Personal Lines Underwriting Manager

Personal Lines Underwriting Manager Company American Modern Insurance Group Location Cincinnati , United States

Location: current schedule is hybrid (40-50% in the Amelia, Ohio office)

Exempt position

American Modern Insurance Group, Inc., a Munich Re company, is a widely recognized specialty insurance leader that delivers products and services for residential property - such as manufactured homes and specialty dwellings - and the recreational market, including boats, personal watercraft, classic cars, and more. We provide specialty product solutions that cover what the competition often can't. We write admitted products in all 50 states and have a premium volume of $1.9 billion.

Headquartered in Amelia, Ohio, and with associates located across the United States, we are part of Munich Re's Global Specialty Insurance division. Our employees receive boundless opportunity to grow their careers and make a difference every day - all in a flexible environment that helps them succeed both at work and at home.

Purpose:

Develop talent and drive key deliverables for Personal Lines Underwriting to ensure sound quality decisions and support top-line growth and bottom-line profitability objectives. Lead a team of Personal Lines Residential Underwriters to deliver (1) underwriting quality that achieves American Modern's profitable growth goals, (2) underwriting production and service level targets that produce a meaningful collaboration and relationships with American Modern Sales Partners, and (3) develops our people to achieve their career goals.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Coach Associates to ensure a combination of logic, analysis, experience, wisdom and underwriting methods are consistently used to make sound, timely decision to solve problems
• Support adherence to risk management policies and procedures
• Manage service level objectives and risk quality selection
• Network with other functional departments to resolve issues and build a team-oriented approach
• Foster an environment that includes active listening, team building, and dynamic dialog resulting in increased employee engagement
• Lead process improvement and workflow efficiency initiatives
• Ensure a culture of compliance through systems, audit, and training
• Performance management through continuous conversations and associate development
• Support sales and business development both internally and externally
• Utilize data and analytics to manage performance and drive efficiencies
• Drive strategic vision and lead projects for Personal Lines Underwriting
• Other duties as assigned

Required Technical Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills,
• Leadership
• Time management,
• Process improvement skills,
• Advanced experience with MS Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook,
• Project Management,
• Organizational agility
• Preferred: Cognos, Power BI

Skills / Knowledge / Experience:

Personal Lines Underwriting Manager

• Required: 5+ years of underwriting experience.
• Strongly Preferred: 2+ years supervising exempt associates, teams or process, preferably in underwriting

Personal Lines Underwriting Director

• Required: 10+ years of underwriting experience.
• Strongly Preferred: 5+ years supervising exempt associates, teams or process, preferably in underwriting

Education, Certifications & Designations:

Bachelor's Degree, Supervisor's certification, CPCU or other industry coursework/designation

We are proud to offer our employees, their domestic partners, and their children, a wide range of insurance benefits:

• Two options for your health insurance plan (PPO or High Deductible)
• Prescription drug coverage (included in your health insurance plan)
• Vision and dental insurance plans
• Short and Long Term Disability coverage
• Supplemental Life and AD&D plans that you can purchase for yourself and dependents (includes spouse/domestic partner and children)
• Voluntary Benefit plans that supplement your health and life insurance plans (Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity)

In addition to the above insurance offerings, our employees also enjoy:

• A robust 401k plan with up to a 5% employer match
• A retirement savings plan that is 100% company funded
• Paid time off that begins with 24 days each year, with more days added when you celebrate milestone service anniversaries
• Eligibility to receive a yearly bonus as a Munich Re employee
• A variety of health and wellness programs provided at no cost
• A hybrid environment that gives you a choice in where and how you get work done
• A corporately subsidized on-site cafeteria as well as a We Proudly Serve coffee shop
• An on-site complimentary workout facility as well as walking trails on campus grounds
• On-site wellness center complete with nurse practitioner
• Financial assistance for adoptions and infertility treatment
• Paid time off for eligible family care needs
• Tuition assistance and educational achievement bonuses
• Free parking
• A corporate matching gifts program that further enhances your charitable donation
• Paid time off to volunteer in your community

At American Modern, a subsidiary of Munich Re, we see Diversity and Inclusion as a solution to the challenges and opportunities all around us. Our goal is to foster an inclusive culture and build a workforce that reflects the customers we serve and the communities in which we live and work. We strive to provide a workplace where all of our colleagues feel respected, valued and empowered to achieve their very best every day. We recruit and develop talent with a focus on providing our customers the most innovative products and services.

We are an equal opportunity employer. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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