Director Property & Casualty Underwriting Operations

<strong>We&rsquo;re motivated by the fact that educators take care of our children&rsquo;s future, and we believe they deserve someone to look after theirs. We help educators identify their financial goals and develop plans to achieve them. This includes insurance to protect what they have today and financial products to help them prepare for their future.</strong>

Springfield IL

Horace Mann

<h4>We&rsquo;re motivated by the fact that educators take care of our children&rsquo;s future, and we believe they deserve someone to look after theirs.&nbsp; We help educators identify their financial goals and develop plans to achieve them.&nbsp; This includes insurance to protect what they have today and financial products to help them prepare for their future. Our tailored offerings include special rates and benefits for educators.</h4> https://boards.greenhouse.io/horacemannservicecorporation

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Property & Casualty

Overview: The Director of Property and Casualty Underwriting is responsible for management and coordination of the overall quality and quantity of automobile and property applications that are underwritten and issued into our system. This position will be hybrid.&nbsp;
Responsibilities: <ul> <li>Responsible for hiring and retaining a staff of professional underwriters.</li> <li>Controlling frequency of loss involvement, retention of quality educator business, and profitable growth to the auto and property lines, with minimal supervision to include tracking of production and turnaround standards.</li> <li>Manage all Property &amp; Casualty (P&amp;C) objectives, loss ratio targets, production targets, and educator retention goals.</li> <li>Manage workflows and standards for the staff underwriting unit, tracking production, efficiency in pricing and turnaround time.</li> <li>Support the training, growth, and development of our field force.</li> <li>Develop and maintain current underwriting guidelines, working with the training staff to define and distribute said changes.</li> <li>Drive profitable P&amp;C growth with a focus on accurate and efficient underwriting programs and processes.</li> <li>Manage the analysis, development, and implementation of P&amp;C program changes and improvements with a focus on strategic solution delivery.</li> <li>Manage restoration process in totality, including root cause analysis, requirements development, testing, implementation, policy restoration and filed and client communication.</li> <li>Strategically manage Guidewire Policy Center underwriting and rating operations from a policy and product model perspective.</li> <li>Direct all aspects of underwriting operations for P&amp;C lines of business.</li> <li>Provide strategic input to P&amp;C projects, opportunities, or challenges.</li> <li>Provide ability to develop strategies to lead and guide business teams.</li> <li>Coach and mentor first-line leaders to develop leadership skills and broaden business acumen so they lead high performing teams.</li> <li>History of collaboration with business partners throughout the organization.</li> </ul>
Requirements: <ul> <li>Bachelor&rsquo;s degree or equivalent 10+ years P&amp;C underwriting experience, required.</li> <li>2+ years in a Senior or Management position, required.</li> <li>Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation preferred.</li> <li>P&amp;C personal lines industry expertise.</li> <li>Must be organized, analytical, and can communicate with all levels of the organization and field personnel effectively.</li> </ul>