The Role
The Underwriting Operations Team Leader will manage a team of underwriting assistants, ensuring operational excellence and underwriting integrity while driving strategic growth.
Summary Generated by Built In
United Risk is a global property and casualty insurance underwriting and distribution platform with deep worldwide technical resources, large underwriting capacity, and an entrepreneurial spirit. A performance outlier for over three decades, United Risk is a magnet for top-tier talent and has become the global choice of top quartile insurance entrepreneurs.
We are seeking a dynamic Underwriting Operations Team Leader to manage and mentor a team of multi-line underwriting assistants and underwriters. The ideal candidate will be a technical underwriting expert and a proven leader who can drive operational excellence, ensure underwriting integrity, and help shape our strategic growth. This role requires a hands-on leader who can balance day-to-day team management with long-term strategic initiatives.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in business, insurance, operations, or a related field.
- 1-3 years’ experience managing teams in a fast-paced, process-driven environment.
- Proven technical underwriting expertise across multiple lines of business (e.g., Commercial P&C, Professional Liability, Specialty).
- Proficiency with underwriting systems and data analytics tools.
Our Benefits Include:
- 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees.
- 401(k) plan with 100% immediate vesting and a 4% company match.
- Paid time off (PTO) and paid holidays.
- Life, disability, critical illness and accident insurance.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for health, dependent care, and commuter-related expenses.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Fitness reimbursement and various additional quality-of-life benefits.
United Risk Global is an international property and casualty insurance underwriting and distribution platform independently owned and operated by its practice partners and affiliated with Applied Underwriters operationally and through its common and powerful brand identity.
Top Skills
Data Analytics Tools
Underwriting Systems
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The Company
What We Do
Applied Underwriters® is a global risk services firm helping business and people manage uncertainty through its business services, insurance, and reinsurance solutions. As a company, we truly operate differently within our business sector. Every aspect of our products and services are managed under one roof. No outsourcing means we deliver the highest level of service for our customers. Applied Underwriters has one of the highest customer retention rates in the industry - a success directly attributed to our employees and their high level of commitment, hard work, and ambition.
