelines.
• Assigns and approves authority levels for their team members.
• Executes policies within assigned authority levels.
• Applies knowledge to help solve problems of multifaceted scope and complexity.
• Finds solutions by identifying and analyzing patterns from partial and / or conflicting data.
• Consistently acts according to our customer experience standards, including responding quickly, maintaining a positive attitude, building rapport, demonstrating empathy, managing the customer’s expectations, using the proper communication channel for the situation, and taking ownership to ensure the customer’s issue is resolved.
• Performs special projects and other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Medical insurance plan options and other standard employee benefits, including dental insurance, vision benefits, life insurance, disability insurance, and more!
• Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) Plan (participants are eligible for 100% matching on the first 6% of their contributions)
• Wellbeing Program, including onsite fitness studio
• Paid Time Off – including holiday, vacation, and volunteer
• 100% company-paid tuition reimbursement for approved job-relevant coursework and access to The Institutes (Risk and insurance education)
• Paid parental leave
• Bonus opportunities
• Western National believes in supporting balance between work and life by providing a flexible work environment, which includes a variety of hybrid and remote work arrangements designed to balance individual, job, department, and company needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees