Underwriting Manager
W. R. Berkley
Underwriting Manager
Vela Insurance Services provides specialized Excess and Surplus Lines Casualty and Professional Liability insurance solutions in the following market segments: Construction, Specialty Casualty, & Professional Liability. We offer national service and local knowledge to our exclusive wholesale broker network and the businesses they serve.
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Responsibilities
Reporting to the Segment Leader, the Underwriting Manager is responsible for leading a team of Broker Specialists and Renewal Underwriters within our Professional Liability, Specialty Casualty and Construction segment and driving the results for the group.
In this role you'll ensure underwriting excellence, support profitable growth, strengthen broker relationships, and reinforce Vela's underwriting strategies while championing our sales culture. You'll also have overall management responsibility for your aligned team.
This role can be based in our Scottsdale, AZ office from remote in other western US locations.
- Leading the team of underwriters in driving premium, rate, and profitability goals
- Achieving premium, rate and profitability goals
- Assisting in refining and updating the Underwriting Guidelines
- Training, coaching and developing team members
- Participating in the sourcing, interviewing and hiring of new team members
- Drive broker engagement strategies to enhance new business growth and renewal retention
- Applying analytics to distribution management
- Maintaining own book of business
Qualifications
- Minimum of 5+ years' commercial lines underwriting experience
- Experience in and understanding of the E&S competitive marketplace
- Demonstrated technical expertise and product knowledge in Manufacturing and Products
- A drive to be creative and innovative in advancing the success of the assigned team/ region
- Willingness to challenge the status quo and embrace change
- A strong desire to compete – and to win
- A team player approach
- Strong communication skills
- Advanced analytical and creative problem-solving skills
- Four (4) year College Degree, or commensurate experience and training
- Professional Insurance designations preferred: CPCU, CRIS, ASLI, AU
Sponsorship not Offered for this Role
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