Underwriter

• Assess adherence to underwriting guidelines, determine the impact of any deficiencies, and develop recommendations for corrective actions.
• Prepare and present trend analysis reports, ensuring the analyses meet all enterprise and regulatory standards and effectively communicate insights to business leadership.
• Track completion of required assessments and follow up with business leadership to address any corrective actions, ensuring consistency in underwriting standards and quality.
• Contribute to the development of underwriting standards, practices, and tools that align with both portfolio and individual risk underwriting practices, including underwriting automation and rules, portfolio controls, and collaboration standards.
• Support and/or lead training sessions designed to improve underwriting quality.
• Assist with inquiries from Enterprise Underwriting, BI Underwriting, BI Product, Corporate Audit, Corporate Compliance, and state regulators regarding issues with assigned portfolio(s).
• Lead or participate in projects to improve quality assurance processes, technology, monitoring, analysis, and communication of results.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Portfolio Manager, BI Loss Sensitive Underwriting Standards – Practices

• Manages an assigned book of pharmacy business with accountability for profitable growth, persistency, and earnings performance.
• Conducts case-specific risk assessments and develops account-level pricing strategies.
• Leads rate development and customer negotiations in collaboration with Sales for complex pharmacy accounts.
• Develops, executes, and monitors account plans to drive growth and profitability.
• Analyzes market trends and competitive dynamics to deliver strategic recommendations on pricing and product positioning.
• Influences underwriting best practices and provides consultative input to matrix partners on product development and pricing strategy.

Pharmacy Risk & Underwriting Lead Analyst

• Managing a specific business line within the National Accounts/03000 segment
• Achieving earnings, persistency, growth, service and expense objectives within the Taft-Hartley and Federal Business organization
• Managing/developing an Underwriting staff
• Supporting the aligned Underwriting Director and other National Accounts Underwriting Directors
• Assisting in broker/client development and handling high risk major impact negotiations directly
• Setting earnings and growth strategies based on understanding of market and industry wide dynamics
• Managing up to 3 or 4 experienced Underwriters
• Assisting in developing and achieving business plans and managing strategic direction.

Senior Risk & Underwriting Manager – Taft-Hartley, Federal Business

• Under direct supervision, underwrites and assesses risk and makes recommendations for less complex accounts in a market segment.
• Establishes effective relationships with customers, agents and brokers.
• Develops consultative sales and marketing skills through their interaction with agents/brokers and via coaching from their manager.
• Develops negotiation skills through their interaction with agents/brokers and via coaching from their manager.
• Develops planning and organization skills necessary to effectively manage desk and assume a territory.
• Effectively collaborates with others on all aspects of job. Understands the need to seek enterprise-wide solutions to business problems.
• Takes initiative for personal development and seeks to learn through underwriting, marketing, and other related opportunities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Underwriting Professional Development Program

• As an underwriting leader, assess, design, implement, and drive successful underwriting strategies and practices, assuming responsibility for countrywide profit and growth objectives.
• Oversee and influence underwriting execution through the most complex individual risk and/or portfolio CUREs as well as through the evaluation of underwriter proficiency and underwriting quality.
• Provide strategic direction and support for team and take responsibility for coaching, training, and performance management.
• Lead the development of key underwriting capabilities and best practices through coaching and trainings while educating underwriters on strategy and guidelines to enhance countrywide efficiency and effectiveness.
• Monitor trends, emerging issues, and underwriting results for national book of business.
• Leverage findings to develop countrywide business strategies and partner with home office and field leadership to drive execution.

