Berkley Aspire is passionate about making excess and surplus lines business easy to transact.  We differentiate ourselves by continually innovating to bring market-leading technology and services to our agents and their clients. 

From direct bill with installments, to not requiring renewal applications for 80% of our small business policies, we focus on making it easy, expeditious, and efficient for agents and consumers.

Berkley Aspire writes from small, minimum premium, policies to accounts over six figures.  We offer General Liability, Property, Inland Marine and Excess policies through Berkley appointed agencies in 49 states.

Benefit Highlights
• Aspire offers Medical, Dental and Vision coverage. Our onsite Scottsdale, AZ Wellness Center and companywide Employee Assistance Program are free to employees and are here to support your overall well-being. Our flexible work schedule with a work-from-home day means you can balance work and life like a pro.
• Our Health Savings Accounts have automatic company contributions if you sign up, and we offer Flexible Spending Accounts, STD, LTD, life insurance policies, and more. Plus, we offer a 401(k) program, profit-sharing program, and stock purchase plan – investing in your future has never been so rewarding.
• We've got you covered with competitive paid time off, paid sick time, and 12 weeks of paid parental leave. Plus, you get paid holidays, a floating holiday, and paid volunteer time – because giving back to the community is important to us at Aspire!
• Come grow with us! Level up with company sponsored conferences, tuition assistance, and industry-related education and exams. We have many internal promotional growth opportunities – because we believe in growing together.
• We believe in working hard and playing hard. We embrace team building and are enthusiastic about sponsoring fun activities inside and outside of the office. Our Plum Benefits program gives you cost-free access to thousands of exclusive travel and entertainment discounts – it's like a VIP pass to fun.

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Berkley Aspire is seeking an E&S Renewal Underwriting Manager to lead its renewals team.  This is an exciting and highly visible opportunity to lead a team within a dynamic, growing organization!

This role can be located on a hybrid schedule in one of Aspire's three offices - Scottsdale AZ, Glen Allen, VA, or West Chester OH.  We will consider a remote arrangement for the right candidate.

The Renewal Underwriting Manager will oversee the underwriting support functions within the underwriting department and directly supervise the Renewal Underwriter team.  They are responsible for oversight of all workflows and processes in support of the renewal underwriting teams.

The Renewal Underwriting Manager will work closely with the Underwriting leadership team to implement and execute Aspire’s Commercial Underwriting strategy to drive profitable growth and achieve business unit objectives.

Specific Duties

• Evaluate, accept, reject or modify risks within established underwriting guidelines and authority. Comply with company policies, procedures and rating plans when evaluating and managing risk.
• Responds to internal and external client inquiries.
• Monitor the workloads of Renewal Underwriters and make appropriate adjustments as needed to ensure all transactions are processed within company established service standards.
• Review and underwrite fast track and non-fast track renewals as needed, based upon authority granted, achieving renewal premium retention and rate change objectives.
• Provide subject matter expertise on systems, processes and procedures.
• Serve as the first point of contact for assigned team members as well as a referral authority as needed for the Renewal Underwriting team.
• Coach, train and mentor the Renewal Underwriting team including training of new hires and ongoing/continuing education of existing staff. Provide situational coaching and mentoring.
• Evaluate, monitor and recommend improvements to current processes and workflows to gain efficiencies for underwriting functions. Works with underwriting management to update processes, guidelines, procedures, workflows and training materials as needed.
• Performs research on issues and analyzes data to provide proposed solutions. Escalates proposed solutions to issues impacting performance of the Renewal Underwriting team.
• Participate in quality control reviews of staff on a regular and ongoing basis. Provide appropriate training and guidance to team as a result of the outcome of the quality control reviews.
• Work with the Core Underwriting Leadership to ensure underwriting objectives are being met.
• Works with team to boost morale, be a role model, and provide positive reinforcement.
• Continues to increase underwriting knowledge and skills. This may be done through formal education (AINS, ASLI, CPCU, CIC).

May perform other functions as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree preferred and 5 plus years related insurance experience - excess and surplus experience is highly preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Leadership experience - preferably formal, but we are open to candidates with informal mentoring and leadership experience as well.
• Must have strong customer service background in a professional environment.
• Entrepreneurial qualities, such as trying innovative solutions, resiliency to change and recognizing what is most important to get done.
• Fosters teamwork. Provides welcoming open, honest, respectful and constructive feedback
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both written and oral form.