Director of Underwriting - Workers' Compensation

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Requirements:

• Minimum 10 years of experience writing Workers’ Comp, with 5 years being in upper mid-market or large, risk management accounts
• Must have experience in loss sensitive and retro style business
• 5+ years directly managing teams of underwriters and operations related to underwriting in a production underwriting environment
• A track record of building and maintaining a profitable book of business over $50M in size
• Demonstrated technical knowledge and skills reflective of progression of positions of increasing responsibility
• Strong track record of coaching around production output

Responsibilities:

• Lead and coach a team of 8 production underwriters, providing ongoing direction to enhance underwriting and sales production to achieve business objectives
• Be the first point of contact for underwriting referrals
• Manage & maintain general workload balance across the team
• Ability to analyze complex loss data and work with experience rating and loss rating; familiar with actuarial concepts and ability to work collaboratively
• Build and manage relationships with brokers, through yourself and your team, to grow submission volumes and win business
• Hiring and managing a team of UWs
• Constantly thinking about new ways to increase operational efficiency through technology and/or outsourcing administrative tasks
• Work closely with CUO to develop adaptive strategies that can be quickly adjusted in response to market shifts