Underwriting Director - Contractors

1008 Amynta Agency Inc; Overland Park (KS); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Amynta Group seeks a Production Underwriting Director to lead an expert team, manage a book of business, and shape underwriting strategy and processes. The role emphasizes mentorship, training, and developing profitable growth with strong agent relationships.

The position requires strategic thinking, risk assessment, and the ability to travel for agency visits and industry events. Exceptional communication and leadership capabilities are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or 5-7+ years of production underwriting experience or equivalent work experience.
• Knowledge of underwriting philosophy, processes, and practice
• Extensive experience in the insurance industry ideally within an underwriting, broking, relationship management or sales role
• Strong analytical skills and critical thinking skills with great attention to details
• Individually accountable
• Effective relationship management skills with customer focused approach
• Ability to develop tactical underwriting plan and execute on its implementation
• Active listening and emotional intelligence
• Ability to work independently for significant periods of time
• Strong business development and communication skills
• Proficient with MS Office including Excel skills
• Able to communicate effectively with others, both verbally and in writing
• Ability to manage time, meet deadlines, and prioritize to meet sales target
• Property & Casualty Agent’s license in residing state, or willingness to obtain CPCU, AU-M, CIC designations a plus
• Willingness & ability to travel for agency visits, industry functions, training and seminars.
• Continuing education to maintain necessary credentials
• Problem solving focused, strong character, self-motivated, flexible and enthusiastic.

Responsibilities

• Production underwriter Director manages their book of business and leads initiatives for strategy changes, process development, mentoring or training to support production underwriters to own the results of their book of business.
• Production uw directors` will be compensated on profitable growth of their book of business.
• A production underwriter director will work to set strategies to maintain balance between distribution growth and risk selection to drive profitable growth.
• A production underwriting director has and maintains strong agent/broker relationships.
• Engage in activities to generate submissions
• Maintain and lead the relationship with their assigned agents.
• Engage in activities to close accounts.
• Will have a book of business to maintain touch with the market.

Skills

Business development

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Time management

Problem solving

Independence / self-motivation

Emotional intelligence

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Excel

Job description

We’re thrilled that you are interested in joining us here at the Amynta Group! The Production Underwriting Director serves as a center of expertise for UW strategy, product management, or technical underwriting process for their program. This position may be responsible for managing trainees or junior underwriters while they are in development as Production Underwriters. This leadership role will center their activities on managing their own book of business. The production underwriting team director will have 25% of their activities tied to mentoring, training, process development, or strategy development. The Production Underwriting Director role can be filled by individuals with experience in underwriting leadership or senior underwriters. . We are also willing to train the right candidate seeking a leadership opportunity. If you have a growth mind set, individual accountability, critical thinking, and are interested in servant leadership this is a great opportunity. As we grow, there will be additional personal and career development opportunities that can be aligned with your core capabilities and personal growth objectives in our underwriting, sales, marketing, data analytics or operation management teams. If you love to drive creative solutions, want to help people and want to be part of a dynamic team.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Production underwriter Director manages their book of business and leads initiatives for strategy changes, process development, mentoring or training to support production underwriters to own the results of their book of business.
• Production uw directors` will be compensated on profitable growth of their book of business.
• A production underwriter director will work to set strategies to maintain balance between distribution growth and risk selection to drive profitable growth.
• A production underwriting director has and maintains strong agent/broker relationships.
• Engage in activities to generate submissions
• Maintain and lead the relationship with their assigned agents.
• Engage in activities to close accounts.
• Will have a book of business to maintain touch with the market.

Relationship Management

• Work with key internal stakeholders to develop and maintain product-specific business development plans identifying, segmenting, detailing and evaluating potential broker and agent prospects, and executing such plan to ensure that Amynta generates targeted levels of growth and ‘hit’ ratios in this market.
• Lead in the education of the broker market on the products in a way that creates a need to buy, highlights our competitive differentiation, illustrate the need for service led products to grow the brand and facilitate the placement of new business with Beazley with a particular focus on new relationships.
• Raise the profile of Amynta Dealer Solutions within the broker community through education, articles and coverage discussions.

Underwriting Strategy Development

• Develop strategies and business plans to support a profitable book of business.
• Monitor premiums, costs and claims ratios per contract and recommend corrective measures to ensure long term profitability.
• Evaluate underwriter capabilities and set authority levels as appropriate.
• Comply with underwriting control standards for business written through delegated authority.

Additional Responsibilities

• Engage with all levels of leadership to solve problems
• Assist in development of internal and external materials
• Support business unit leadership with presentations and special projects as Centers of Expertise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or 5-7+ years of production underwriting experience or equivalent work experience.
• Knowledge of underwriting philosophy, processes, and practice
• Extensive experience in the insurance industry ideally within an underwriting, broking, relationship management or sales role
• Strong analytical skills and critical thinking skills with great attention to details
• Individually accountable
• Effective relationship management skills with customer focused approach
• Ability to develop tactical underwriting plan and execute on its implementation
• Active listening and emotional intelligence
• Ability to work independently for significant periods of time
• Strong business development and communication skills
• Proficient with MS Office including Excel skills
• Able to communicate effectively with others, both verbally and in writing
• Ability to manage time, meet deadlines, and prioritize to meet sales target
• Property & Casualty Agent’s license in residing state, or willingness to obtain CPCU, AU-M, CIC designations a plus
• Willingness & ability to travel for agency visits, industry functions, training and seminars.
• Continuing education to maintain necessary credentials
• Problem solving focused, strong character, self-motivated, flexible and enthusiastic.

The Amynta Group (the “Company”) is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of any ground of discrimination protected by applicable human rights legislation. The information collected is solely used to determine suitability for employment, verify identity and maintain employment statistics on applicants. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process in accordance with applicable human rights and accessibility legislation. A reasonable accommodation is an adjustment to processes, procedures, methods of conveying information and/or the physical environment, which may include the provision of additional support, in order to remove barriers a candidate may face during recruitment such that each candidate has an equal employment opportunity. The Company will accommodate a candidate to the point of undue hardship. Please inform the Company's personnel representative if you require any accommodation in the application process.

About Us

Amynta Group is a premier insurance services company with more than $3.5 billion in managed premium and 2,000 associates across North America, Europe, and Australia. An independent, customer-centered and underwriting-focused company, Amynta serves leading carriers, wholesalers, retail agencies, auto dealers, OEMs, and consumer product retailers with innovative insurance and warranty protection solutions. Amynta operates through three segments: Managing General Agencies; Warranty, including automotive, consumer and specialty equipment; and Specialty Risk Services. For more information, visit amyntagroup.com.

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