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Lititz, Pa, Us

Lititz, Pa, Us

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

• Responsible for management and development of all product lines• Develop and review product programs to maintain competitive advantage• Provide underwriting and marketing managers guidance and suggestions for product and enhancement filings• Distribute form filing information to appropriate internal recipients with review by underwriting departments, claims and legal counsel where necessary• Responsible for providing support and backup to the underwriting managers• Review company action regarding any ISO and ACORD changes• Develop procedures and make recommendations regarding internal structures for information sharing and data integrity• Develop and maintain department procedures manual• Develop guidance for vendors on implementation of changes to Rating & Policy Production system• Provide analysis to management and underwriting of program changes made by ISO• Evaluate the impact of regulatory changes on the company and provide analysis of legal and statutory changes made by the states• Prepare and submit necessary material for rate, rule &/or form filings to regulatory jurisdictions through SERFF

• Primarily responsible for Commercial and Farm product management• Review company action for ISO and ACORD changes• Evaluate the impact of regulation changes on the company• Make recommendations for necessary internal procedure changes due to amendments to programs• Revise POINT requirements documents to provide IT department guidance on revising programming to match changes for updated insurance programs• Provide analysis to management and underwriting departments of program changes made by ISO• Implemented ISO Optional Class Plan for Commercial Auto• Provide analysis of compliance amendments made by the states• Provide analysis of annual rate level reviews to necessary departments• Prepare and submit necessary material for rate, rule &/or form filings to regulatory jurisdictions through SERFF primarily for commercial and farm• Review any changes in existing product programs when updated by Insurance Services Offices (ISO)• Provide underwriting managers guidance and suggestions for product and enhancement filings• Distribute form filing information to appropriate internal recipients with review by underwriting departments, claims and legal counsel where necessary• Responsible for providing support and backup to the underwriting managers and Product Manager

• Performed loss control surveys and inspections on various commercial and residential entities. • Focused on operations review, exposure identification and analysis with risk assessments for property, liability, auto and garagekeepers policies. • Developed best practices recommendations to correct deficient conditions, improve employee safety and promote accident prevention. • Performed and diagrammed insurance to value evaluations. • Developed supporting documentation to provide greater details of risks through photographs, diagrams.

• Provided in-office referral underwriting, loss control and risk management as well as support for legal & technical issues on complex commercial and agricultural risks.• Managed a staff of 10 professionals, providing supervision, mentoring and training. • Developed and maintained a mixed book of business which included cross-sell and new business opportunities.• Updated and maintained agency procedures manual and employee handbook.• Performed human resource functions (excluding payroll) and developed file auditing and risk review procedures to promote profitability.

Westfield Center, Ohio, Us

• Underwrote multi-line commercial & personal lines w/emphasis on agricultural exposures.• Reviewed new and renewal business for pricing, profitability, loss ratios and exposures.• Resource underwriter for large, complex risks and pollution exposures. • Averaged a loss ratio of 45% on $20 million book of business a retention ratio of 98%.• Territory covered PA, Delaware and Maryland through approximately 100 independent agents.• Built positive, productive agency relationships through agency visits, business planning meetings and results monitoring with feedback.• Developed a unified farm policy across 16 states from six platforms/form sets/rule manuals to a single web-based farmowners policy in order to streamline policy processing and simplify reporting requirements from AAIS and ISO to ISO reporting. • Developed rating algorithms for select products. • Developed coverage forms to track with current exposure trends, underwriting standards, guidelines and loss control measures to return confinement building exposures to profitability. • Reviewed and evaluated all rules, rates and forms to ensure achievable quality control, regulatory compliance and profitability, updating where required along with policies and procedures. • Researched frequency/severity issues for profitability impact and long-term planning. • Established minimum underwriting criteria and construction standards for niche markets.• Managed Workers' Compensation dividend plans and safety groups. • Analyzed and provided direction of reinsurance program transition from Old Guard to Westfield. • Provided problem resolution for migrating commercial programs to new underwriting systems. • Made state filings & assisted actuaries with rate development in conjunction with underwriting units. • Completed follow-up and provided resolutions to problems found during Insurance Department and reinsurance mandated file audits.• Evaluated & updated underwriting forms, policies & procedures.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Business Administration - Management

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