Senior Underwriting Manager

Overland Park, Kansas, United States of America

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Lockton Affinity, a division of Lockton Companies located in Overland Park, Kansas, is currently hiring for a person to join the Underwriting team as a Senior Underwriting Manager. Our Underwriting team serves as an insurance industry advocate with a focus on improving the customer experience by understanding their risk and properly insuring their exposures. This position will be responsible for leading the underwriting operations and workflow for a diverse commercial insurance program portfolio, while managing a team of underwriters and assistant underwriters.

• Lead a team of underwriters and assistant underwriters by fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and underwriting discipline.
• Develop and execute strategies to achieve premium and revenue targets, maximize profitability, and manage expenses.
• Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to evaluate individual and team performance.
• Attract, retain, and develop top talent through coaching, mentorship, and career development opportunities.
• Manage performance reviews, conduct regular one-on-one meetings, and document performance discussions.
• Ensure underwriting quality, pricing accuracy, and risk assessment meet the highest standards across all programs and lines of business.
• Approve underwriting transactions within authority, providing documentation and analysis to support decisions.
• Evaluate insurance risks to determine eligibility, pricing, and acceptance in accordance with guidelines.
• Maintain strong relationships with program carriers and coordinate carrier underwriting audits.
• Build cross-functional partnerships with distribution, client solutions, operations, and IT to support business goals.
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements and internal policies, proactively identifying and mitigating risks.
• Oversee internal underwriting audits and manage audit processes between scheduled carrier reviews.
• Drive team engagement by modeling a positive, adaptable attitude and promoting a cohesive work environment.

• Four-year college degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 5-10 years’ experience working in a P&C Commercial Lines insurance environment.
• Successful history consistently setting clear direction by defining goals and priorities.
• Ability to act in a decisive manner to achieve appropriate results.
• Demonstrate organizational skills while working on multiple projects.
• Ability to make decisions in compliance with Lockton Affinity’s standards of quality, performance, and service.

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by Associates within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of Associates assigned to this position.

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At Lockton, supporting diversity, equity and inclusion is ingrained in our values, and we believe that we are at our best when we fully embrace everyone. We strive to cultivate a caring culture that learns from, celebrates and thrives because of our breadth of differences. As such, we recognize that recruiting, developing and retaining people with diverse backgrounds and experiences is vital and enabling our people to thrive personally and professionally is critical to our long-term success.

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