Property and Casualty Underwriting - Team Lead

This position is an excellent opportunity to get in on the ground floor with an expanding and growing established insurance company led by experienced insurance professionals with a proven track record of success. Our Commercial Property & Casualty department is seeking an experienced P&C Underwriting Team Lead to join our team.

Position Summary: We are seeking a dynamic and experienced P&C Underwriter Team Lead to join our Commercial Property & Casualty department. This role is pivotal in driving the strategic direction of our underwriting team, managing a robust book of business, and leading a team of underwriters to achieve profitable growth and operational excellence. This is a unique opportunity to play a leadership role in a growing company with a reputation for innovative solutions and exceptional service.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of underwriters, fostering a high-performance culture and ensuring the team meets and exceeds performance goals.
• Provide strategic guidance and support to underwriters, ensuring underwriting integrity and adherence to company policies and guidelines.
• Conduct regular performance reviews, training, and development sessions to enhance team capabilities.
• Manage a renewal book of approximately $7M-$8M and generate new business of approximately $1.5M annually, with a focus on profitable growth.
• Evaluate new and renewal business submissions, making sound underwriting decisions within delegated authority for both admitted and surplus lines products.
• Analyze market trends and conditions to inform underwriting strategies and recommend product adjustments as needed.
• Develop and maintain strong business relationships with key wholesalers, agents, and brokers to drive new business opportunities and retention.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for underwriting guidance and support, providing expertise to producers and other stakeholders.
• Collaborate with other departments, including marketing, claims, and operations, to develop and implement effective rate and pricing strategies.
• Lead cross-functional projects to enhance underwriting processes, product offerings, and customer experience.
• Identify and capitalize on growth opportunities within existing and new business sources, contributing to the company’s strategic initiatives.
• Ensure underwriting practices comply with company standards and regulatory requirements.
• Prepare detailed reports and presentations on underwriting decisions, market conditions, and portfolio performance for senior management review.
• Stay current with industry trends, competitive intelligence, and emerging risks to continuously improve underwriting effectiveness and innovation.
• Pursue relevant professional designations and continuing education to enhance personal and team expertise.
  
  

Job Requirements

• Minimum of five years of commercial P&C underwriting experience, with a strong focus on commercial property, general liability, and BOP/CPP.
• Proven leadership experience in managing and developing a team of underwriters.
• Achievement of professional designations such as CPCU, CIC, or equivalent, with a commitment to ongoing professional development.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with a strong customer service orientation.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple priorities and maintain attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills, with a demonstrated ability to drive profitable underwriting results.
  
  

About Universal Shield Insurance Group

Guided by an entrepreneurial spirit, Universal Fire & Casualty Insurance Company (UFCIC) is a hybrid property and casualty insurer and insurtech that provides innovative insurance solutions to underserved markets for small businesses. Via online state-of-the-art agency portals and direct to consumer retail (B2C) and business to business (B2B) websites, we design our products intuitively and device agnostic to accelerate competitive underwriting decisions for our partners and customers.UFCIC targets property and casualty insurance for small businesses that are managed in such a way that they deserve to qualify for, and enjoy, the additional advantages in security and coverage offered by an admitted product. While the surplus market, as a last resort channel, can provide a reduced coverage form at a higher price, UFCIC turns this dynamic upside down. Via a higher standard of acceptance, expert underwriting rules, advanced analytics, machine learning, and external data sources to supplement standard risk information, the majority of UFCIC’s target business can “graduate” from the surplus lines and be provided with a superior coverage form in the admitted marketplace. For those risks that necessitate the surplus market, our company uses our E&S carrier, Shield Indemnity, for risk placement.UFCIC also serves the specialty surety bond marketplace by providing a variety of proprietary, cutting-edge, and competitively priced surety products available through efficient direct and agent based technology enabled portals. Via UFCBonds.com (B2C), customers can buy License and Permit bonds direct, as well as other types of surety bonds, with zero commissions and fees – savings are up to 25% compared to online agency based surety bond platforms. For business to business (B2B), our BondRamp.com platform serves our distributors for surety bond placement. Additionally, UFCBonds.com and BondRamp.com issue most bonds instantly and are available 24x7x365 and accessible by computer, tablet, or mobile device.UFCIC is part of the Universal Shield Insurance Group (www.universalshield.com). Universal Shield is composed of Universal Fire & Casualty Insurance Company (www.ufcic.com) - an admitted carrier - and Shield Indemnity Inc. (shieldindemnity.com) - an excess and surplus carrier.