Manager- Underwriting

Old Republic Bitco is seeking a Manager, Underwritingto join our regional office located in Dallas TX. As a respected specialty insurer with 11 branch offices across 10 states, OR Bitco delivers tailored insurance solutions to complex industries such as construction, forest products, and oil and gas. This position is open to a hybrid work arrangement, blending flexibility with meaningful in person collaboration.

At OR Bitco, our work is guided by core values. We care deeply about our people, partners, and customers. We are committed to excellence and accountability. We deliver on our promises with integrity and precision, and we strive to make a meaningful impact in everything we do. These values drive our mission to protect the people and industries that keep America running.

Join the OR Bitco team and be part of a workplace built on collaboration, open communication, and a positive culture that supports growth and success. If you are passionate about operational excellence and ready to make a measurable impact within a growing, industry-leading organization, OR Bitco offers the platform and challenge you have been looking for.

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Underwriting Manager to lead and elevate the performance of our branch underwriting team. In this role, you will oversee day-to-day underwriting operations, ensuring the highest standards of quality, efficiency, and technical excellence while driving profitable growth across an assigned territory. You’ll play a key leadership role, coaching and developing staff, managing agency relationships, and making critical decisions on complex and high-value risks.

This position is ideal for a strategic thinker who combines deep underwriting expertise with strong leadership, sales acumen, and a commitment to delivering exceptional service and results.

• Directs and supervises underwriting activities of Underwriting staff, including the quality, quantity and timeliness of work
• Maintains current company and department procedures. Assigns work, provides training and feedback to team members, and conducts timely and appropriate evaluations of job performance in the department
• Underwrites or provides assistance in underwriting large or unusual risks which require a high level of technical knowledge and skill in product and industry
• Conducts reviews of underwriting files
• Assists branch manager with various projects as needed
• Decides whether to accept, decline or modify applications or requests to sell an insurance policy and once sold, recognizing and evaluating exposure changes as they occur during a policy period and including an understanding of the company's target programs and coverage
• Evaluates, quotes and negotiates prices on applications from new and renewal customers and requests for changes in policies which requires an understanding of statutory requirements, ISO, company and NCCI coverage forms and endorsements and commercial line reference manuals, including Best’s Underwriting Guide
• Demonstrates consistently above average proficiency in recognizing key underwriting issues and taking appropriate action on developed information
• Manages a group of agencies, including prospecting for new agencies, agency appointment, growth and development, maximization of agency profit sharing opportunities and credit management; evaluating agency factors, including agency personnel, line diversification, loss ratio, agency book of business, volume and profit potential and which agencies to appoint or terminate
• Travel as necessary to perform sales and marketing activities, maintain territory, attend meetings, or for other reasons deemed necessary to fulfill position requirements
• Solicit new business and retain…