Location Name AZ, Scottsdale - 14902 N 73rd Street

ID

2024-10954

Date Posted

1 week ago(8/6/2024 2:08 PM)

Company

Berkley Aspire

Primary Location

US-AZ-Scottsdale

Category

Underwriting

Berkley Aspire is an operating unit of the W.R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE – WRB), a Fortune 500 global insurer founded in 1967.

Aspire underwrites excess & surplus lines insurance solutions across the United States for hard-to-place commercial risks. Our direct to retail distribution strategy is unique, and we underwrite general liability, excess liability, property, and inland marine coverages. Verticals we specialize in include construction/contractors, habitational/real estate, hospitality/special events, entertainment/amusements, and manufacturing/products liability. Most of our customers are small to medium sized businesses and we operate in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

At Aspire, we strive to make surplus lines insurance easy to understand and easy to navigate. We think big. We lean in and listen. We work hard. We are open to new ideas. We experiment and innovate. We take care of our customers and support our teammates. And, if we do it right and stay true to our core principles, then we deliver profitable growth on a consistent basis.

We are an organization dedicated to an employee-centric company culture and a positively disruptive business model.

By thinking outside the box, we are making insurance a little more exciting and a little more fun.

Our home office is in Scottsdale, AZ. We also have offices in Cincinnati, OH, Richmond, VA, and Charlotte, NC. Our growing number of work-from-home teammates are located across the country.

We are always looking to add talented, motivated, and creative people to our team, so please reach out if you are interested in learning more about us.

www.berkleyapire.com

Berkley Aspire is seeking an Underwriting Manager to lead its renewals team. This is an exciting and highly visible opportunity to lead a team within a dynamic, growing organization!

This role can be located on a hybrid schedule in one of Aspire's three offices - Scottsdale AZ, Richmond VA, or West Chester OH. We will consider a remote arrangement for the right candidate.

The Underwriting Manager, Renewal will oversee the underwriting support functions within the underwriting department and directly supervise the Renewal Underwriter team. They are responsible for oversight of all workflows and processes in support of the renewal underwriting teams.

The Underwriting Manager, Renewal will work closely with the Underwriting leadership team to implement and execute Aspire’s Commercial Underwriting strategy to drive profitable growth and achieve business unit objectives.

Specific Duties

• Evaluate, accept, reject or modify risks within established underwriting guidelines and authority. Comply with company policies, procedures and rating plans when evaluating and managing risk.
• Responds to internal and external client inquiries.
• Monitor the workloads of Renewal Underwriters and make appropriate adjustments as needed to ensure all transactions are processed within company established service standards.
• Review and underwrite fast track and non-fast track renewals as needed, based upon authority granted, achieving renewal premium retention and rate change objectives.
• Provide subject matter expertise on systems, processes and procedures.
• Serve as the first point of contact for assigned team members as well as a referral authority as needed for the Renewal Underwriting team.
• Coach, train and mentor the Renewal Underwriting team including training of new hires and ongoing/continuing education of existing staff. Provide situational coaching and mentoring.
• Evaluate, monitor and recommend improvements to current processes and workflows to gain efficiencies for underwriting functions. Works with underwriting management to update processes, guidelines, procedures, workflows and training materials as needed.
• Performs research on issues and analyzes data to provide proposed solutions. Escalates proposed solutions to issues impacting performance of the Renewal Underwriting team.
• Participate in quality control reviews of staff on a regular and ongoing basis. Provide appropriate training and guidance to team as a result of the outcome of the quality control reviews.
• Work with the Core Underwriting Leadership to ensure underwriting objectives are being met.
• Works with team to boost morale, be a role model, and provide positive reinforcement.
• Continues to increase underwriting knowledge and skills. This may be done through formal education (AINS, ASLI, CPCU, CIC).

May perform other functions as assigned.

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• Bachelor’s degree preferred and 5 plus years related insurance experience - excess and surplus experience is highly preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Leadership experience - preferrably formal, but we are open to candidates with informal mentoring and leadership experience as well.
• Must have strong customer service background in a professional environment.
• Entrepreneurial qualities, such as trying innovative solutions, resiliency to change and recognizing what is most important to get done.
• Fosters teamwork. Provides welcoming open, honest, respectful and constructive feedback
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both written and oral form.

The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.

We do not accept any unsolicited resumes from external recruiting agencies or firms.

The company offers a competitive compensation plan and robust benefits package for full time regular employees.

The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment.

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