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New York, Ny, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Provide product development, product design, and underwriting direction on a new product initiative.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Key member of multiple project teams responsible for the strategy, development, and implementation of new programs, new products, and revised products to support growth and profitability objectives. Recent projects include: Life Sciences, Proprietary property product, and a major general liability revision.Initiated a 3 person Actuarial Unit responsible for supporting the rate development for all new Commercial and Specialty Lines products and maintaining, amending, and filing all existing rates.Management of the 7 person Specialty Lines, Commercial Lines, and Surety State Filing Unit responsible for all rate, rule, and form filings.Provided support and guidance in setting underwriting rules and guidelines on new products and changes to existing products.Developed and supported the implementation of solutions to legal and compliance issues. Key initiatives include: TRIA, Underwriting Company consolidation, and support for Department of Insurance market conduct exams.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Provide Product Development/Management support for the Chicago based Specialty Lines business units. Responsibilities include acting as the liaison between Specialty Lines and Standard Lines on underwriting issues, providing pre-filing support, form development, and general consultation on business issues.Responsible for the overall management of the 7 person Specialty and Commercial Lines State Filing Unit located in New York City and Chicago. Managed the 3 person Agency licensing unit.Member of the project team responsible for the development of the Specialty Lines Product Development work intake and tracking system implemented to streamline the overall Product Development life cycle.

Chicago , Il , Us

Hired to lead an initiative to redesign the Kemper BOP product and rate structure. Responsible for leading a project team consisting of underwriters, actuaries, IT, and state filing personnel.Responsible for monitoring the Small Business CAT and Terrorism exposures and to design and implement strategies to control the exposures in high risk/high concentration areas.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Responsible for profit/loss for $200M+ Small Business product. Responsibilities included setting and achieving annual and long term goals (production, mix of business, rate, and profit), new program development (i.e. Self-Storage, McDonalds), product development, and analyze market conditions and trends to establish underwriting, product, and pricing direction.Product Leader of the Expert Underwriting System (analytics) development team. Was responsible for developing the underwriting direction and implementation strategy. The Small Business product was the first line of business to utilize analytics at CNA.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Led the CNA Central Small Business Development team. The team of 6 was responsible for developing system specifications and the underwriting requirements for the first CNA internet based policy submission system.All key target dates were met and the “look and feel” of the system design developed by this team was used for all the other lines of business.CNA’s on site Underwriting Manager for the Aon Enterprise small business country wide consolidation project. Managed team responsible for a $20M book of business. Responsible for setting underwriting direction and strategy. Combined ratios under 100.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Responsible for setting strategic and technical direction to home office and field personnel regarding book management ($160M+), underwriting direction, forms, and product interpretation.Key member of a team that implemented country-wide Small Business Underwriting/Processing Service Center.Developed the first formal BAPP rate review process.Managed the design, development, distribution, and implementation of new and revised forms, manuals, and marketing materials. Responsible for coordination between my staff (Product Analysts and Actuaries) and all internal and external departments to ensure timeliness and accuracy of all changes.Developer and presenter of the strategy for the product and Point of Sale (agency automation) multi-media country wide launch.

Austin, Texas, Us

Brought into Home Office as a member of a core team of 5 charged with the responsibility of developing BusinessChoice, a new Business Owners policy.Co-lead in the development of the Underwriting training for the newly opened Small Business Service Centers. Winner of "Service of Excellence" award for training and underwriter development.Primary contact for all product underwriting issues and author of the BusinessChoice Underwriting Guide.

Austin, Texas, Us

Newly formed unit responsible for underwriting and processing all of the Regions small business. Total premium grew 25%-30% with a dramatic increase in new business premium. The Business Owners results were the most profitable in the company with a combined ratio in the high 80’s.Participated in the development and implementation of Continental’s first agency automated quote system for small business.

Multi-line Underwriter handling accounts up to $100,000.Managed a 17 person unit responsible for underwriting all branch small business policies. Loss ratios consistently in the top 3 out of 35 branches.