Executive Inland Marine Underwriter

TPI (Tech Providers, Inc.)

Minneapolis, MN
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$150,000–$180,000 Per Year
Full-time

Highlights

The Executive Underwriter will typically operate with the highest level of underwriting authority, handling complex accounts while partnering closely with leadership, agents, brokers, and underwriting teams. The Marine team is seeking a sales-minded, collaborative, and dynamic Executive Underwriter to join our high-performing team.

Numbers & Facts

Location	Minneapolis, MN
Job Type	Full-time
Industry	Staffing/Employment Agencies
Salary	$150,000–$180,000 Per Year
Year Founded	1998
Headquarters	Birmingham, Alabama, US
Website	http://www.techproviders.com/

Description

The Marine team is seeking a sales-minded, collaborative, and dynamic Executive Underwriter to join our high-performing team. This is a senior-level underwriting position responsible for driving profitable growth, underwriting excellence, portfolio performance, and business development within an assigned territory.

The Executive Underwriter will typically operate with the highest level of underwriting authority, handling complex accounts while partnering closely with leadership, agents, brokers, and underwriting teams. This individual will also provide technical guidance, coaching, and strategic direction to less experienced underwriters.

Job Responsibilities

Underwrite new business, renewals, and endorsements; evaluate complex Inland Marine risks.
Manage territory portfolios, focusing on premium growth, profitability, retention, and loss ratios.
Ensure compliance with underwriting guidelines and regulatory requirements.
Develop new business through agent and broker relationships.
Execute territory business plans and identify profitable market opportunities.
Build strong agency relationships and support sales and distribution strategies.
Analyze portfolio performance, market trends, competitors, and pricing.
Coach junior underwriters and provide guidance on complex risks.
Collaborate with leadership on profit improvement, product development, and underwriting strategies.
Recommend corrective actions to improve underwriting quality and portfolio performance.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience; insurance designations preferred.
10+ years of Inland Marine underwriting experience.
Broad underwriting experience across multiple classes of business.
Strong knowledge of underwriting, portfolio/book management, marketing, and product development.
Demonstrated experience managing complex risks and making senior-level underwriting decisions.
Strong business development and agency/producer relationship management experience.
Ability to coach and mentor underwriters while managing multiple priorities.
Strong understanding of insurance, business, and marketplace dynamics.
Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate with and influence senior leadership, field management, agents, brokers, and underwriting teams.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to travel by air or car as business needs require.

Benefits

Paid Time-Off, Life Insurance, Work From Home, 401K

About Company

TPI started in 1998, providing technical professionals to businesses scrambling to fix the Y2K bug. We met those challenges head-on and established ourselves as an IT talent and services firm that could be counted upon.

Since then we’ve grown. We continue to connect employers with tough-to-find IT expertise and help technical professionals find jobs that match their career goals. Now we are doing the same with engineering, finance and accounting professionals from our Birmingham, Atlanta and Charlotte offices.

As one of the top engineering and IT recruiting firms in the country, we know what it takes to find the right people for the job. Building a talent network from professionals nationwide – people with tons of skills and experience in information technology, engineering, accounting & finance and more.

It’s hard to tell what a job will be like from a few words in an online job posting. Speak with a TPI recruiter to discuss your career goals. TPI provides the data – about the position and the corporate culture of our employers – so you can make intelligent career decisions. TPI has recruiting professionals dedicated to your success.