Underwriter

• Lead state filing operations- build, manage, and develop the team responsible for drafting, maintaining, and submitting Root’s rating rules, underwriting guidelines, forms, and related state-specific filing materials; set clear expectations for quality, timeliness, documentation, and market ownership.
• Drive operational excellence- establish disciplined operating rhythms, milestone plans, dependency tracking, and status visibility for filing revisions and implementations from intake through approval and launch; identify risks early and keep critical workstreams unblocked.
• Own filing submission execution- oversee the team responsible for preparation and submission of filings through online filing submission systems, ensuring filing packages are complete, internally aligned, accurately documented, and supported by appropriate state-specific context.
• Coordinate cross-functional delivery- manage across State Management, Actuarial, Product, Legal, Compliance, Underwriting, and other partner teams to ensure the right resources are engaged at the right time and accountable to shared execution timelines.
• Lead objection response operations- lead the team owning intake, triage, routing, tracking, and follow-up when Departments of Insurance issue objections; ensure responses are assigned to the appropriate subject matter experts, reviewed, and submitted within expected timeframes.
• Build state-specific filing expertise- develop and maintain the team’s practical knowledge of assigned states’ filing norms, regulatory expectations, objection patterns, implementation constraints, and approval timelines; use that expertise to inform filing strategy, sequencing, and stakeholder expectations.
• Improve documentation and controls- create frameworks, templates, quality checks, and durable documentation that improve consistency across filings, make market-specific decisions easier to audit, and allow the team to scale without losing accuracy or context.
• Develop and coach a high-performing team- hire, coach, prioritize, and provide feedback to team members; identify skill gaps, create development plans, and build the team’s capability in insurance documentation, regulatory process, operational rigor, and cross-functional communication.
• Communicate with clarity- translate complex filing status, risks, dependencies, and regulatory issues into concise updates for senior leaders and cross-functional partners, enabling timely decisions and effective tradeoffs across competing priorities.

Senior Manager, Underwriting

• Leads and directs an underwriting group and is accountable for business results through overall management, profitability, and business development of a book of business
• Directs the work activities and has full management responsibility for the performance and development of subordinate staff
• Onboards, trains, coaches, leads and develops underwriters and participates in the development of underwriting training and accountable for granting underwriting authority
• Participates with senior management in the development and implementation of underwriting policy, marketing and business strategy; responsible for reviewing and approving referrals within authority
• Drives regional and business unit initiatives and strategies and holds underwriting team accountable for execution
• Develops and maintains agency and/or broker relationships to ensure positive and profitable outcomes
• Reports business progress to senior management

Underwriting Director – Technology P&C

• Accountable for overseeing Financial Products Underwriting operations, enhancing workflow efficiency, and maintaining high productivity levels
• Accountable for developing and implementing strategic plans for the Production Underwriting team
• Oversee the assessment of underwritten risk quality and volume and compile comprehensive reports
• Leverage strategic relationships with internal and external stakeholders to drive and sustain profitable growth
• Oversee and guide the assessment of policy renewals and modifications, recommending strategic improvements
• Responsible for delivering exceptional customer service by monitoring management reports and implementing strategic improvements
• Oversee product and service promotions, ensuring alignment with market growth objectives
• Oversee the implementation, application, and updating of underwriting rules, rating manual guidelines, and insurance regulations
• Performs other duties as assigned

Commercial Surety Underwriting Director

• 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 – Inland Marine

• Perform data entry into policy administration systems
• Process tasks accurately and timely to maintain departmental productivity, quality, and service standards
• Create new business / renewal accounts in the appropriate system(s) and filing all relevant documentation
• Process and issue policies accurately and within established standards
• Process and issue endorsements, accurately, and within established standards
• Confirm all binder information is accurate in appropriate system(s) before booking the policy.
• Review and maintain underwriting files to warrant a satisfactory file completion.
• Process Broker of Record changes timely and create and distribute applicable broker correspondence
• Correspond with underwriters, brokers, and cross functional teams.

Underwriting Assistant

• Underwrite new and renewal accounts to meet top and bottom line targets
• Negotiate price and terms and conditions with producers
• Ensure contract certainty is achieved on all accounts at time of inception
• Ensure utilization of global pricing tools
• Ensure placing and binding of FAC Reinsurance prior to policy inception
• Ensure accurate policy documentation issued to producers or producers has issued documentation (where producer responsibility)
• File maintenance – ensure file is established (whether electronic or paper) and maintained for each risk and transaction handled
• Proactively support completion of policy administration and credit control processes
• Training, developing and coaching of less experienced staff (including Underwriters)

Underwriting Specialist, Middle Market Solutions

• Serve as a customer industry advocate with a focus on improving the customer experience
• Use a disciplined approach to exposure evaluation, risk assessment, and pricing
• Utilize risk insights, data, and models to drive informed decisions at point of sale
• Market facing and production within the growing Construction division
• Administer and monitor underwriting rules and guidelines, insurance laws and regulations, and rating manual rules
• Work within broad limits and authority on complex assignments

AVP, Underwriting Director – Construction Casualty

• Reviews applications and financial information to assess risk acceptability in alignment with CNA guidelines
• Applies pricing methodology and predictive modeling tools to evaluate risk and determine appropriate pricing
• Utilizes underwriting tools (e.g., RST, BPMT, Merlin) and adheres to established disciplines and strategies
• Demonstrates technical expertise through thoughtful account analysis and thorough documentation
• Analyzes and communicates underwriting decisions, including rate actions, requirements, and declinations
• Maintains strong underwriting discipline, including CAT management and exposure controls
• Manages an assigned portfolio to achieve goals around premium, profitability, rate, retention, and product mix
• Allocates time and resources strategically to optimize producer performance
• Builds and maintains disciplined sales practices using CNA tools, including Salesforce
• Develops strong producer relationships to drive pipeline, insights, and performance
• Identifies and executes cross-sell opportunities in partnership with underwriting peers

Underwriting Consultant – Technology, P&C

• Design and execute underwriting strategies that drive profitable growth while ensuring strong, risk-adjusted returns.
• Establish and oversee underwriting guidelines, pricing models, and risk selection standards to ensure consistency and sound decision-making.
• Monitor and evaluate portfolio performance, underwriting KPIs, and loss trends to identify opportunities for improvement and optimize results.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of commercial underwriters, ensuring alignment with company goals and fostering professional growth.
• Conduct quarterly quality assurance audits, assess underwriting accuracy and compliance, and present actionable insights to senior leadership.

Commercial CAT Underwriting Manager

• Provide high level qualitative and quantitative analysis of FHA Healthcare transactions
• Collaborate and support LEAN Underwriters, closers, and originators for FHA Healthcare group
• Prepare deliverables in Excel, Word, and Power Point
• Pursue and develop internal and external relationships for effective real estate transactions
• Follow established processes for underwriting real estate transactions
• Work with underwriters to analyze deals under HUD rules
• Collect and organize exhibits for HUD/FHA review
• Complete HUD forms for pre-application and application submissions
• Identify and assess transaction risks
• Maintain productive relationships with all partners
• Complete all compliance requirements related to transactions

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