Underwriting Manager

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⛰️ Colorado – Remote

⛰️ Colorado – Remote

💵 $140k - $185k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

📋 Underwriter

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UFG Insurance

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1946

💸 Finance

🤝 B2B

Finance • B2B

UFG Insurance is a property and casualty insurance company that provides commercial insurance products and services, including inland marine, commercial property, commercial liability, workers' compensation, surety, excess & surplus, reinsurance and businessowners policies. It focuses on serving businesses—manufacturing, construction, real estate, architects and engineers, heavy equipment dealers and other small to mid-sized enterprises—through agents and brokers, emphasizing claims service, risk control consulting, premium audit and in-house service capabilities.

📋 Description

• Maintain accountability for assigned territory, ensuring profitable growth and achievement of profit and premium plans for prescribed business unit strategies. • Lead a team of underwriters to profitably underwrite complex new and renewal business through risk selection, pricing, contractual integrity, and account management, in accordance with delegated authority, and ensuring regulatory compliance. • Effectively coach and develop the team to execute underwriting technical discipline and established quality standards to: Demonstrate critical thinking in assessing the risk and identifying exposures and controls. • Price risk commensurate with exposures and controls. • Set appropriate terms and conditions to deliver a profitable portfolio. • Document assigned files with underwriting thought process. • Serve as a subject matter expert to assist team members with complex risks. • Through effective portfolio management skills, achieve profit and premium plans for prescribed business unit strategies. • Execution of business plans for achieving established operational plan targets for written premium, loss ratio, renewal retention, pricing, and expense management. • Achieve production goals within assigned territory, leading the team to: Effectively conduct both in-person and virtual sales calls with agencies and insureds. • Prospect and develop a strong pipeline of new business opportunities. • Develop and maintain successful relationships with producers and agencies. • Collaborate with Business Unit and Line of Business underwriting, Sales and Distribution, Underwriting Center, Underwriting Support, Risk Control, Legal, Claims, and other internal partners to ensure optimal stakeholder management. • Exhibit and coach market-facing sales skills such as prospecting, marketing, pipelining, production meetings, developing deep relationships with producers and agencies, increasing UFG’s relevance in the marketplace. • Represent UFG in the marketplace, articulating the company’s capabilities in underwriting, risk control, and claims, across all business units at UFG.

🎯 Requirements

• Four year college degree preferred • Completion of AU Designation, CIC and/or CPCU designations preferred • Leadership/management certification or educational experience preferred • 7+ years commercial lines underwriting experience preferred • Advanced risk evaluation and insurance contract knowledge • Capability to execute current underwriting strategy for assigned territory to make effective underwriting decisions • Ability to lead a team by utilizing skillset of collaboration, persuasion, vision, emotional intelligence, and talent development • Demonstrated success cultivating and maintaining business relationships with key customers to support departmental goals and objectives • Strong leadership skills to include ability to mentor, coach, and train • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while prioritizing and completing work efficiently and effectively • Excellent customer service skills • Effective stakeholder management skills to include the ability to establish high degree of trust with internal and external partners • Analytical and problem-solving skills with an affinity for detailed accuracy • Advanced communication and negotiation skills • Strong time management skills with the ability to meet deadlines and effective dates • Advanced knowledge of agency force and current market environment • Excellent sales skills, with a proven track record of growing a profitable book of business.

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual incentive compensation • Medical, dental, vision & life insurance • Accident, critical Illness & short-term disability insurance • Retirement plans with employer contributions • Generous time-off program • Programs designed to support the employee well-being and financial security.