Director/Sr. Director: Railroad

Markel; Chicago (IL); Presencial; USD 153 000 - 369 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Health insurance

401(k) with employer match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid time off (PTO)

Corporate holidays and floating days

Parental leave

Resumo da oferta

Markel invites applications for a Director/Sr. Director of Underwriting in the Chicago area to lead strategic underwriting initiatives and ensure profitability, growth and retention of key lines including Railroad and Inland Marine.

You will guide underwriting teams, set standards, and drive best practices. You will coach staff, collaborate with actuarial, product development, claims and IT to coordinate services for customers, travel up to 25%, and support business development and training

Qualificações

• Minimum of 10+ years of underwriting expertise with at least 5 years in Railroad/Inland Marine.
• Undergraduate degree preferred; graduate degree/designations a plus.
• Superior verbal and written communication skills; collaborative leadership.

Responsabilidades

• Proactively identify new market opportunities and cross-sell by addressing client needs.
• Maintain pricing standards and underwriting authority within commercial property.
• Set underwriting standards and strategy for the commercial property line.
• Manage the Railroad book and portfolio aggregation.
• Provide underwriting direction to regional teams and ensure alignment with goals.
• Coordinate product-line training for underwriters and staff.
• Provide timely reviews beyond authority levels.
• Communicate concerns to Senior Leadership on product and claims matters.
• Collaborate with Business Development to manage client relationships.
• Support development of new business opportunities.

Conhecimentos

Underwriting

Railroad/Inland Marine

Leadership

Communication

Travel up to 25%

US Work Authorization

Formação académica

Undergraduate degree

Graduate degree or professional designation

Descrição da oferta de emprego

What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realize our potential, we can help others reach theirs. Join us and play your part in something special! The primary purpose of this position is to lead and implement the strategic development and execution of organizational goals and objectives. Provide leadership, direction and support to underwriting team(s) and/or direct reports. Is responsible for underwriting, profitability, growth and retention of new and renewal business that is consistent with underwriting strategies. Manage underwriting functions to achieve profit, revenue, loss ratio, and expense targets. Ensure effective execution of best practices. In conjunction with PLL Leadership delegate underwriting authority to staff via letters of authority; monitor and revise as appropriate. Ensure a quality underwriting work product is produced consistent with letters of authority, underwriting strategy, standards and process. Provide coaching and training for underwriting staff based on results of underwriting audit review. Work with Operations to ensure all processing and service standards are met. Communicate, identified agency production, training or quality issues to Marketing. Develop and maintain relationships with internal resources (Actuarial, Product Development, Claim, IT, etc.) to coordinate services to customers.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify new market opportunities and product offerings as well as support cross-sell opportunities by identifying and solving client needs;
• Maintain product line specific technical pricing standards and underwriting authority within the commercial property product line;
• Set underwriting standards and strategy for the commercial property product;
• Manage the Railroad book including portfolio aggregation management;
• Provide clear underwriting direction to regional underwriting teams and ensure effective execution in line with product goals.
• Prepare, coordinate and execute product line specific training for underwriters and support staff;
• Provide prompt and productive reviews of accounts beyond assigned authority levels;
• Transmit concerns/feedback to Senior Leadership regarding product, underwriting and claims concerns based on interactions with management, underwriters and producers;
• Work with Business Development teams to target producers as well as manage client relationships;
• Assist with the development of new business opportunities.

Experience/Skillset

• Minimum of 10+ years of underwriting expertise with at least 5 years of underwriting experience within Railroad/Inland Marine;
• Undergraduate degree preferred;
• Graduate degree and/or industry designations would be a plus;
• Superior verbal and written communication skills;
• Collaborative style;
• High energy, pro-active self-starter; someone with a strong sense of urgency;
• Demonstrated ability in setting and meeting objectives and getting leadership, peers and underwriters to “buy in” through superior influencing skills;
• Flexible and spontaneous qualities are key elements to the success of this position;
• Interpersonal skills necessary to achieve desired goals and to interact effectively as well as a high level of confidence, integrity, energy and enthusiasm, executive presence and a personality that fits the “Markel Style.
• Ability to travel 25%.
• US Work Authorization required. Markel does not provide visa sponsorship for this position, now or in the future.

US Work Authorization

US Work Authorization required. Markel does not provide visa sponsorship for this position, now or in the future.

Pay information

The salary range for the Director, Underwriting position is $152,600-318,000/year, the Sr. Director, Underwriting position is $177,100-368,900/year. The posted salary range reflects the lowest and highest base salary applicable to this role across our U.S. locations. Individual offers are determined based on geographic location, experience, qualifications, internal equity, and other job-related factors. As a result, the salary offered for a specific location will fall within a narrower range than the overall range displayed in this posting. This position may also be eligible to participate in the Company's annual incentive plan.

Who we are

Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) a fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better

We enjoy the everyday | We think further

What’s in it for you

In keeping with the values of the Markel Style, we strive to support our employees in living their lives to the fullest at home and at work.

• We offer competitive benefit programs that help meet our diverse and changing environment as well as support our employees’ needs at all stages of life.
• All full-time employees have the option to select from multiple health, dental and vision insurance plan options and optional life, disability, and AD&D insurance.
• We also offer a 401(k) with employer match contributions, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, PTO, corporate holidays and floating holidays, parental leave.

Markel is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of any protected characteristic. This includes race; color; sex; religion; creed; national origin or place of birth; ancestry; age; disability; affectional or sexual orientation; gender expression or identity; genetic information, sickle cell trait, or atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait; refusal to submit to genetic tests or make genetic test results available; medical condition; citizenship status; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, familial status, or family responsibilities; military or veteran status, including unfavorable discharge from military service; personal appearance, height, or weight; matriculation or political affiliation; expunged juvenile records; arrest and court records where prohibited by applicable law; status as a victim of domestic or sexual violence; public assistance status; order of protection status; status as a smoker or nonsmoker; membership or activity in local commissions; the use or nonuse of lawful products off employer premises during non-work hours; declining to attend meetings or participate in communications about religious or political matters; or any other classification protected by applicable law.

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