Underwriting Manager

Underwriting Manager, Middle Market Property

JCW 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)