Senior Contract Surety Underwriter - Hybrid/Remote Growth

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.; Tennessee; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. is seeking a Contract Surety Senior Underwriting Specialist for the South Region. The role focuses on underwriting expertise, risk assessment, and profitable growth while managing agency and broker relationships.

You'll work with hybrid or remote options in TN, MS, AL, or GA, travel regularly, and partner with key agencies to develop new business opportunities across the territory.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience.
• AFSB Designation Preferred.
• Generally, 5-10 years Contract Surety underwriting experience.
• 5+ years' experience driving agency relationships resulting in profitable new business as well as complex accounts.
• Command of fundamental underwriting concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Very strong communication skills including the ability to communicate difficult or technical decisions or comments with confidence and precision.
• Demonstrates ability to adapt quickly to change, identify, analyze, and solve problems and willingness to being open to new and different ways of thinking.

Responsibilities

• Identify, solicit, and underwrite new Contract Surety accounts that drive profitable growth.
• Manage agency, broker and account meetings and workflow.
• Use data to make appropriate individual and portfolio risk decisions.
• Coordinate with internal and external resources on moderately complex risks.

Skills

Contract Surety underwriting

Strong communication

Relationship building

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

AFSB Designation Preferred

Job description

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. is seeking a Contract Surety Senior Underwriting Specialist for the South Region. The role focuses on underwriting expertise, risk assessment, and profitable growth while managing agency and broker relationships.

You'll work with hybrid or remote options in TN, MS, AL, or GA, travel regularly, and partner with key agencies to develop new business opportunities across the territory.