Underwriting Manager Beecher Carlson

Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Conducts underwriting and loss control reviews (audits) and other technical quality review programs.
Analyzes qualitative and quantitative data prepared by underwriters and uses letters of authority to provide approval for risk selection and acceptance, coverage, and price. Recommends creative alternatives in regards to rating plans, coverages, and payment plans.
Actively manages team to deliver timely, high quality and profitable products and services to assigned agents. Hires and trains team members. Uses the objective setting and performance evaluation processes to ensure employees understand the expectations, receive regular feedback, have professional development plans and are appropriately rewarded. Deals decisively with performance and/or conduct issues using the performance management process.
Develops and maintains effective business relationships with internal and external clients in order to attract, develop and retain profitable business for assigned book of business. Interprets, explains and markets all products and services. Interacts frequently with brokers.
Participates with senior management in initiatives around product development, processes, underwriting policy and strategy; recommends/implements changes to improve productivity, profitability, growth and the quality of assigned book of business.
Analyzes quality and quantity of risks underwritten and prepares reports accordingly. Reviews book profit/growth results and trends to recommend and implement action plans to produce profitable underwriting results.
Effectively builds and maintains timely, accurate, and required information for accounts; ensures that staff understands the need for accurate documentation and makes it a priority.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Bachelor's degree or equivalent training, plus at least 7 years of progressively more responsible commercial property/casualty underwriting and book of business management experience required.
CPCU/AU/ARM/CIC designation highly preferred.
Ability to organize, lead and get work done through others with effective communication and interpersonal skills
In depth knowledge of insurance, products and marketing techniques, insurance contracts, funding and rating
Advanced analytical skills to interpret business information drawn from multiple sources to make critical account decisions regarding quality of risk

Location:	Denver, CO United States