Educational Institutions Underwriting Leader

Utica National Insurance Group; New Hartford (MN); On-site; USD 170,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Prescription Drug Benefit

Dental Benefit

Vision Benefit

Life Insurance and Disability Benefits

401(k) Profit Sharing and Investment

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Tuition Assistance, Training, and Prof

Company-Paid Family Leave

Voluntary Benefits

Student Loan Refinancing Services

Business Travel Accident Insurance

Matching Gifts program

Paid Volunteer Day

Employee Referral Award Program

Wellness programs

Personal Insurance Discount

Job summary

Utica National Insurance Group is seeking a Director of Underwriting to lead underwriting for Educational Institutions Unit. You will shape strategy, drive profitable growth, and deliver strong underwriting results while developing talent and strengthening agency partnerships.

You will work with Specialty Lines leadership to refine underwriting approaches, respond to market changes, and ensure an exceptional agent and institutional experience across education-focused risks in this unit.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial property and casualty underwriting experience.
• Strong technical underwriting and risk-selection expertise.
• Experience leading, coaching, or developing underwriting professionals.
• Strong understanding of commercial insurance coverages, pricing, portfolio management, and profitability.
• Ability to evaluate loss experience and translate insights into underwriting actions.

Responsibilities

• Lead underwriting operations for the Specialty business segment.
• Provide technical direction and oversight for risk selection, pricing, coverage, and underwriting decisions.
• Maintain strong underwriting quality through ongoing review and quality control.
• Monitor portfolio and loss performance and take appropriate underwriting actions to improve results.
• Evaluate changes in rates, coverages, rules, regulations, and other market factors and translate them into appropriate underwriting actions.
• Recommend changes to underwriting practices and strategies based on portfolio results and emerging trends.

Skills

Commercial underwriting

Leadership

Portfolio management

Agency partnerships

Communication

Decision-making

Relationship-building

Education

Bachelor's degree

CPCU/AU designation

Job description

Utica National Insurance Group is seeking a Director of Underwriting to lead underwriting for Educational Institutions Unit. You will shape strategy, drive profitable growth, and deliver strong underwriting results while developing talent and strengthening agency partnerships.

You will work with Specialty Lines leadership to refine underwriting approaches, respond to market changes, and ensure an exceptional agent and institutional experience across education-focused risks in this unit.