AVP, National Underwriting Officer, Inland Marine

• Drive the profitability and growth of our warranty portfolio across several major accounts
• Forecast and manage performance for both new and existing warranty lines spanning corporate and consumer products
• Support delivery of strategic Underwriting objectives within the FY27 OKRs
• Produce profitability and pricing projections for new and existing products, and providing rating and proposition rules to client‑facing teams
• Lead regular modelling and reporting of underwriting performance, recommending actions in response to emerging trends
• Contribute underwriting inputs to financial forecasts, including annual budgets and interim reforecasts
• Set pricing structures that ensure products meet cost and margin targets through accurate costing and modelling
• Conduct advanced data analysis (SQL, Excel, Power BI) to identify trends and inform recommendations
• Ensure compliance with data governance and quality standards
• Drive process improvements through automation and enhanced analytics

Senior Underwriting Analyst

• Manage assigned portfolio to achieve premium and profitability goals
• Underwrite applications in accordance with guidelines
• Develop and maintain producer relationships

Underwriting Consultant, Commercial Middle Market

• Preparing term sheets for early-stage deals and assisting with presentation materials when needed.
• Managing deal structuring negotiations, leading borrowers and senior lenders through how PACE can be a value-add in development project capital stacks.
• Leveraging third-party market research, such as CoStar, to support underwriting assumptions.
• Identifying transaction risks and tracking exceptions to Nuveen Green Capital’s underwriting criteria.
• Drafting and presenting credit memos to obtain credit approval, interfacing with Nuveen Green Capital’s credit team to troubleshoot underwriting concerns.
• Completing loan files accurately and thoroughly.
• Leading a diverse pipeline of C-PACE projects of various complexity, triaging and prioritizing the most impactful next steps for the overall pipeline.
• Communicating internally with originations, credit, legal, and asset management teams and externally with clients and partners to keep the deal team on track for key milestones and closing.
• Working with mortgage holders (where applicable) to gain consent for C-PACE financing.
• Supporting relationships with developers, brokers, mortgage lenders and other industry stakeholders.
• Preparing for client meetings, including development of background material and presentations.
• Increasing market awareness of Nuveen Green Capital.
• Going above and beyond to ensure a positive customer experience, creatively solving challenging problems, and enthusiastically supporting Nuveen Green Capital’s mission to be the Lender of Choice for our clients and partners.
• Coaches and reviews the work of lower level professionals to ensure high-quality and timely completion of projects.

Associate Director, CPACE Underwriting Transaction Management

• Develop and grow a profitable non-admitted property insurance portfolio for U.S. middle and upper middle market accounts in the Northeast region
• Create business plans with Distribution
• Build broker relationships
• Underwrite and negotiate property coverage
• Monitor portfolio performance
• Identify opportunities to drive growth and differentiation

AVP, Property Underwriting

• Calculates renewal rates for large complex cases based on thorough analysis of experience, location, demographics, etc.
• Coordinates with other departments to ensure accuracy and consistency of overall account reporting.
• Prepares or supervises preparation of annual settlements, ERISA reports, rate projections, or benefit change increments and decrements.
• Surveys existing product portfolios by market, monitors sales results, trends and needs, recommends product portfolio changes.
• Assists in establishing rating and administrative procedures.
• Participates in major multi-functional teams as underwriting representative.
• Assists in the technical development of underwriting associates, which may include monitoring reports and work flow to provide recommendations on productivity and efficiency improvements.
• Updates and monitors departmental processes and procedures in compliance with system, regulatory and business requirements.

Group Underwriting Consultant

• Manage program/contract level lifecycle including input all required underwriting submissions, quotes, declines, and bind details accurately and promptly into the appropriate underwriting systems
• Adjust earned premium income, processing premium and non-premium bearing endorsements, addressing discrepancies by liaising with underwriter, broker, client or internal teams across Sompo
• Maintain accurate file documentation in accordance with company guidelines
• Produce reporting in support of normal duties or on demand underwriter requests
• Communicate with clients, brokers, and underwriters to gather additional information, clarify details, and address inquiries regarding underwriting submissions
• Collaborate with underwriting team members to relay information, coordinate tasks, and support the overall underwriting process
• Assist with internal and external audits by providing documentation and information related to underwriting activities
• Deliver excellent customer service as well as displaying a sense of urgency when addressing inquiries, resolving issues to ensure a positive experience for clients and stakeholders

