Responsibilities

• Underwrite new business, renewal business, and endorsement referrals.
• Achieve financial targets for overall growth and profitability.
• Drives execution of plans to achieve results.
• Collaborates with and provides oversight to the junior underwriting staff on portfolio management and strategic underwriting decisions to ensure production, financial and underwriting objectives with respect to profitability are achieved.
• Assures compliance with corporate and regulatory requirements and ensures the integrity of underwriting discipline by identifying underwriting issues.
• Develop new business opportunities with new and existing agents. Build strong partnerships and promote the Hanover franchise.
• Provides input and may assist in broader strategy formulation with primary focus on execution of strategies.
• Identify and drive enhanced business opportunities and create growth within other lines of business and customer segments.
• Utilize our value proposition to enhance agency economics, partner conversion and product specialization in partnership with local management.
• Prioritizes and drives effective relationship management and producer activities to build trust, facilitate negotiation, and secure commitment in order to improve yield and retention ratios.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or experience equivalent; professional designations preferred.
• 10+ years of Inland Marine underwriting experience, with broad underwriting experience across numerous classes of business.
• Strong proficiency with specific knowledge in the areas of underwriting, book management, marketing, and product development.
• Ability to effectively coach underwriters and balance multiple priorities in a dynamic and very fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication skills are essential; effective face-to-face interactions and presentations to groups, as well as strong phone skills, along with sound written communications, including impeccable follow through.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate and influence across multiple levels of the organization within senior and field management and underwriters.
• High degree of business, insurance and marketplace knowledge.
• Ability to travel by plane or car as needed.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• 401K with a company match
• Tuition reimbursement
• PTO
• Company paid holidays
• Flexible work arrangements
• Cultural Awareness Day in support of IDE
• On-site medical/wellness center (Worcester only)
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