Assistant Vice President of Underwriting
Assistant Vice President of Underwriting
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11-04-2025
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11-04-2025
Job Description
IAT Insurance Group TransGuard has an immediate opening for an Assistant Vice President of Underwriting to join our Moving and Storage Underwriting team. The TransGuard Insurance Company has long been a leader in this space.
This role partners with colleagues in other regions to set and execute underwriting product pricing and distribution strategies to profitably grow the moving and storage book of business. The ideal candidate will have at least seven years of underwriting experience in commercial lines including Commercial Truck and the ability to demonstrate strong leadership capabilities risk selection and exposure analysis. Additional experience underwriting General Liability Inland Marine Property Crime and/or Umbrella is welcomed.
This position offers a hybrid schedule from IATs Alpharetta GA or Raleigh NC location. The hybrid schedule reflects our values (thinking and acting like an owner collaboration and teamwork) as it requires working from the office with colleagues and other disciplines Monday through Wednesday with the option of working remotely on Thursday and Friday. Occasional travel is required.
Responsibilities:
- Lead a Team of 48 Underwriters to manage and grow a profitable book of business.
- Hire and develop a team of underwriters. Establish annual goals provide ongoing coaching and feedback to staff and complete formal performance appraisals. Develop and implement strategies to ensure a high level of employee engagement.
- Continuously monitor the performance of the book and make recommendations to adjust and strategy as necessary to achieve business goals.
- Partner with support functions such as Underwriting Product Developers Actuarial Claims Regulatory Risk Control and IT to build and maintain profitable books of business.
- Engage with actuarial and others to develop and refine pricing and underwriting tools.
- Establish and monitor lines of authority.
- Participate on crossfunctional projects.
Qualifications:
Must Have:
Must Have:
- Bachelors degree and at least seven years of related underwriting experience or equivalent.
- Equivalent experience is defined as eleven plus years of relevant experience.
- Strong profitable underwriting management experience.
- Proven track record of coaching mentoring and providing career development direction to direct reports.
- In liue of the requirements above we will consider IAT employees with the appropriate level of expertise.
- Experience within Commercial Trucking or Commercial Auto is a must.
- Extensive knowledge of the commercial insurance industry with an emphasis on policy development problemsolving planning market savvy financial planning and risk assessment skills.
- Superior written and oral communication skills.
- Able to leverage data and using analytical tools including excel and other common analytical and business intelligence reporting tools.
- Able to demonstrate a strong working knowledge of key financial metrics and concepts and the ability to effectively partner with actuarial to continuously challenge and evolve underwriting and analytic tools.
- Able to demonstrate strong leadership and managerial experience.
- Demonstrates high selfawarenessseeks and embraces candid feedback with resiliency.
- Ability to translate vision into concrete business plans and strategies.
- Experience driving effective team behaviors to ensure optimal outcomes.
- Ability to look for opportunities to drive change and challenge the status quo to improve organization.
- Proven track record of taking appropriate risks and uses failure as a learning opportunity.
- Fosters collaborative environment.
- To qualify all applicants must be authorized to work in the United States and must not require now or in the future VISA sponsorship for employment purposes.
Preferred to Have:
- Experience leading a team of at least four individuals.
Our Culture
IAT is the largest private family owned property and casualty insurer in the U.S.InsuranceAnswersTogetheris how we define IAT in letter and in spirit. We work together to provide solutions for people and businesses. We collaborate internally and with our partners to provide the best possible insurance and surety options for our customers. Its about far more than being a workplace.
At IAT our fundamental belief is to a create a culture where all employees are heard and have a sense of belonging. Inclusion and Diversity are not just initiatives its how we live. Were committed to driving and building an open and supportive culture. By embracing the uniqueness of our employees investing in their development listening to and engaging their ideas we are stronger as an organization.Our employees propel IAT forward driving innovation stable partnerships and growth. Thats why we continue to build an engaging workplace culture to attract and retain the best talent.
We offer comprehensive benefits like:
IAT is the largest private family owned property and casualty insurer in the U.S.InsuranceAnswersTogetheris how we define IAT in letter and in spirit. We work together to provide solutions for people and businesses. We collaborate internally and with our partners to provide the best possible insurance and surety options for our customers. Its about far more than being a workplace.
At IAT our fundamental belief is to a create a culture where all employees are heard and have a sense of belonging. Inclusion and Diversity are not just initiatives its how we live. Were committed to driving and building an open and supportive culture. By embracing the uniqueness of our employees investing in their development listening to and engaging their ideas we are stronger as an organization.Our employees propel IAT forward driving innovation stable partnerships and growth. Thats why we continue to build an engaging workplace culture to attract and retain the best talent.
We offer comprehensive benefits like:
- 26 PTO Days (Entry Level) 12 Company Holidays 38 Paid Days Off
- Healthcare and Wellness Programs
- Opportunity to earn performancebased bonuses
- 7 401(k) Company Match and additionalDiscretionary Retirement Contribution
- College Loan Assistance Support Plan
- Educational Assistance Program
- Mentorship Program
- Dress for Your Day Policy
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran. We maintain a drugfree workplace and participate in EVerify.
IAT Recruiter:
Steve Morley Senior Recruiter
www.linkedin/in/stevemorley916
Required Experience:
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Employment Type
Full-Time
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