Director of Underwriting

August 13

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Description

• The Director of Underwriting is responsible for planning, coordinating, monitoring, analyzing, and evaluating the activities of the underwriting staff to achieve departmental goals and ensure the company's profitability through new and existing business. • They will manage and monitor all aspects of underwriting, including implementing processes and procedures, controls, and follow-up for the profitable improvement of active accounts through recommended rate increases/decreases, commission adjustments, and coverage changes. • As part of the senior leadership team at Homeowners of America, you will help develop the strategy and tactics for Underwriting to support and enable profitable growth.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required. • 15+ years’ experience in Underwriting, including at least 10 years of managerial, supervisory, and/or demonstrated leadership experience. • Experience with Property and Casualty Risk Assessment/Underwriting, specifically property homeowners and condo policies. • Demonstrated expertise in insurance business acumen. • Experience with call center environments is beneficial but not required. • Lead a team with 3 direct reports and 16–20 underwriting professionals. • 220 General License is preferred not required. • CPCU preferred but not required.

Benefits

• Our traditional healthcare benefits include three (3) Medical plan options, two (2) Dental plan options, and a Vision plan from which to choose. • Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity and Accident plans are offered on a voluntary basis. • We offer pre-tax savings options including a partially employer funded Health Savings Account and employee Flexible Savings Accounts including healthcare, dependent care, and transportation savings options. • We provide company paid Basic Life and AD&D, Short and Long-Term Disability benefits. We also offer Voluntary Life and AD&D plans. • Both traditional and Roth 401(k) plans are available with a discretionary employer match. • Headspace is part of our employer paid wellbeing program and provides employees and their families access to on demand guided meditation and mindfulness exercises, mental health coaching, clinical care and online access to confidential resources including will preparation. • Brio Health is another employer paid wellbeing tool that offers quarterly wellness challenges and prizes. • LifeBalance is a free resource to employees and their families for year-round discounts on things like gym memberships, travel, appliances, movies, pet insurance and more. • Our wellness programs include flexible paid vacation, company-paid holidays of typically nine per year, paid sick time, paid parental leave, identity theft program, travel assistance, and fitness and other discounts programs.