Underwriting Director/Manager, Commercial Habitational

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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MSI

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1001 - 5000 employees

🏭 Manufacturing

📦 Logistics

🔧 Hardware

Manufacturing • Logistics • Hardware

MSI is a global technology company that designs and manufactures high-performance computer hardware and systems for gaming, professional, and industrial markets. It produces gaming laptops, GPUs (e. g. , GeForce RTX series), motherboards, peripherals and consumer software, and also offers AIoT and industrial solutions such as embedded boards and systems, servers and networking, autonomous mobile robots, rugged tablets, vehicle infotainment and telematics, and EV charging products. MSI provides ODM and professional design/manufacturing services, product support and customer programs for both consumer and commercial customers.

📋 Description

• Lead, manage, and develop a team of underwriters, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development • Drive the creation and growth of Commercial Habitational programs with a high degree of autonomy and decision-making authority • Set underwriting strategy, risk appetite, and pricing guidelines for the commercial habitational book • Own portfolio growth, rate adequacy, and loss ratio results • Underwrite and produce new and complex habitational accounts, including risk selection, negotiation of terms and conditions, and account pricing • Provide referral and escalation authority for the broader underwriting team • Monitor market trends and competitive activity and translate insights into underwriting guidelines, product enhancements, and go-to-market strategy • Build and maintain senior-level relationships with brokers, agencies, and reinsurance partners • Serve as MSI’s primary point of contact for strategic accounts and drive new business production across the team’s territory • Ensure issued policies comply with carrier and reinsurance requirements • Partner with Legal, Compliance, and Reinsurance on treaty terms, audits, and regulatory matters • Establish and enforce underwriting guidelines, authority levels, and quality-control standards • Partner with senior leadership on business planning, budgeting, and goal-setting • Report regularly on production, profitability, and team performance against plan

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a Business, Economics, Marketing or Engineering field, or equivalent years’ experience • 10+ years of Commercial underwriting experience within an insurance carrier, MGA / program administrator, or agency / brokerage, including substantial experience underwriting large or complex accounts • Significant E&S commercial underwriting experience required; habitational experience strongly preferred • 5+ years of experience directly managing and developing underwriting staff, with a demonstrated track record of building high-performing teams and holding direct reports accountable to production and profitability goals • Demonstrated ability to set underwriting strategy and risk appetite, and to own profit-and-loss outcomes for a book of business • Ability to demonstrate a sense of urgency to resolve problems and meet broker and market expectations of service • Above-average technical aptitude with proven capability to work effectively across multiple systems, tools, and digital platforms • Experience working with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook) • Excellent oral and written communication skills • Ability to travel approximately 1-2 times per month to visit agents, brokers, and reinsurance partners and/or attend team meetings • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and collaborate effectively with colleagues • Proven ability to work effectively in a remote environment, demonstrating strong self-management and accountability • Willingness to travel up to 25% as needed

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work arrangement • Travel opportunities to visit agents, brokers, and reinsurance partners and/or attend team meetings