Senior Underwriting Product Specialist-Alternative Markets

About the role

The Alternative Markets Division within Great American Insurance Group is seeking a Senior Underwriting Product Specialist. This position is open to candidates located in either Cincinnati, OH or Windsor, CT.

Responsibilities

• Develops and leads the implementation of technical training programs tailored to the needs of the underwriting team, focusing on product-specific knowledge.
• Supports the development, implementation, and ongoing refinement of underwriting strategy, guidelines, and product frameworks to ensure profitable growth and consistent risk selection.
• Leads and facilitates engaging and effective training sessions, ensuring all underwriters understand and can apply product-specific underwriting guidelines.
• Updates training materials to reflect changes in underwriting guidelines, regulatory requirements, industry best practices, and product features.
• Develops and enhances Alternative Markets insurance products through the design and maintenance of proprietary forms, rates, rules, endorsements, and coverage solutions that support divisional objectives, profitable growth, and competitive differentiation.
• Provides regular feedback and coaching to underwriters based on assessment results, leading to measurable improvements in performance.
• Collaborates with underwriting leadership, product development teams, subject matter experts, and other stakeholders to identify training needs and develop innovative and tailored training solutions.
• Partners with business and technology teams to implement product enhancements, underwriting changes, forms, rates, and system functionality while ensuring consistent business operations.
• Ensures all training initiatives adhere to and exceed industry standards and regulatory expectations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Risk Management and Insurance, Finance, Education, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience: Generally, a minimum of 10 years of experience in Underwriting, Product Management, or Technical Training. Completion of or continuing progress toward a professional designation preferred, such as Associate in Underwriting (AU), Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC), Program in General Insurance (INS), Associate of Risk Management (ARM), and/or continuing education as a professional trainer (Certified Trainer, Train-the-Trainer, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with specialty programs, captives, or delegated authority business.
• Experience with non-admitted or excess and surplus lines products.
• Professional designations such as CPCU, AU, ARM, CIC, INS, and other industry credentials.
• Familiarity with Verisk tools and related insurance industry resources.
• Experience with data and reporting platforms such as Cognos, Power BI, Snowflake, or similar analytics tools.