The Senior Production Underwriter is primarily responsible for:

Risk Evaluation:
Selection, retention, and pricing of new and existing business in accordance with the company’s underwriting philosophy and guidelines.

Broker Relationships:
Proactively develops and fosters positive, professional relationships with the company’s agency partners to promote the company’s products and services.

Premium Growth:
Works closely with Field Sales Managers on broker plan management (e.g., generation of submissions, target quote and bind ratios, co‑developing agency business plans and incentives).

Underwriting Profit:
Collaborates with Field Sales Managers to achieve pricing and commission targets that support the company’s profitability objectives.

Key functions include but are not limited to:

• Underwrite new and renewal business in alignment with company guidelines, authority levels, and risk‑selection philosophy.
• Build and maintain strong, professional relationships with agency partners, providing timely, ethical, and solutions‑focused support.
• Educate agents on underwriting appetite, pricing expectations, and submission requirements.
• Monitor key performance metrics for assigned agencies, including premium goals, business mix, and quote-to-bind ratios.
• Drive growth by actively seeking quality new business opportunities and following up on quoted accounts.
• Travel to agency locations as needed to provide field underwriting, quoting, and relationship management.
• Review claims activity, inspection reports, and loss control recommendations, taking appropriate action on in‑force policies.
• Collaborate with internal departments to resolve policy issues and ensure smooth account handling.
• Oversee policy changes and delegate tasks to underwriting support staff as appropriate.
• Mentor and provide training to junior team members.