Underwriting Assistant Analyst

• Understand and analyze business reports needed in the underwriting processes
• Responsible for all risk selection/rejection, pricing, retention, growth, and profitability for their branch office
• Assess risk quality in compliance with company guidelines
• Review the underwriting of others and make recommendations for extending surety credit
• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Communicate effectively
• Deliver exceptional customer service

Commercial Surety Underwriting Specialist

• Facilitate end-to-end Non-standard Clinical Performance Guarantee (PG) processes, including intake, business and RFP responses, tracking, and approval
• Partner with Sales, Underwriting, Product, and Clinical teams to analyze results and communicate risks and opportunities
• Provide subject matter expertise on PG processes, contract language, and reporting requirements
• Provide Medical and Dental Census rating reports by analyzing, scrubbing, coding, and loading census data to support Underwriting rating and quoting activities
• Support Supplemental Health Solutions Underwriting through preparation of census files and pre-sale documentation
• Manage and maintain a limited book of business
• Perform routine maintenance, report preparation and/or issue resolution efficiently
• Complete Rate Action Forms (RAF)
• Interact with matrix partners in the coordination/accurate completion of RAFs to effectively communicate sold plan information
• Produce accurate timely year-end settlement financials and Form 5500 reporting for our clients
• Build and maintain effective relationships with Underwriting and Sales partners
• Participate in committees and projects to drive process improvements and efficiencies across the organization

Underwriting Account Analyst

• Identify and support the development of underwriting and product strategies and solutions to improve existing processes and develop new capabilities to optimize business performance.
• Contribute to the implementation and enhancement of underwriting-centric capabilities in support of customer growth, retention, profitability, and underwriting excellence.
• Manage such initiatives through collaborative partnerships with Underwriting and other functional groups (i.e., Product Management, Actuarial, Operations, Risk Control, Claim, etc.).
• Serve as a subject matter expert for the Business Capabilities Office, Technology, and other functional partners in the development and implementation of capabilities, enhancements, and defect management.
• Support the execution, monitoring, and analysis of new business underwriting rules and triage processes, including data and analytics functions that inform rule performance and triage effectiveness.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Manager, Select Underwriting – Model and Triage

• The Underwriting Specialist is a key member of the Underwriting team reporting to the Regional Underwriting Manager.
• The primary goal of this position is to profitably grow a book of business by actively partnering with brokers and working effectively with colleagues throughout the organization.
• This person will plan and budget for the book of business, develop and maintain broker relationships, and execute underwriting decisions.
• Underwriting Specialists are able to handle the large, complex accounts, and are expected to handle key relationships with a broker at the principle and PL manager level as well as drive business in the door through active engagement with COIs.
• Responsible for new and renewal underwriting execution, including selecting risks in line with PURE’s strategy and underwriting guidelines, operating within authority and documentation guidelines and following up on accounts and closing new business.
• Responsible for delivering excellent referral service to more junior Underwriters on the Underwriting team, and assisting in their development.
• Command of their book of business and ability to clearly identify and address profitability and growth issues and implement effective profit improvement strategies with minimal outside support.

Underwriting Specialist

• Independently underwrites complex and high-severity professional liability risks within granted authority and established guidelines
• Evaluates risk characteristics, coverage structures, pricing, and terms to support profitable and sustainable growth
• Provides technical input into underwriting guidelines, policy forms, endorsements, and rating tools
• Reviews non-standard or escalated submissions and provides expert recommendations
• Participates in claim reviews and applies claim learnings to underwriting decision-making
• Maintains accountability for the performance of the assigned book of business
• Reviews portfolio, rate, retention, and loss trends; identifies emerging risks or opportunities
• Recommends underwriting actions or adjustments to appetite, terms, or pricing based on market and portfolio insight
• Partners with underwriting leadership to support financial targets and portfolio objectives
• Develops and manages strong working relationships with key brokers, producers, and customers
• Serves as a senior technical and market-facing representative of TDCSU
• Supports new business development efforts through technical credibility, responsiveness, and consultative engagement
• Participates in broker meetings, presentations, and market visits as needed
• Contributes underwriting expertise to product development, segment strategy, and planning efforts
• Provides informed insight to underwriting leadership regarding market conditions, competition, and emerging trends
• Collaborates cross-functionally with claims, operations, actuarial, and distribution partners to support underwriting outcomes
• Promotes strong underwriting discipline and consistency across the organization
• Demonstrates and promotes TDC values and professional standards
• Serves as an informal mentor and technical resource to peers and junior underwriters
• Shares best practices, underwriting judgment, and market insights to elevate overall underwriting capability
• Fosters a collaborative, high-performance underwriting culture

