AVP of Underwriting

🔥 23 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $150k - $180k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

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Great American Insurance Group

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5001 - 10000 employees

🛡️ Insurance

🤝 B2B

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Great American Insurance Group is a U. S. -based specialty insurance company that provides a wide range of commercial insurance products and services to businesses and niche industries. With more than 150 years of history and headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio, Great American offers tailored coverages including property & inland marine, equine mortality, transportation, professional liability, trade credit, cyber risk, and employer health solutions through numerous specialty divisions and international branches. It is a group of insurance companies that are subsidiaries of American Financial Group and emphasizes financial strength, claims expertise, and industry-focused underwriting for primarily business customers.

📋 Description

• Lead underwriting team operations, optimize workflows, and maintain high standards for productivity, quality, and service • Develop and implement underwriting strategies aligned with division goals, growth objectives, and financial targets • Evaluate the quality, volume, and performance of underwritten risks and communicate findings through clear, actionable reporting • Balance risk selection, premium adequacy, and loss ratio performance in business decisions • Cultivate strategic relationships with internal partners, customers, brokers, and other external stakeholders • Establish expectations, provide coaching, and develop underwriting talent • Ensure underwriting decisions are documented and comply with applicable state and federal insurance requirements • Lead assessment of renewals and policy modifications to improve performance and mitigate risk • Oversee customer service delivery and implement improvements based on service levels, operational activity, and customer experience • Maintain and enhance underwriting guidelines, rules, rating methodologies, and procedures • Collaborate across functions to improve underwriting processes, portfolio management, and division initiatives • Perform other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, risk management and insurance, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience • Generally, a minimum of 13 years of underwriting or related experience • At least six years of leadership experience • Demonstrated ability to lead underwriting operations, develop talent, and translate business objectives into effective underwriting strategies • Strong knowledge of risk evaluation, pricing, portfolio performance, and regulatory compliance • Effective analytical, decision-making, communication, and relationship-management skills • Experience in group health, medical stop loss, level-funded plans, or a closely related market is strongly preferred • Completion of, or continued progress toward, a relevant professional designation is preferred • Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical coverage • Dental coverage • Vision coverage • Wellness plans • Parental leave • Adoption assistance • Tuition reimbursement • Paid Time Off • Paid holidays • 401(k) plan with company match • Employee stock purchase plan • Commuter benefits

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