**Farm and Ranch Underwriting Manager**:
**WE OFFER**:
**Purpose**:
Oversees work processes and key deliverables for Specialty Clients related to Underwriting to ensure sound risk selection decisions and to support top-line growth and bottom-line profitability objectives.**Roles & Responsibilities**:
- Ensure adherence to underwriting letters of authority and provide consultation on issues in accordance with such authority.
- Participate in the due diligence and onboarding of new program opportunities.
- Develop and maintain Underwriting Guidelines for programs
- Coach Associates to ensure a combination of logic, analysis, experience, wisdom and underwriting methods are consistently used to make sound, timely decision to solve problems
- Support adherence to risk management policies and procedures
- Manage service level objectives and risk quality selection
- Collaboration with internal and external partners to resolve issues and build a team-oriented approach
- Foster an environment that includes active listening, team building, and dynamic dialog resulting in increased employee engagement
- Lead process improvement and workflow efficiency initiatives
- Ensure a culture of compliance through systems, audit, and training. Development of proper control framework for Specialty Clients Underwriting.
- Performance management through continuous conversations and associate development
- Utilize data and analytics to manage performance and drive efficiencies
- Drive strategic vision and lead projects for Specialty Clients
**WE EXPECT**:
**Qualifications**:
- Bachelor’s Degree, Supervisor’s certification, CPCU or other industry coursework/designation is required
- 7+ years of underwriting experience
- 2+ years supervising exempt associates, teams, or process preferably in underwriting is required
- Farm & Ranch experience required
- Detail-oriented; strong analytical skills and excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Have excellent leadership skills Possess excellent time management skills
- Has the ability to demonstrate process improvement skills
- Advanced experience with MS Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook,
- Project Management
- Excellent organizational skills; ability to take initiative and work independently as well as in a team setting
- Preferred: Cognos, Power BI
American Modern, a subsidiary of Munich Re, we see Diversity and Inclusion as a solution to the challenges and opportunities all around us. Our goal is to foster an inclusive culture and build a workforce that reflects the customers we serve and the communities in which we live and work. We strive to provide a workplace where all of our colleagues feel respected, valued and empowered to achieve their very best every day. We recruit and develop talent with a focus on providing our customers the most innovative products and services.
- We are an equal opportunity employer. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.American Modern is a widely recognized, national leader in the specialty insurance business. With close to 50 years of experience in the manufactured housing insurance sector, the company delivers specialized products and services for residential property and the recreational market. One of our newest lines is pet health insurance. The company is headquartered in suburban Cincinnati, Ohio.
American Modern is licensed in all 50 states and offers insurance products through a number of property and casualty companies which serve more than 1.7 million policyholders. As part of its parent company, American Modern’s companies are rated A+ (Superior) by the A.M. Best Company an independent analyst of the insurance industry, and is also a Ward’s 50® Top Performer another well-regarded industry standard of stability and excellence.
American Modern joined Munich Re as a key part of the world reinsurance leader’s North American insurance operations in April 2008. Munich Re has approximately 47,000 employees in over 50 locations throughout the world and operates in all lines of insurance. It is among the top 100 companies on the Forbes Global 500 list.
📌 Farm and Ranch Underwriting Manager
🏢 American Modern Insurance Group
📍 Amelia