Strategic Underwriting Analytics Lead

Selective Insurance; Millburn (NJ); On-site; USD 127,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care plans

Retirement plan with company match

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Selective Insurance is seeking a Senior Underwriting Strategy Analyst to analyze portfolio performance across commercial market segments and translate data into strategic insights guiding underwriting and growth priorities.

Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in a related field and 5–8 years of commercial P&C underwriting, with CPCU/ARM designations preferred. This role emphasizes analytical skills and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience leveraging business intelligence tools for decision-making.
• Knowledge of commercial market segments and underwriting dynamics preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze portfolio performance across market segments, including growth, profitability, retention, diversification, and risk quality.
• Identify trends, concentration risks, opportunities, and competitive dynamics that impact our market segments.
• Support quarterly underwriting reviews, countrywide reviews, and strategic planning materials.
• Partner with Market Segment leadership, Product, Actuarial, Claims, Underwriting Practices, and regional teams to develop strategic insights.
• Support diversification strategy, segment monitoring, and execution tracking.
• Analyze external market and industry trends impacting segment performance and strategy.
• Help improve segment-level tools, reporting, and analytical frameworks.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Business intelligence tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Risk Management, Insurance, Economics, or related field

CPCU, ARM, or other professional designations

Job description

Selective Insurance is seeking a Senior Underwriting Strategy Analyst to analyze portfolio performance across commercial market segments and translate data into strategic insights guiding underwriting and growth priorities.

Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in a related field and 5–8 years of commercial P&C underwriting, with CPCU/ARM designations preferred. This role emphasizes analytical skills and cross-functional collaboration.