Manager, Underwriting

About the company

Alliant Insurance Services is one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing insurance brokerage and consulting firms. We operate through a network of specialized national platforms and local offices to offer clients a comprehensive portfolio of solutions built on innovative thinking and personal service. Alliant is changing the way clients approach risk management and benefits, so they can capitalize on new opportunities to grow and protect their organizations.

About the role

Responsible for leading a team of Underwriters on the delivery of profitable Commercial Lines risk selection by communicating underwriting vision and objectives, directing team operations, mentoring lower-level managers and team members, and communicating risk assessment best practices to align underwriting strategy with portfolio growth goals.

Responsibilities

• Enhance the Commercial Lines Underwriting portfolio by measuring, analyzing, and communicating agency performance to ensure alignment with business strategy, retention of key partners, and acquisition of desired business.
• Manage profitability by identifying, measuring, managing, and accounting for risks through a team of Underwriters to achieve business plan profit goals.
• Recommend and implement business growth initiatives to achieve business plan goals.
• Cultivate efficient team functioning by managing resources and recommending and implementing needed changes to fill gaps and ensure streamlined strategy execution.
• Influence the team by modeling strong relationship-building with key stakeholders to encourage timely and effective communication and deliver personalized, quality service.
• Build relationships and facilitate Commercial Lines projects by sharing expertise with peers and senior leaders, guiding product review/launch processes, leading agency and Underwriter training, resolving escalated issues, and monitoring agency-level impact of change to ensure department initiatives enhance the business.
• Guide key stakeholder decision-making and understanding of operations by sharing underwriting technical expertise with the team, agents, and regulators, and clarifying complex escalated inquiries to transfer information and cultivate a strong department reputation.
• Manage a performance enhancement culture by actively coaching and mentoring direct reports, providing regular feedback, and developing employees for wider roles and responsibilities to foster professional growth and development.
• Manage budgeted resources by anticipating expenditures, accurately forecasting resource needs/costs, and properly accounting for expenses to meet requirements and achieve fiscal responsibility.
• Provide a positive environment by modeling cultural expectations and guiding leaders to reward performance and value accountability, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, continuous improvement, collaboration, creativity, and fun.
• Adopt company values in personal work behaviors, decision-making, contributions, and interpersonal interactions; manage own career development by soliciting feedback and valuing other perspectives.
• Comply with agency management system data standards and data integrity (enter and maintain complete and accurate information).
• Occasional travel (approximately 15% - 20% a year).
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ten (10) or more years of related work experience.
• Extensive property and casualty insurance underwriting experience.
• CPCU license.
• Certificate of General Insurance (INS).
• Associate in Insurance Production (AIP).

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Advanced working knowledge of commercial lines products and concepts, underwriting processes and procedures, laws and regulations related to area of responsibility, and terminology, concepts, and principles related to strategic planning.
• Self-motivated, excellent attention to detail, and ability to multi-task while managing priorities.
• Ability to adapt and be flexible in a complex, changing environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products.

Benefits

We are proud to provide comprehensive, high-quality employee programs to meet employees' needs now and in the future, including a very competitive financial package.