Chief Underwriting Officer
Chief Underwriting Officer
Hoover, Alabama
A leading workers’ compensation insurance carrier is seeking a Chief Underwriting Officer to provide strategic direction, leadership, and technical expertise to a high-performing underwriting and risk management team. This role will oversee underwriting operations, drive portfolio profitability, and ensure disciplined risk selection across key business segments.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and develop the underwriting team to achieve business and individual performance goals.
- Establish and maintain underwriting best practices, technical standards, and performance controls.
- Manage portfolio results, analyzing performance to identify trends, opportunities, and risks.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to support company-wide growth, profitability, and operational excellence.
- Build and strengthen relationships with agents, brokers, and industry partners.
- Contribute to strategic planning, forecasting, and expense management.
- Utilize data analytics and business intelligence tools to inform underwriting strategy and decisions.
- This career opportunity requires relocation to Alabama.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required; CPCU or CIC strongly preferred.
- 15+ years of complex workers’ compensation underwriting experience
- Construction underwriting experience preferred
- Proven leadership skills with experience coaching and developing teams.
- Strong understanding of national workers’ compensation markets, rating bureaus, and state regulations.
- Proficiency in analytics tools such as Power BI, Excel, or Tableau.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship management skills.
- Travel up to 20% required.
This is an opportunity for a forward-thinking underwriting leader to shape strategy, foster innovation, and drive profitable growth in a collaborative, performance-oriented environment.
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