Ag & Personal Lines Underwriting Manager

Can you manage the development, measurement, and modification of all Ag underwriting best practices? Do you have experience collaborating with underwriters and business units to achieve corporate goals? If so, This Ag Underwriting Manger could be a fit for you!

Who We Are: At Farm Bureau Financial Services, our clients/members can feel confident knowing their family, home, cars, and other property are protected. We value a culture where integrity, teamwork, passion, service, leadership, and accountability are at the heart of every decision we make and every action we take. We are proud of our more than 80-year commitment to protecting the livelihoods and futures of our clients/members and creating an atmosphere where our employees thrive.

What You Will Do

• Ensure proper underwriting operations by managing the process and workload, enforcing underwriting guidelines, and evaluating work results to ensure compliance with underwriting guidelines.
• Contribute to the profitability of Farm Bureau by effectively reviewing, accepting, modifying, and/or rejecting applications, renewals, or policy changes.
• Analyze and resolve complex underwriting requests.
• Assist the claims staff by interpreting the intent of coverage and providing legal documentation when needed.
• Define, implement, and monitor underwriting strategies consistent with the property/casualty companies' mission of being the 'Company of Choice' for agricultural insurance.
• Contribute to the profitability of FBL by leading Underwriters in accepting, modifying, or rejecting various renewal underwriting business risks.
• Achieve Underwriting Best Practices compliance based on company direction.
• Work with key areas of the company to improve the underwriting experience for the client/member, agent, and company.
• Work with business unit leaders and shared service leaders to determine ag underwriting objectives, goals, and scope.
• Provide training and technical expertise for the Underwriters as requested by Vice President of Personal Lines/Ag, Business Center Directors, Ag Operations Director, and Property Casualty Operations Director.
• Oversee staff development including selection, training/development, discipline/performance review, salary administration, referring employee complaints, controlling workflow, and motivation of employees.
• Assist the Business Center Director, as needed, this may include preparing reports, assisting with the budget projects, attending meetings, and working on projects.
• Build and foster team relationships throughout the company.
• Respond to inquiries and concerns from policyholders, agents, regulatory agencies, and the general public regarding underwriting decisions within the Business Center.
  
  

What It Takes To Join Our Team

• College degree or equivalent plus 8 years of relevant experience required.
• Must possess excellent leadership, oral and written communication, planning, organization, decision making, and negotiation skills.
• Organizational change management experience helpful.
• Travel required, including overnight stays.
• Reasonably regular and predictable attendance.
• Obtain one of the following in first year: Associate Underwriter (AU), Associates in General Insurance (AINS), or Associate in Personal Insurance (API).
• Must have or obtain CPCU within 5 years.
  
  

What We Offer You: When you're on our team, you get more than a great paycheck. You'll hear about career development and educational opportunities, as well as access to our actuarial exam support program. We offer an enhanced 401K with a match, low-cost health, dental, and vision benefits, and life and disability insurance options. We also offer paid time off, including holidays and volunteer time, smart dress attire and teams who know how to have fun. Add to that an onsite wellness facility with fitness classes and programs, a daycare center, a cafeteria, and even an onsite medical clinic. Farm Bureau....where the grass really IS greener!

Farm Bureau… where the grass really IS greener!

Work Authorization/Sponsorship

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. We are not able to sponsor now or in the future, or take over sponsorship of, an employment visa or work authorization for this role. For example, we are not able to sponsor OPT status.