Commercial Lines Field Underwriter (Minneapolis, Minnesota and/or Western Wisconsin)

It's ok if you don't meet every requirement. At Grange, we prioritize creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace. If you're enthusiastic about this role but your previous experience only partially matches qualifications in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. We believe in fostering growth and providing opportunities for continuous learning and development of skills as you progress in your career with us.

Summary: This position is responsible for achieving growth and profit objectives by appropriate risk selection, book management, business development, and agency management.

What You'll Be Doing:

Underwriting - Select and price risks for profit and growth.

• Select new risks based on department guidelines within delegated authority utilizing appropriate forms, pricing and reinsurance where needed. File documentation should reflect logical thought process. • Demonstrate understanding of risk exposure, classifications, and price for exposure. • Refer viable risks outside authority once pre-underwritten demonstrating sound judgment, decision making, and file documentation. • Possess knowledge of forms, coverage, rating plans, manuals, and company position papers. • In conjunction with Underwriting leadership, serve as an active participant in the quality review process • In conjunction with Actuarial, implement pricing modeling and monitor performance to model. Assure underwriting actions align with the model by measuring and monitoring pricing by individual, territory, and state. • Maintain department service standards and respond to producer's needs. • Maintain technical proficiency • Ensure that new and renewal business fits Company strategy and policies and that the underwriting process and procedures are aligned. • Seek out new ways to improve the underwriting process.

Agency Management - execute agency management routines to build the business and gain relevance.

• Develops and manages New Business pipeline to ensure a steady stream of business opportunities. • Manages the production, profitability, and relationships with all agencies in assigned territory. • Develop and execute annual success and territory plans and monitor agency performance. • Monitors agency results and follows up with agency as to both growth/profitability and compliance with company initiatives, procedures, risk appetite and policies. Analyzes quality, volume, mix of business and profit for assigned producers. Identifies trends in submission activity and works to meet production targets as established. Executes actions to achieve policy retention and pricing objectives. Participates in agency review process. • In collaboration with the TSM, responsible for identifying and evaluating new agency prospects and developing new agencies in the fulfillment of Middle Market growth objectives. • Serves as a resource to our agents, conducts underwriting, sales, product and process training for agencies and their staff. • Responsible for agency travel to increase producer awareness of Enterprise underwriting appetites, philosophy and product offerings maximizing time with the right agencies. • Record all agency management actions in CRM. • Must be located in the Minneapolis, MN (or surrounding area)