Underwriting Manager - Casualty

CRC Group • Remote - Ohio, OH

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The position is responsible for managing and directing business activities for direct access and non-direct access of the business. This role serves as the primary point of contact for day-to-day questions. The Underwriting Manager will maintain and ensure the profitability of the program, organize and assemble a strong team to meet and exceed long-term goals, and implement strategic goals and objectives. The role requires providing effective leadership to meet business objectives, creating an invaluable management structure and control system, and exercising appropriate budgetary control. Capabilities must include complete underwriting and marketing skills. The manager will monitor accounts for compliance, create a strong fundamental base for employees, and provide vivid leadership qualities. Maintaining a clear and consistent form of management for program stability is crucial. The role involves supervising a multi-person team, effectively communicating client needs, and promoting continuing education for staff. The Underwriting Manager must meet or exceed production goals and manage new or enhanced business opportunities by recruiting and cultivating new clients, maintaining existing clients, and servicing existing relationships. This includes evaluating product and service marketability, maintaining current knowledge of industry trends, target markets, and competition, and serving as the main contact for underwriting and production. Developing targeted marketing materials, distribution, and messages aligned with the overall marketing strategy, and providing market intelligence and expertise to maximize renewals are also key responsibilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field
• Five years of insurance experience or its equivalent
• Previous insurance marketing or compliance experience
• Previous financial or accounting experience
• Must be able to understand and analyze complex accounting, insurance and regulator relevant information
• Ability to plan, organize and manage multiple priorities
• Ability to develop, foster, and maintain an excellent working relationships with agents/brokers, carrier and internal corporate departments
• Maintain travel schedule depending on the needs of clients, Agents, and new business
• Ability to work extended hours when necessary
• Good Interpersonal skills are essential and an ability to communicate and influence at all levels
• Clear and consistent leadership of staff

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree
• Previous reinsurance or reinsurance accounting experience

Responsibilities

• Maintain and ensure the profitability of program.
• Organize and assemble a strong team to assure that the long term goals and success of the program are met and exceeded.
• Implement strategic goals and objectives for Program.
• Provide effective leadership that ensures that the business objectives are met.
• Create an invaluable management structure and control system.
• Exercise appropriate budgetary control.
• Capabilities must include complete underwriting and marketing skills.
• Monitor accounts to ensure compliance with internal and external policies and procedures.
• Create a strong fundamental base for new and existing employees to ensure future success.
• Provide and promote vivid leadership qualities for employees to model.
• Maintain a clear and consistent form of management for Program stability.
• Supervise a multi-person team and must be able to effectively communicate the clients' needs.
• Promote continuing education for self and associated staff.
• Meet or exceed production goals as assigned by CRC
• Manage new or enhanced business opportunities for the Program by: a. Recruiting and cultivating new clients and maintaining existing clients. b. Servicing of existing relationships
• Evaluating product and service marketability in order to meet customers' needs
• Maintaining current knowledge base of industry trends, target markets and competition
• Serve as main contact for underwriting and production
• Develop targeted marketing materials, distribution and messages that align with the overall marketing strategy.
• Provide market intelligence and expertise to maximize renewals.

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and AD&D insurance
• tax-advantaged savings accounts
• a 401(k) plan with company match
• generous paid time off programs, including company holidays, vacation and sick days, new parent leave
• restricted stock units
• a deferred compensation plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager