E&S Underwriting Manager

Carolina Casualty (a Berkley Company); Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance provider in Jacksonville, FL is seeking an experienced E&S Underwriting Manager. Responsibilities include building the primary auto department, developing pricing strategies, and collaborating with agents. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of E&S underwriting experience and a Bachelor’s Degree. This role offers a full-time position with significant leadership opportunities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of E&S experience with primary casualty underwriting.
• Prior commercial insurance business startup experience is a plus.
• Expert understanding of casualty insurance market and trends.
• Strong understanding of casualty insurance market, trends, and regulatory environment.
• Experience setting strategy and monitoring production and profitability regionally or nationally.

Responsibilities

• Build and oversee the E&S primary auto department.
• Develop and manage pricing models and underwriting guidelines.
• Conduct regular business visits with agents to drive results.
• Provide business forecasting related to trends and profitability.
• Thoughtfully establish group strategy, appetite and marketing plans.
• Lead pro-active discussions with reinsurers, verifying the appropriate use of reinsurance used by specific lines of business, including various treaty and facultative reinsurance.
• Conduct regular visits with general agents, brokers and program managers to understand business needs, reinforce objectives, drive business results and identify new business opportunities.
• Monitor results, collaborate with actuarial team and optimize portfolio through risk selection and pricing strategy to maximize profitability.
• Eventually will be responsible for the planning and management of building out the E&S team including hiring, placement, training, performance management, salary planning and administration and budgeting.

Skills

Leadership skills

Risk selection

Pricing strategy

Collaboration with agents

Business forecasting

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

CPCU Designation (Preferred)

Job description

Company Details

Carolina Casualty is a member company of W. R. Berkley Corporation, an insurance holding company that is among the largest commercial lines insurance writers in the United States. We specialize in liability, physical damage, cargo and other insurance solutions for the commercial auto markets including trucking, public transportation and others. We maintain some of the lowest claim adjuster pending claim counts in the industry. Our adjusters are part of a culture that emphasizes inclusion, collaboration, innovation, and team. Our culture is one where your work is recognized and appreciated. If you want to contribute to an organization where you matter and where you can make a difference, then search no further.

Responsibilities

The E&S Underwriting Manager will be responsible for building and overseeing the E&S primary auto department. This role will be responsible for Portfolio Strategy & Execution, Risk Selection and Pricing, Portfolio Stewardship and Product Management. This is a critical role which requires oversight of strategic underwriting practices nationally. This leader will utilize their expertise to create, manage, design and drive diverse multidimensional strategies for our E&S book of business. We require strong leadership skills that will cultivate portfolio insights, develop strategy, and deliver a collaborative value chain with our Agents and customers.

Key Functions

• Collaborate with actuarial team to develop pricing model and optimize portfolio through risk selection and pricing strategy to maximize profitability
• Develop, implement and monitor underwriting guidelines, rates, forms, pricing, endorsements and procedures
• Develop, implement and manage strategic underwriting for specific lines of E&S
• Provide business forecasting related to trends and profitability
• Thoughtfully establish group strategy, appetite and marketing plans
• Lead pro-active discussions with reinsurers, verifying the appropriate use of reinsurance used by specific lines of business, including various treaty and facultative reinsurance
• Conduct regular visits with general agents, brokers and program managers to understand business needs, reinforce objectives, drive business results and identify new business opportunities
• Monitor results, collaborate with actuarial team and optimize portfolio through risk selection and pricing strategy to maximize profitability
• Eventually will be responsible for the planning and management of building out the E&S team including hiring, placement, training, performance management, salary planning and administration and budgeting

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• CPCU Designation Preferred
• 8+ years of E&S experience with primary casualty underwriting and/or management
• Prior commercial insurance business startup experience a plus
• Expert understanding of casualty insurance market and trends, competitor landscape and legal and regulatory environment
• Demonstrable experience setting strategy and monitoring production and profitability on a regional and/or national level

Additional Company Details

We do not accept any unsolicited resumes from external recruiting agencies or firms.

The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment.

Sponsorship Details

Sponsorship not Offered for this Role

Seniority Level

Mid-Senior level

Employment Type

Full-time

Job Function

Finance and Sales

Industries

Financial Services and Insurance