VP Underwriting

• Achieving earnings, persistency, growth, service and expense objectives within South Texas
• Assisting/developing and achieving business plans
• Setting strategic direction and managing/developing an Underwriting staff
• Meeting key brokers, sales offices and target clients to assess market trends
• Developing strategic focus and adjusting market goals as necessary
• Assisting in broker/client development and handling high risk major impact negotiations directly
• Responsibilities span all products offered including specialty products

Risk & Underwriting Manager

• Lead development and execution of the Captives underwriting strategic plan and operating routines.
• Drive underwriting excellence through clear appetite, authority, referral governance, and quality assurance.
• Partner with Operations, Finance, Actuarial, Claims, Risk Engineering, Credit Risk, and Reinsurance Accounting partners to improve end-to-end outcomes.
• Advance data, dashboarding, and forecasting capabilities to strengthen portfolio decisions and growth execution.
• Champion technology modernization and workflow simplification to increase underwriter capacity and scalability.
• Build and sustain a talent model that develops loss-sensitive expertise and mitigates key-person and retirement risk.
• Own (with Captives business leadership) the operating plan results for the Captives portfolio (rate achievement, retention, new business, and profitability).
• Develop execution strategies to deliver plan commitments and monitor trends to proactively address variances in financial results.

Captives Underwriting Officer

• Lead and support a high-performing team responsible for underwriting and selling profitable Stop Loss business.
• Partner with Actuarial, Underwriting and Advanced Analytics leadership to design and execute strategies aligned with business goals.
• Build strong relationships with Sales and Distribution teams to support strategic growth and retention efforts.
• Hire, develop, and retain top underwriting talent; foster a culture of learning, performance, and accountability.
• Support in departmental and team projects.
• Serve as a technical expert and advisor on complex underwriting cases.
• Drive consistency and compliance in underwriting practices and procedures.
• Support broker meetings and client engagements to help deliver Sun Life’s value proposition.
• Continuously evaluate and improve underwriting approaches through training, quality reviews, and feedback loops.
• Champion a high-performance culture through clear goals, accountability, and recognition.

Associate Director, Underwriting

• Execute quality reviews by reconstructing Employee Benefits underwriting cases to validate adherence to compliance and regulatory standards, pricing protocols, underwriting standards, documentation protocols and guidelines.
• Perform targeted audits on emerging trends, areas of concern or process changes to inform Risk Management practices and guidelines.
• Complete root cause analysis on quality reviews and audit results by evaluating data for quality trends and opportunities from multiple sources including, but not limited to independently run reports.
• Deliver meaningful feedback in a respectable manner to Underwriters and or their leaders when reporting Quality results, trends, and recommendations.
• Support Strategic Reserve by underwriting cases during peak periods; collaborate effectively with business customers (Underwriting & Sales) to meet customer deadlines.
• Identify learning opportunities based on quality findings: prepare and present training materials when applicable.
• Lead or participate in strategic initiatives exhibiting thought leadership by providing insightful input and expertise to influence and deliver optimal business outcomes.
• Function as an Underwriting Subject Matter Expert: stay current with guideline, best practice, tool and system enhancements.
• Competently articulate enhancements to Underwriters to ensure consistency across the organization when deviations are identified.
• Effectively coach and mentor Underwriters, provide insightful and comprehensive consultations, tailor conversations based on individual needs to instill expertise among our Underwriting organization.
• Manage own time and workload efficiently: balance multiple priorities to fulfill all commitments within established timeframes.

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