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Regional Underwriting Manager

Employer
Merchants Insurance Group
Location
Mount Laurel, New Jersey
Salary
Merchants offers a competitive salary, outstanding bonus potential and attractive benefits package.
Closing date
Dec 29, 2020

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Category
Underwriting
Job Type
Full Time
Career Level
Manager

Job Details

Regional Underwriting Manager

Mt. Laurel, New Jersey

Merchants Insurance Group, is a leading Property and Casualty Insurer in the Northeast, and is looking for an experienced Regional Underwriting Manager for our Commercial Lines Underwriting team located in our Mt. Laurel, New Jersey Office.  The safety of our colleagues, both current and future, is Merchants Insurance Group’s highest priority. At this time, most of our colleagues are working remotely due to the current COVID-19 pandemic. The candidate selected for this position will be trained remotely and must be able to work from home in a designated work area until such time as it is determined to be safe for colleagues to return to the office.

The Regional Underwriting Manager will become part of a dedicated underwriting management team focusing on leadership and mentoring of underwriting colleagues. This position interacts extensively with internal colleagues, company management and outside Agent personnel.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 

  • Cultivating solid relationships with company agents and internal staff while working towards achieving the most optimal outcomes for Merchants and our policyholders.
  • Managing activities and development of underwriters in accordance with departmental objective and standards.
  • Achieving regional underwriting goals and objectives by providing guidance and direction to the regional staff regarding underwriting guidelines and identifying and rectifying the underwriting and book of business issues.
  • Achieving regional loss ratio and production goals for commercial lines of business.

 

Qualifications & Skills:

  • Qualified candidates will have a 4 year degree or equivalent work experience.
  • Property and Casualty insurance related coursework is desired i.e. CPCU.
  • A minimum of 7 years commercial underwriting experience.
  • Previous supervisory or management experience is required.
  • Previous Agency relationships within the local insurance industry – NJ & PA is highly desirable.
  • Knowledge of local industry developments and trends.
  • Microsoft Office knowledge as well as the ability to work with internal company systems (WINS, ImageRight etc.).
  • Strong communication and organizational skills.
  • The ability to travel at least 25% of the time to meet with agents, conduct sales meetings, and develop customer relationships.
  • A valid driver's license is required.

Merchants Insurance Group Benefits:

  • Welcoming and positive work environment
  • Flexible work arrangements, including flex scheduling and summer hours
  • Competitive pay scale
  • Generous paid time off package
  • Full Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, 401(k) employer match amount is 100% up to 6% of your annual contributions. You are immediately 100% vested in the employer match dollars.
  • Two outstanding company bonus programs
  • Tuition Reimbursement

And many more exciting company benefits!!

Please visit our website to apply online at: www.merchantsgroup.com. EOE.

Company

Since 1918, Merchants Insurance Group has been providing high-quality property and casualty insurance for businesses and individuals throughout the Northeast and North Central United States.

Rated “A-” by the A.M. Best company, Merchants Insurance Group is headquartered in Buffalo, New York and operates regional offices in Buffalo and Hauppauge, New York; Manchester, New Hampshire; and Mount Laurel, New Jersey.  Merchants Insurance Group is proud to be named a “Fast Track” company and Top Private Company for the 3rd year in a row by Buffalo’s Business First, a Super Regional Property/Casualty Insurer by the Insurance Journal and has recently been named as one of Ward's top 50 performing insurance companies in the United States for the second year in a row.  Ward's is the provider of benchmarking and best practices for the insurance industry.  They analyze staff levels, compensation, business practices and expenses for all areas of company operations.

Merchants writes predominantly commercial insurance in market segments with identifiable risk characteristics, concentrating on artisan contractors, business owners and commercial automobile.

Our products are sold through a network of more than 1,000 independent insurance agents. We sell our products through independent agents because we believe they provide value to policyholders through their broad range of products and their insurance expertise.

Outstanding service, competitive rates, personalized attention and a large offering of products make Merchants Insurance Group unique.  Our focused, low-risk approach to property and casualty insurance has proven successful for almost 100 years.  All of our colleagues work to help our agents and protect our customers, gain their trust and earn their business…every day.

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
7168493161
Location
250 Main Street
Bufffalo
NY
14203
US

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