Underwriting Manager, Construction

NIP Group; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

NIP Group seeks an experienced Manager, Underwriting Programs to lead SitePro underwriting teams, owning portfolio production, profitability, and service results. You will move between people development, complex underwriting decisions, and cross-functional execution to deliver sustainable growth.

The role strengthens underwriting capabilities, builds broker relationships, and drives process improvements across the organization to achieve profitable growth and strong risk management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• At least 10 years of progressive property and casualty underwriting experience, with a focus on construction exposures.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing underwriting teams.
• Experience managing a portfolio against production, profitability, retention, pricing, and service objectives.
• Familiarity with multiple rating and policy issuance systems.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables and lookup functions.
• CPCU, CIC, or another relevant insurance designation is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the underwriting team.
• Set clear team goals and individual expectations aligned with portfolio strategy, growth objectives, profitability targets, and carrier commitments.
• Coach and develop underwriters through regular one-on-ones, reviews, and development planning.
• Manage performance reviews, succession planning, and PTO coordination.
• Build the team’s technical and commercial capabilities while promoting sound judgment and accountability.
• Take ownership of production and performance results (new business, renewal retention, rate achievement, loss ratio, etc.).
• Use performance reporting to identify trends, opportunities, and gaps.
• Implement timely coaching plans and workflow improvements.
• Ensure portfolio delivers on growth, profitability, service, and carrier objectives.
• Underwrite new and renewal business per authority, guidelines, and regulatory obligations.
• Review complex accounts and provide underwriting direction for referrals to senior leadership.

Skills

Underwriting leadership

Portfolio management

Team development

Negotiation & communication

Strategic underwriting decisions

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience

CPCU/CIC or equivalent designation preferred

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

NIP Group www.nipgroup.com is a rapidly growing insurance service provider of specialty programs for commercial insurance brokers and carriers providing underwriting, distribution, product management, administration, and risk management services primarily by acting as a managing underwriter (MGA) and a Reciprocal Services Manager (RSM).

Our culture is one that empowers and encourages employees to be innovative, collaborative, and forward-thinking. If you are interested in being a part of a growing, entrepreneurial spirited organization, we’d love to hear from you!

About the Position

NIP Group is looking for an experienced underwriting leader to manage the continued growth and performance of our SitePro program.

As Manager, Underwriting Programs, you will lead our new business and renewal underwriting teams while taking ownership of the portfolio’s production, profitability, and service results. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can move comfortably between people development, complex underwriting decisions, operational execution, and portfolio strategy.

You will have the opportunity to strengthen underwriting capabilities, improve processes, build productive broker relationships, and work across the organization to deliver sustainable, profitable growth.

What You'll Do

Lead and develop the underwriting team

• Lead the new business and renewal underwriting teams, including work allocation, workload balancing, prioritization, referral support, and coverage planning.
• Set clear team goals and individual expectations aligned with portfolio strategy, growth objectives, profitability targets, and carrier commitments.
• Coach and develop underwriters through regular one-on-ones, account reviews, referral discussions, training, performance feedback, and development planning.
• Manage performance reviews, recognition, succession planning, goal setting, and PTO coordination.
• Build the team’s technical and commercial capabilities while promoting sound judgment, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Take ownership of production and performance results, including: New business written premium, Renewal retention and persistency, Quote-to-bind conversion, Rate achievement, Loss ratio, Submission flow, Turnaround time, Service standards.
• Use performance reporting to identify trends, opportunities, and emerging gaps.
• Implement timely coaching plans, workflow improvements, resource adjustments, and other corrective actions.
• Ensure the portfolio delivers on its growth, profitability, service, and carrier objectives.
• Ensure new and renewal business is underwritten in accordance with delegated authority, program guidelines, carrier requirements, pricing objectives, documentation standards, and regulatory obligations.
• Review complex, high-premium, high-hazard, and out-of-authority accounts.
• Provide clear underwriting direction and prepare or approve effective referrals to senior underwriting leadership and carrier partners.
• Reinforce disciplined risk selection, pricing adequacy, exposure validation, coverage design, and documentation of underwriting rationale.

Build strong business partnerships

• Partner with business development and distribution leaders to improve submission quality, clarify appetite, strengthen broker relationships, and pursue profitable opportunities.
• Collaborate with claims, actuarial, risk control, operations, finance, compliance, technology, and senior leadership to improve portfolio outcomes and execution.
• Communicate effectively across functions, translating underwriting strategy into clear priorities and practical action

What You’ll Bring

Experience and education

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• At least 10 years of progressive property and casualty underwriting experience, with a focus on construction exposures.
• Demonstrated experience successfully leading and developing underwriting teams.
• Experience managing a portfolio against production, profitability, retention, pricing, and service objectives.
• Familiarity with multiple rating and policy issuance systems.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables and lookup functions.
• CPCU, CIC, or another relevant insurance designation is preferred.

Leadership capabilities

• A strong record of solving complex problems, creating practical solutions, and delivering profitable underwriting results and growth.
• The ability to lead operations with capacity, speed, sound judgment, and decisiveness.
• Strong people leadership skills, including the ability to attract, select, develop, and manage highly skilled professionals.
• Excellent negotiation, written communication, and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to build trusted relationships through credibility, expertise, consistency, and results.
• A continuous-improvement mindset and a genuine interest in finding better ways to achieve business goals.

Why Join NIP Group?

This role offers the opportunity to influence the performance of a complex specialty insurance portfolio while developing a talented underwriting team. You will work closely with leaders across the business, shape underwriting practices, and contribute directly to profitable growth.

If you are a collaborative underwriting leader who combines strong technical judgment with the ability to develop people and improve performance, we invite you to apply.