Underwriting Manager, Property

Markel; Red Bank (NJ); On-site; USD 116,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with employer match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Markel Group is seeking an Underwriting Manager in Red Bank, NJ to lead a wholesale property underwriting team. You will drive risk selection, pricing guidance, and ensure profitable new and renewal business within authority and guidelines.

You’ll develop staff through coaching, performance reviews, and career planning while partnering with regional leadership to execute on business strategies. The role emphasizes collaboration, quality, and transformational solutions for brokers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 5–8 years of Wholesale Property Underwriting experience with a significant amount in the Small to Middle Market.
• Demonstrated aptitude to manage people and projects with a minimum of 2+ years managing underwriters.
• Proven ability to make sound underwriting decisions.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to achieve business goals and objectives.
• Demonstrated sales, marketing and relationship management skill.
• CPCU designation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Achieves customer satisfaction and service standards for all wholesale brokers assigned to team and/or self.
• Establishes a culture of professionalism and team cohesion that everyone can be proud of.
• Ensures team meets or exceeds set production/premium goals and departmental guidelines.
• Identifies strengths and weaknesses in current procedures and recommends changes as needed.
• Provides training and coaching on marketing skills and broker management.
• Provides career planning and performance feedback to ensure proper staff development by coaching, motivating, and building bench strength; reviews and evaluates personnel performance.
• Adheres to the rules, rates, forms, authority, and underwriting guidelines as delegated by the Product Line Leadership group.
• Builds and maintains strong working relationships across workgroups with flexibility to change direction quickly based on business needs.
• Maintains an understanding of assigned products, services, and solutions; initiates discussions with other workgroups as appropriate.
• Drives change and innovation through continually seeking and implementing transformational solutions for customers and associates.

Skills

People management

Project management

Sales & relationship management

Underwriting knowledge

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

CPCU designation

Job description

What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it.

The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realize our potential, we can help others reach theirs.Join us and play your part in something special!The primary purpose of this position is to manage the day-to-day work activities of a group of property underwriters and underwriting support staff who are driven by a sense of hard work, and a pursuit of excellence laid out by the Markel Style. This position will work closely with the Northeast Leadership team and Product Line Leadership team to develop and execute on business and marketing strategies within an established geographic territory. Working with leadership and their team, this position will be responsible for balancing the team’s workloads and maintaining appropriate staffing levels. This position requires guidance in risk selection and pricing, specifically on small to middle market property risks on both a a primary and excess basis. Underwrite new and renewal business in a profitable manner, according to authority level, and established guidelines which are in compliance with the company’s underwriting philosophy. Responsible for addressing career and training needs on an individual basis. Communicate effectively and ensure team has been adequately updated on matters relating to workflow or procedural changes. Oversee the overall quality of the unit’s performance and measures the underwriting team expertise through periodic audits. Reviews unusual risks. Based on complexity, determines what additional research is required. With attention to detail, prepares appraisal of risk within their delegated authority and approves risks that exceed their teams authority that remain within their delegated authority. Consults and collaborates with Regional Product Lead or PLL on course of action.

What you’ll be doing:

• Achieves customer satisfaction and service standards for all wholesale brokers assigned to team and/or self.
• Establishes a culture of professionalism and team cohesion that everyone can be proud of.
• Ensures team meets or exceeds set production/premium goals and departmental guidelines.
• Identifies strengths and weaknesses in current procedures and recommends changes as needed.
• Provides training and coaching on marketing skills and broker management.
• Provides career planning and performance feedback to ensure proper staff development by coaching, motivating, and building bench strength; reviews and evaluates personnel performance.
• Adheres to the rules, rates, forms, authority, and underwriting guidelines as delegated by the Product Line Leadership group.
• Builds and maintains strong working relationships across workgroups with flexibility to change direction quickly based on business needs.
• Maintains an understanding of assigned products, services, and solutions; initiates discussions with other workgroups as appropriate.
• Drives change and innovation through continually seeking and implementing transformational solutions for customers and associates.

What we’re looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred;
• 5-8 years of Wholesale Property Underwriting experience with a significant amount in the Small to Middle Market.
• Demonstrated aptitude to manage people and projects with a minimum of 2+ years managing underwriters;
• Proven ability to make sound underwriting decisions;
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously;
• Ability to achieve business goals and objectives;
• Demonstrated sales, marketing and relationship management skill
• CPCU designation preferred.

US Work Authorization

US Work Authorization required. Markel does not provide visa sponsorship for this position, now or in the future.

Pay information:

The base salary offered for the successful candidate will be based on compensable factors such as job-relevant education, job-relevant experience, training, licensure, demonstrated competencies, geographic location, and other factors. The national average salary range for the Underwriting Manager position is $116,080 - $159,610 with 30% incentive.

Who we are:

Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) a fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better

We enjoy the everyday | We think further

What’s in it for you:

In keeping with the values of the Markel Style, we strive to support our employees in living their lives to the fullest at home and at work.

• We offer competitive benefit programs that help meet our diverse and changing environment as well as support our employees’ needs at all stages of life.

• All full-time employees have the option to select from multiple health, dental and vision insurance plan options and optional life, disability, and AD&D insurance.

• We also offer a 401(k) with employer match contributions, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, PTO, corporate holidays and floating holidays, parental leave.

Markel is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of any protected characteristic. This includes race; color; sex; religion; creed; national origin or place of birth; ancestry; age; disability; affectional or sexual orientation; gender expression or identity; genetic information, sickle cell trait, or atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait; refusal to submit to genetic tests or make genetic test results available; medical condition; citizenship status; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, familial status, or family responsibilities; military or veteran status, including unfavorable discharge from military service; personal appearance, height, or weight; matriculation or political affiliation; expunged juvenile records; arrest and court records where prohibited by applicable law; status as a victim of domestic or sexual violence; public assistance status; order of protection status; status as a smoker or nonsmoker; membership or activity in local commissions; the use or nonuse of lawful products off employer premises during non-work hours; declining to attend meetings or participate in communications about religious or political matters; or any other classification protected by applicable law.

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