Senior Marine Underwriting AVP - Hybrid

The Hanover Insurance Group; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, life, and DIS

401K with company match

Tuition reimbursement

PTO

Company paid holidays

Flexible work arrangements

Cultural Awareness Day in support of E

On-site medical/wellness center

Job summary

The Hanover Insurance Group is seeking an Assistant Vice President of Marine Underwriting for the Dallas or Houston, TX locations. This full-time, exempt, hybrid role reports to the President of Marine and leads underwriting quality, strategy, and governance for the Marine unit.

You will partner with Marine leadership to develop strategy, manage performance, and drive profitability through pricing tools, risk selection, and innovative product offerings.

Qualifications

• 10+ years inland marine underwriting experience
• 3+ years of leadership experience in a matrixed organization
• Strong communication and decisive decision-making skills
• Strategic and creative marine product and underwriting skills

Responsibilities

• Partner with Marine Leadership to develop a Marine strategy aligned with the overall plan
• Manage underwriting performance through guidelines, referrals and audits
• Understand performance across marine classes and influence actions to optimize results
• Develop risk selection and pricing tools to streamline underwriting and profitability
• Provide state-of-the-art product offerings for marine customers, including customized products
• Provide oversight and governance on all marine coverages
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing workforce in the home office
• Train on products and business line tools for field units
• Prepare product overviews for leadership and external industry developments
• Collaborate with claims, finance, reinsurance, compliance, legal, actuary, product development, operations, underwriting, and marketing to ensure alignment with corporate initiatives

Skills

Leadership

Underwriting

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Team management

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Job description

The Hanover Insurance Group is seeking an Assistant Vice President of Marine Underwriting for the Dallas or Houston, TX locations. This full-time, exempt, hybrid role reports to the President of Marine and leads underwriting quality, strategy, and governance for the Marine unit.

You will partner with Marine leadership to develop strategy, manage performance, and drive profitability through pricing tools, risk selection, and innovative product offerings.