Portfolio Insights Underwriting Strategist

Selective Insurance; Short Hills (NJ); On-site; USD 130,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Selective Insurance in New Jersey seeks an enthusiastic Analyst to support the Underwriting Strategy function by analyzing portfolio performance across commercial lines. You will translate portfolio, pricing, loss and market data into strategic insights to inform underwriting priorities and portfolio management decisions.

Ideal candidates possess 5–8 years in commercial P&C, strong BI skills (Cognos/Power BI), and a proven ability to turn data into actionable business recommendations, with a

Qualifications

• Understanding of major commercial lines of business and related pricing, underwriting, and loss dynamics.
• Ability to analyze portfolio data and translate findings into business recommendations.
• Experience using business intelligence tools such as Cognos and/or Power BI.
• Strong written, verbal, analytical, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Exposure to actuarial concepts, competitive analysis, and external market data.
• Familiarity with ISO, reinsurance concepts, and both field and home office environments.
• Understanding of commercial market segments, industry verticals, and related underwriting and competitive dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze portfolio performance across commercial lines, including growth, profitability, retention, pricing adequacy, and loss trends.
• Identify emerging issues, adverse trends, opportunities, and line-specific performance drivers.
• Support quarterly underwriting reviews, countrywide reviews, executive reporting, and strategic planning materials.
• Partner with Product, Actuarial, Claims, Underwriting Practices, and regional leadership to develop strategic insights.
• Support pricing, rate adequacy, loss review, and diversification initiatives.
• Help develop dashboards, analytical frameworks, and repeatable portfolio monitoring processes. Help improve segment-level tools, reporting, and analytical frameworks.
• Contribute to tool and process innovation, including AI-enabled analysis and reporting improvements.
• Identify trends, concentration risks, opportunities, and competitive dynamics that impact our market segments.
• Analyze external market and industry trends impacting segment performance and strategy.
• Support diversification strategy, segment monitoring, and execution tracking.

Skills

Commercial lines knowledge

Portfolio analysis

BI tools Cognos/Power BI

Communication skills

Actuarial concepts

ISO & reinsurance

Market/underwriting dynamics

Education

Bachelor degree in Business/Finance/Insurance

5-8 years commercial P&C experience

CPCU/ARM/AU preferred

Experience across multiple commercial lines

Tools

Power BI

Cognos

Job description

Selective Insurance in New Jersey seeks an enthusiastic Analyst to support the Underwriting Strategy function by analyzing portfolio performance across commercial lines. You will translate portfolio, pricing, loss and market data into strategic insights to inform underwriting priorities and portfolio management decisions.

Ideal candidates possess 5–8 years in commercial P&C, strong BI skills (Cognos/Power BI), and a proven ability to turn data into actionable business recommendations, with a