Senior Underwriting Consultant, Light Brokerage

Company Details

Nautilus Insurance Group specializes in providing commercial property and casualty insurance solutions to appointed wholesale surplus lines producers. Established for over 35 years, we offer flexible policy terms and premium rates on a non-admitted basis, focusing on small to medium Property and Casualty risks.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and develop underwriters, ensuring consistent underwriting processes.
• Support strategic Light Brokerage product development and foster strong agency relationships.
• Determine risk acceptability, pricing, coverage, terms, and conditions within defined authority and underwriting guidelines.
• Provide guidance and approval on complex or high-severity accounts, including referrals exceeding other underwriters' authority.
• Underwrite and quote new and renewal business for assigned agents and support team service standards.
• Maintain profitable book of business, monitor book trends, profitability, and growth.
• Collaborate with Contract Bind underwriting teams to ensure proper placement of a risk and communicate market/agent trends and issues between divisions.
• Assess agent performance, build, and strengthen agency relationships with key producers.
• Lead onboarding and training of new underwriters, provide coaching and feedback to less-experienced underwriters, and actively engage in underwriting huddles, team meetings, and claims round tables.
• Maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external agency partners, representing the Light Brokerage Underwriting team in cross-functional initiatives.
• Communicate clearly and professionally in both written and verbal formats.
• Ensure underwriting processes, documentation standards, and workflows are consistently applied across the team.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and collaborate with leadership and Strategic Initiatives Group to implement best practices.
• Collaborate with Line of Business product leaders to enhance and expand the Light Brokerage product suite.
• Participate in product rollouts, particularly regarding training and communication of changes to the Light Brokerage team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
• AIS, ASLI, and AU designations or completion of other insurance-related classes is a plus.
• A minimum of three years' experience as a Senior Underwriter in the Excess and Surplus lines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
• A strong understanding of the E&S Light Brokerage business environment.
• Intermediate to advanced experience in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams) and aptitude to learn new applications, as needed.
• Ability to travel, including overnight stays, to visit agents and attend conventions as necessary.