Property Underwriting Manager
jcw groupEvanston (IL)
Property Underwriting Manager
Posted 21 days ago
jcw groupEvanston (IL)
SENIORITY
Senior
About the role
Property Underwriting Manager, Middle Market PropertyJCW Group is partnering with a leading commercial insurer with a national middle market property platform to hire an Underwriting Manager. You’ll run one of four regional property underwriting teams serving retail middle market clients and report directly to senior leadership. This is a chance to build a team and shape the profitability and growth of a regional property book. We’re looking for someone with deep commercial property expertise, sound technical judgment, strong leadership skills, and existing relationships with retail brokers. Location This is a fully in-office role (five days a week). You can choose to be based in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, or Dallas.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead, coach, and develop a regional team of property underwriters, providing technical guidance and direction
- Own the profitability and growth of your region’s retail middle market property portfolio
- Evaluate new business and renewal submissions coming in from retail brokers
- Act as a trusted subject matter expert for brokers, clients, and internal partners
Key Qualifications:
- 8-10+ years of hands-on property underwriting experience, ideally in retail middle market or broader commercial lines
- A track record of managing or mentoring underwriters, and of building broker and client relationships
- A bachelor’s degree in business, finance, risk management, insurance, accounting, economics, or a related field (preferred)
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