Underwriter Team Lead for Vacant Building & Builder’s Risk – Location: Plano TX & Philadelphia PA
January 25, 2021
General Description
The Underwriter Team Lead will work with Program Leadership to underwrite and lead a team of Underwriters focused on our Vacant Building, Builder’s Risk program. Serves as a leader providing technical support, training, and problem solving for underwriters on an ongoing basis.
Primary Responsibilities
- Great opportunity for a leader in commercial underwriting
- Underwriter Team Lead will focus on higher valued risk within the program
- Provide guidance to junior level underwriters
- Underwrite and document new and renewal policy transactions within authority
- Effectively manages and oversees direct reports
- Manages rating rules
- Monitors data entry and processing to ensure data integrity
- Communicates with agents, brokers and internal sales team to obtain information needed to underwriter risks, respond to questions and address issues
- Develop and maintain strong relationship and credibility with Sales Executives/Account Managers
- Provide periodic product/underwriting training
- Review underwriting requirements; refers applications or endorsement request to carrier for review and sign off
- Conduct regular audits with Underwriting Manager
- Work with Program Leadership to maintain Program Guidelines and Applications
- Work with IT to implement program objectives
- Participate in other company projects and new initiatives
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum 5 years of underwriting experience
- Strong underwriting background
- Management experience preferred
- Property and/or Package Underwriting background preferred
- Insurance license, AU, CIC or comparable designations preferred
- Analytical and quantitative skills
- Must be self driven detail oriented & possess strong organizational skills including time-management and prioritization
- Strong verbal and written communication skills