Manager, Property/Casualty Underwriting

Michigan Farm Bureau; Lansing, Northern (MI, KY); Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

Michigan Farm Bureau in Lansing, MI is seeking a leader to guide a team of multi-line property/casualty underwriters, driving growth and profitability across the marketing region. You will leverage data analytics and industry resources to refine risk selection and reduce costs while ensuring a superior customer experience.

You will recruit, mentor, and evaluate staff, set performance standards, and shape underwriting workflows in alignment with corporate guidelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required or equivalent experience may be considered.
• Minimum five years of underwriting experience or ten years’ experience in P/C insurance required.
• Designation in API or AU required.
• CPCU certification required, or must be completed within 36 months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of multi-line P/C underwriters in the designated marketing region.
• Promote positive relationships with the Marketing region to support growth and profitability.
• Provide expertise in underwriting processes and improve risk selection and loss experience using data analytics.
• Provide outstanding customer experience for Farm Bureau Insurance customers.
• Recruit and retain qualified staff, measure and reward performance, and plan for succession.
• Communicate job expectations and develop underwriting workflow procedures.

Skills

Leadership

Underwriting

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

API or AU designation

CPCU certification

Job description

To lead a team of multi-line property/casualty (P/C) underwriters in the underwriting of all P/C lines of business for the designated marketing region. To promote positive and productive relationships with the Marketing region while supporting company goals of growth and profitability. To serve as the underwriting leader on all property casualty lines of business by providing a high degree of expertise in the underwriting processes. To use data analytics, competitive analysis, and industry resources to improve risk selection and loss experience while decreasing company expenses. To provide an outstanding customer experience for all internal and external Farm Bureau Insurance customers.

Create and maintain a positive and collaborative work environment where people feel valued, appreciated, and empowered to improve the organization. Provide opportunities to share knowledge and skills.

Recruit and retain qualified staff, measure and reward performance, and plan for succession. Complete performance reviews and participate in employee selection, promotion, discipline, and termination in accordance with corporate guidelines.

Clearly communicate job expectations, service standards, and department and individual performance. Set expectations, measure performance, and accountability. Develop, maintain, and monitor underwriting workflow procedures.

Requirements

Required Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent experience may be considered.

Minimum five years of underwriting experience or ten years’ experience in P/C insurance required. Equivalent management experience may be considered.

Designation in API or AU required.

Certification in CPCU required, or must be completed within 36 months of hire.

Note: Farm Bureau offers a full benefit package including medical, dental, vision, and 401K.

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Work Type

Hybrid

Standard Hours

8:00am-4:30pm

Position Type

Full-time

99,271

Location(s)

Lansing , Michigan 48912

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The Michigan Farm Bureau Family of Companies is an equal opportunity employer. The Company will not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical condition), disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, citizenship, or any other class protected by applicable law. In accordance with Michigan's Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act, the companies listed above advise you as follows: If you believe that any of the above-listed companies has failed to accommodate you as a disabled individual, you may allege a violation against that company for failing to so accommodate you, but only if you have notified that company in writing of your need for accommodation within 182 days after the date on which you knew, or reasonably should have known, that an accommodation was needed by you to perform the job which you hold or seek.