Commercial Underwriting Office - Construction Industry Specialist

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At The Cincinnati Insurance Companies, we put people first and apply the Golden Rule to our daily operations. To put this into action, we’re looking for extraordinary people to join our talented team. Our service-oriented, ethical, knowledgeable, caring associates are the heart of our vision to be the best company serving independent agents. We help protect families and businesses as they work to prevent or recover from a loss.

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If you’re ready to build productive relationships, collaborate within a diverse team, embrace challenges and develop your skills, then Cincinnati may be the place for you. We offer career opportunities where you can contribute and grow.

Our Commercial Underwriting Office is seeking industry experts to support our Construction vertical. This role is responsible for collaborating with stakeholders to identify business requirements and develop strategies to deliver industry-specific content, guidelines and process improvements. This role will also be responsible for establishing relationships with key brokers and educating associates on underwriting guidelines to ensure an in-depth understanding of proper risk selection.

This role will leverage underwriting and industry expertise to manage the performance of our Construction book of business across the Commercial Lines enterprise, ensuring business strategies are aligned with production goals. This position can be based either at our Headquarters in Fairfield, Ohio or remote work flexibility is available for candidates residing outside the Greater Cincinnati area. If remote, travel to Headquarters is expected up to 15% of the time.

The pay range for this position is $90,000 - $185,000 an/nually. Pay is based on the applicant’s education, experience, location, knowledge, skills and abilities. Eligible associates may also receive an annual cash bonus and stock incentives based on company and individual performance.

• collaborate with stakeholders across Commercial Lines, including IT, Claims, Sales, Loss Control, Commercial Product and other departments
• develop industry-specific underwriting and training tools to empower associates and increase underwriting acumen across all business units
• support Sales by articulating our appetite at a local, state and national level to increase submission count
• interact with departmental leadership, providing feedback on strategic objectives and transforming those objectives into practical and sustainable solutions
• conduct book analyses to identify trends and opportunities to strengthen the book profile
• develop and monitor industry-specific underwriting guidelines
• assist in R&D efforts in collaboration with other stakeholders to create new products and improve the value proposition across Commercial Lines
• provide thought leadership by drafting white papers and first alerts and participating on industry panels
• support training efforts both within Commercial Lines and externally with our agencies
• stay abreast of current market conditions, products and coverage needs
• develop and maintain relationships with key brokers, agents and industry influencers to assess risk tolerance, market appetite and emerging issues
• maintain industry-specific association and vendor relationships

• the ability to effectively interact with all levels of internal and external business partners
• effective communication skills to educate, instruct or inform others
• an aptitude for using data analytics to understand and drive underwriting strategy and portfolio management
• strong underwriting acumen and decision-making skills
• the ability to adapt to a fast-paced, continually changing business and work environment
• working knowledge of all supporting business units and how they contribute to our success

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