Underwriting Specialist, Middle Market Solutions

The Underwriting Specialist is responsible for driving profitable growth through the evaluation and underwriting of new and renewal accounts. This position involves close collaboration with producers to negotiate pricing, terms, and conditions, while proactively managing capacity and ensuring compliance with governance frameworks and underwriting guidelines. This candidate can sit 100% remote or hybrid within the Central/Midwest, and is expected to meet with brokers in the territory.

• Underwrite new and renewal accounts to meet top and bottom line targets
• Negotiate price, terms and conditions with producers
• Ensure contract certainty is achieved on all accounts at time of inception
• Ensure utilization of global pricing tools
• Place and bind FAC Reinsurance prior to policy inception
• Ensure accurate policy documentation issued to producers or that producers have issued documentation (where producer responsibility)
• File maintenance – ensure file is established (whether electronic or paper) and maintained for each risk and transaction handled
• Proactively support completion of policy administration and credit control processes
• Training, developing and coaching of less experienced staff (including Underwriters)

• Specialized expert understanding of Commercial Packaged Property and Casualty
• Recognized relationships with brokers at peer group level and well established within market
• Specialized understanding of regional / local insurance markets and competitor landscape, including global elements

• Minimum of 3+ years of direct experience in underwriting profitable business
• Preferably a degree in Economics, Finance, Insurance Management, or Business Administration
• Professional insurance qualification (e.g., CPCU) is a plus, but not required

Location-based base salary ranges:
For Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana: $111,100 - $172,465 per year. For Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky: $95,700 - $148,512 per year. The role is incentive eligible and total compensation includes base salary, short and long-term incentives.

Benefits include multiple medical plans, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage; a competitive 401(k) with generous matching; PTO beginning at 20 days per year; up to 12 paid company holidays per year plus 2 paid days of Volunteer Time Off; basic life and AD&D insurance as well as short and long-term disability; paid parental leave of up to 10 weeks; student loan assistance and tuition reimbursement;

backup child and elder care; and more.