Senior Inland Marine Underwriting Practices Lead

Selective Insurance; Millburn (NJ); On-site; USD 96,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care plans

Retirement savings plan

Tuition assistance and reimbursement

20 days of paid time off

Job summary

Selective Insurance, a midsized U.S. domestic property and casualty insurer, seeks a subject matter expert in underwriting practices to support guidelines, authority frameworks, and training content across LOBs.

You will handle referrals, analyze portfolios, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements as part of a collaborative Practices team. The role involves developing coverage knowledge, researching guidelines, and assisting with vendor tools while delivering high-quality underwriting

Qualifications

• Demonstrates underwriting expertise and knowledge of LOB-specific coverages, exposures, and underwriting guidelines, including the ability to develop, interpret, and apply underwriting standards.
• Effectively balances strategic thinking with attention to detail, using data, sound judgment, and diverse perspectives to solve problems and make informed decisions.
• Builds productive relationships with internal and external partners while managing multiple priorities and work flows to meet service and productions goals.
• Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills. Adapts effectively to change and is proficient in the use of underwriting, desktop, and communication tools.

Responsibilities

• Guideline Creation: Assists the LOB Practices Manager in developing, documenting, and maintaining underwriting guidelines. Researches coverage questions, analyzes forms and underwriting requirements, and drafts guideline updates for review.
• Authority Framework Support: Supports the documentation and maintenance of the authority delegation framework. Monitors authority utilization, identifies areas where authority levels may need adjustment, and provides analysis and recommendations to ensure authority structures appropriately balance profitable growth with risk controls.
• Curriculum & Training Content Support: Creates LOB-specific training curricula and technical content. Works with the LOB Practices Manager and Underwriting Learning & Enablement team to develop educational materials that ensure regional personnel and SBUs have a thorough understanding of underwriting guidelines, issues, and controls.
• Underwriting Referrals: Receives and handles underwriting referrals from the Market Segments team, utilizing developing expertise to advise a solution or course of action in a timely manner. Provides authoritative guidance on large, unique, and complex accounts in support of Corporate UW peers.
• Portfolio Analysis & Trend Identification: Supports UW Practices Manager and VP with the ownership of the profit and loss performance. In conjunction with the UW Practices Manager, provides analysis for countrywide and state-level reviews as needed, identifies positive and negative trends, and works with Underwriting Strategy & regional partners on profitability improvement and profitable production strategies. Actively identifies areas that present opportunity for focus Reviews.
• Coverage Research & Analysis: Develops proficient knowledge of products and coverages by analyzing forms, applications, guidelines, and underwriting requirements. Collaborates with the team to understand how coverage applies by analyzing claims activity compared to underwriting practices. Identifies emerging exposures and coverage issues for escalation.
• Vendor & Tool Support: Supports the deployment and ongoing management of LOB-specific vendor tools and resources. Assists/takes the lead in evaluating tool effectiveness, documenting workflows, and coordinating with Underwriting Learning & Enablement team on tool-related communication needs.
• Compliance Support: Supports the LOB Practices Manager when consulted on operational and regulatory compliance topics. Gathers information, conducts research, and prepares analysis to support compliance-related discussions.
• Quality Assurance & Large Loss Reviews: Participates in the Quality Assurance review process and Large Loss Reviews as necessary. Works independently in drafting analysis, documenting findings, and tracking action items.
• Stakeholder Support: Provides exceptional customer service to agents, regional personnel, SBUs, and other stakeholders. Supports the LOB Practices Manager and VP in managing analytical projects and cross-functional initiatives.

Skills

Underwriting expertise

Data analysis

Communication skills

Regulatory compliance

Education

College degree

Tools

Underwriting tools

Vendor tools

Job description

Selective Insurance, a midsized U.S. domestic property and casualty insurer, seeks a subject matter expert in underwriting practices to support guidelines, authority frameworks, and training content across LOBs.

You will handle referrals, analyze portfolios, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements as part of a collaborative Practices team. The role involves developing coverage knowledge, researching guidelines, and assisting with vendor tools while delivering high-quality underwriting