Serve as the strategic, operational, and motivational leader of Underwriting in support of delivering profitable growth and providing excellent community, employee, and customer relations.
- Lead underwriting contact within assigned region.
- Responsible for strategically building a territory.
- Manage profit, loss, growth, rate and retention results for assigned territory.
- Create new agency relationships and maintain existing relationships.
- Lead agency distribution within assigned territory.
- Develop marketing strategies.
- Underwrite and manage assigned book of business.
- Manage and monitor overall pricing practices and targets.
- Sales and marketing efforts as needed to build assigned region to include product presentations, agency product training, etc.
- Delegate underwriting authority and monitor compliance within assigned region.
- Manage treaty reinsurance coverage placement and adequacy
- Provide leadership and direction on business opportunities, pricing, retention analysis, loss control needs, and account stewardship
- Conduct audits for quality control and conduct training where needed.
- Prepare, assign and conduct performance appraisals for direct reports.
- Establish development plans for individual team members and direct reports.
- Participate in Claim Review Meetings when applicable.
- Visit and develop rapport with key existing and prospective agents, as appropriate.
May perform other functions as assigned