Middle Market Team Lead

Middle Market Team Lead

Requirements

• Four-year college degree, preferably in Business, Economics or Legal.
• Ten years of prior underwriting experience in middle market or large commercial casualty UW business.
• Technical Knowledge – have the requisite knowledge and skills to utilize pricing tools and underwriting authority to make informed and appropriate decisions leading to profitable results.
• Communication & Presentation – ability to express ideas and messages in a clear and concise fashion both written and verbal.
• Influence Skills – ability to persuade and motivate others to be prepared and decisive in their day to day work.
• Leading Others – ability to effectively lead others and delegate assignments while holding people accountable for positive results.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of underwriting professionals to effectively manage a portfolio of new and renewal business in accordance with our strategy and profitability goals.
• Mentor and lead team in negotiating pricing, terms and conditions commensurate with risk quality and loss experience.
• Build and sustain meaningful broker relationships for given territory with consistent visibility and accessibility to these trading partners.
• Augment training conducted by Chief Underwriting Office to ensure team members are knowledgeable and capable in their respective roles.
• Effectively manage referrals from team members within your grant of underwriting authority in a decisive and timely fashion.
• Source and hire new employees as needed and consistently performance manage team members to develop their skills for larger responsibilities.
• Mentor and develop team members to profitably underwrite and manage their portfolio.
• Ensure that underwriting decisions comply with our governance framework including underwriting authority, pricing tools and rules and regulations mandated by Department of Insurance personnel.
• Stay apprised of changing market conditions to both seize opportunities and/or minimize risk in alignment with profitability goals.
• In parallel with Distribution colleagues, represent Arch Underwriters, Inc. in a positive and professional manner while expecting the same from team members.
• Establish positive working relationships both externally with broker and insureds while also maintaining positive relationship with colleagues in Operations, Engineering and Claims to meet or exceed customer expectations.
• Motivate and inspire team members to be students of the package underwriting business while also modeling a culture where learning and development is core value.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.